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Innovative research commissioned by the Western Development Commission and carried out by researchers at NUI, Galway has highlighted the potential for a doubling of the workforce employed in the creative sector over the next 10 years.

A doctoral fellow at the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) at NUI Galway, Ciara Fitzgerald, was presented with second prize in the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Graduate Student Literature Review Prize at their annual meeting in Las Vegas recently.

“A modern port facility for Galway, catering for commercial shipping traffic and the development of Galway as a centre for Ocean Energy, cruise liners and marine leisure is pivotal to the future progression of the city,” according to Captain Brian Sheridan, Harbour Master who made his comments in advance of the Galway 2040 Symposium to be held in GMIT on Friday November 5.

The Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) at NUI Galway will host a one-day conference on the medical technology clusters in Ireland and Massachusetts on Thursday, October 28, in the Bailey Allen Hall.

A Dublin-based market leader for post-trade automation solutions to the global securities services industry will contribute more than €1 million over a five-year period to research at NUI Galway.

Creative enterprises such as digital media, film, art, design and the Irish language have significant potential for future economic development in the western region. That’s according to the Western Development Commission (WDC) who are devising a strategy for the region’s creative economy in conjunction with regional businesses and a high-level industry advisory group.

Dr Willie Golden, originally from Westport, has been appointed Dean of the College of Business, Public Policy and Law at NUI Galway. He will have responsibility for the JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics, and the School of Law.

A night dedicated to local entrepreneurship will be hosted by the Junior Chamber Galway when Galway’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award is announced.

Growing Brands Through A Recession is the title of a one-day masterclass for business leaders which will be held in NUI Galway on Thursday January 21 2010.

The last remaining places are now available for NUI Galway’s one-day masterclass for business leaders: ‘Growing Brands through a Recession’. This event is the only Irish masterclass to be given by marketing guru Professor Leslie de Chernatony.