1. Our Region, Smart Region?
Oliver Daniels
Our Region, Smart Region?
SMART REGION

2. Insight National Research Centre for Data Analytics
Messages
Picture – Appropriate – cloud, green, high tech, growth
Introduction
Lead a team
IAB team
Oversight Board
Insight
National Research Centre for Data Analytics
Mr Oliver Daniels
CEO, Insight Centre for Data Analytics

3. Insight Research Centre National Centre for Data Analytics
Building on years of research in Data Analytics technologies.
National, EU and commercial competitive funding
Extensive international research and Industry network across sectors.
Multiple engagement models.
Researchers & Students
140+ Research Awards won
over last 3 years
100 +
Contracted Industry Projects
35+
H2020 Consortia active
370 members, 35 Countries 7
Spinouts
35 License agreements

4. Insight Research Domains
Connected Health
& Human Performance
Smart Communities
Internet of Things
Public & Open Data
e-Government
Operations &
Logistics
News & Media
Bio-Medical Analytics
& eHealth
Customer & Marketing Services /Smart Enterprise
Agri-Tech & food
Financial Services
Feedback for the chart
Some initial thoughts after reading this on the train this morning. I added them as notes on the relevant slide but the attachment is too big for Irish Rail wifi so I’m pasting them below. Happy to discuss obviously.
Slide 7
Not sure what the benefit is in calling out these companies? No major success stories yet here.
Slide 8
I used to include this slide as well but I’m not sure it adds anything any more.
Slide 9 
How does this relate/map to the actual research work being carried out?
Slide 10
How does this framework relate to the previous slide? For me, it describes the different kinds of data that we deal with but the “capture, understand, decide/act” should only come in with the next slide as it relates to the research groups.
Slide 11
Mixture of official research groups & additional “actual” groups. Politically sensitive? Why include some but not others?
Slide 12
Some thoughts on these - no particular order.. Environmental sensing (Dermot Diamond)? Enterprise should possibly be a domain of it’s own (for optics)? Consumer and News/Media as separate domains also? Digital Humanities as a domain? Industry 4.0 maybe does not need the operations element in the name? Would remove analytics word from any domain title – implied in all Do we have enough in financial, agri, to call these out (yet)? Change eGov Public Data Services to eGov & Public Data (can have public data without gov element) Connect Health could include “Human Performance” in title?
Insight core and applied research
Data Analytics
New Techniques, Technologies, Innovations, Pilots
Partners and Funding
Research Consortia - enterprise ecosystems - domain partners – leverage funding mechanisms.

5. A Short Story

6. What changed? Expectations!
Wireless
Light
Education – key change was expectation!

7. A shift from the old to the new
Old Medicine
New Medicine
Population-Based
individualised
One-off, Doctor’s Office
Real-Time Streaming, Real World
Doctor Ordered Data
Patient Generated Data
Doctor’s Notes Unshared
Our Notes, Patient Edited
Information owned by Doctors and Hospitals
Information Owned by Rightful Owner
Expensive, Big-Ticket Tech
Cheap Chips, Moore’s Law
Data Limited
Panoramic

8. Disruptors and Megatrends
Technology
Globalisation
Demographic Shift
Economic Landscape Transformation
Urbanisation
Sustainability
Environmental Crisis
Internet of Things
Technology
Diffusion
Autonomous
Transport
Individualism
The War for Talent
Security

9. Next Wave Big Data is everywhere Smart everything
If you accept that, then how do you make sure it helps you?
Big Data is not an “IT Issue”
Smart everything
IOT – lots of focus on the Things…Have you the infrastructure
Are you Connected
Digital Natives
Is the Region being left behind?
Infrastructure
People & Education – change Expectations
Can you help to deliver on key strategies
The ecosystem for ICT and healthcare research and industry.
Near-term impact: tech transfer, job creation, …
Creating a innovation pipeline for sustainable jobs growth.
Developing the human capital required
Is there real academic-industry collaboration.…
Accutely aware of the challenges .. .scale ambition. Confronted many of the same in own centres. Experience and expertise to make INSIGHT a success.
Recognise need for a compelling and adaptable research programme.
Best practice M&Gov to ensureop effectiveness.
Understand the collab challenges … borrowed initaitives from existing centres to facilitate integration, create a shared sense of community, foster collaboration.
Experience to the table … managing large industry partnerships industry partnerships from the largest MNCs tot demanding young startups.
Wil create a culture of innovation that has proven to be a strong catalyst for technology transfer, spinout development, and job creation
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10. The Future is Convergence
Leadership
Move away from Silos
Connect the dots (villages)
Ask: what do Digital Natives need?
Build active Partnerships
Build Allinces with Education
Focus impact on local strengths
Buy in across the region

11. 25/07/2012
Fit-For-Purpose?
Designing and delivering services that are needs informed, evidence based and outcomes focused need not be about spending more money….

12. We need to become a Team…
You have load of ideas
You have loads of good people
You need a World class Brand
You need to Think Big & Global
You need to Attract Investment
We need to become a Team…

13. 25/07/2012
Moving the furniture around?
Making some courageous decisions?