In this issue
A message from our Chairman, Ken Nelson
How prepared are you for Brexit?
2018 Funding Workshops announced
Phion Therapeutics scoops €100,000 and title of Overall Winner at 2017 Seedcorn Competition
Remembering our dear friend and colleague Paddy Savage
Go-2-Tender Workshops Dundalk 30th Jan and 13th Feb 2018
Funding Advisory Workshops Belfast 16th Jan and Dublin 7th Feb 2018
Selling to Government - Breakfast Briefing IBEC Dublin 31 Jan 2018
12 Days of Christmas Safety
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A message from our Chairman, Ken Nelson

A change in staffing also occurred in the organisation. We acknowledge the contribution of Thomas Hunter McGowan to ITI, who resigned as Chief Executive – we wish him well in his new role. We also added a number of new staff to various programmes, and I am confident that they will make a major contribution to ITI in the years ahead.

During the year three highly respected board members – Joanne Spain, Rosemary Delaney and Professor Terri Scott – finished their terms on the ITI board. Their commitment and support for ITI’s work has been immense. We are indebted to them.

We have achieved a number of notable successes during the year including the launch of the Brexit Advisory Service to SMEs in Belfast and Dublin. A further highlight in September was the official launch of the Co-Innovate Programme, which is helping SMEs learn about the benefits of innovation, identify opportunities for growth in their business and create a vision to make it happen.

As an organisation, our mission is to drive competitiveness, jobs and growth by improving connectivity between businesses and vital resource providers on a cross-border basis through the twin pillars of innovation and trade.

In my first year as Chair, it has been my privilege to witness excellent strategies being applied to research and policy development across ITI. A key priority for ITI in 2018 will be to prioritise those areas of research which will be critical to businesses in a future post-Brexit world. This will require effective engagement with all our stakeholders – and we look forward to the emerging partnership opportunities.

On behalf of the InterTradeIreland team, I wish you and your families a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

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