IGNITE is delivered by UCC and Cork County & City Enterprise Boards

IGNITE is supported by Cork County Council, Food Industry Partnership Board, EMC, Bord Gais, Cork Chamber, PFH and the entrepreneur community.

University College Cork

UCC is one of the premier research universities in the State. Its international reputation is determined primarily by the quality of innovation and research of its programmes and it is currently ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide. Not only does UCC have an outstanding international reputation in research across all faculties, it has a long tradition and expertise in technology transfer, intellectual property, innovation and of working with industry.

UCC was the first Irish university to establish a trading campus company based on one of its own developed technologies and it was the first university in Ireland to conceive, develop and implement an Intellectual Property ('IP') and Licensing Policy in 1985.

Cork County & City Enterprise Boards

Cork County & City Enterprise Boards were established by the Government in 1995, to promote and encourage local enterprise development in Cork County & City. The Boards have an enterprise development function for the small to medium sized business sector employing up to ten employees involved in manufacturing, processing, or internationally traded services within their areas.

Cork County & City Enterprise Boards offer a range of business supports for enterprises employing up to ten employees in their area including:

• Business Advice & Guidance
• Point of Contact for other Enterprise Development and Government Bodies
• Training for Owner / Managers
• Business and Management Development Programmes
• One to One Business Mentoring
• Financial Assistance Packages
• Enterprise/Workspace Units
• Advice After Care Service

Cork County Council

Cork County Council is the largest single local authority in the Republic of Ireland. It has a long history of supporting economic development in the region through infrastructural developments, strategic planning and the promotion of local industry. Its population is one of the most youthful and highly educated in the country and it has, for example, the highest number of computer science graduates per 100,000 in the OECD.

EMC

The EMC Ireland Center of Excellence, based in Ovens Co. Cork, is home to 1,700 employees. There are 22 different business units on the campus including Manufacturing, Customer Service, Logistics, Finance, Global Business Services, International Tax, IT and HR. These business units provide coverage for all International markets covering Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.

The facility is Cork has grown to 555,000 sq ft since it was first established in 1988 and remains the only EMC manufacturing facility outside of the United States. EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Since 1988 the Cork COE has been a vital part in EMC's growth and today it continues to play a key role in helping Customers on the Journey to the Private Cloud. More information about EMC, EMC Ireland and EMC's products is available at www.emc.com

INSPIRE

          INSPIRE  formerly known as NANOTEIRE) is a consortium of all

          Irish third level institutions with international leading research

          capability in nanoscience and nanotechnology. INSPIRE exists to 

          foster, facilitate and ultimately ensure collaboration and partnership

          between top ranking Irish and international scientists and

          engineers in nanoscience research and education. INSPIRE will enable Ireland to join an elite group of the highest ranking nanoscience countries worldwide making it an increasingly attractive location for relevant indigenous and foreign investment.

ICGEE

       The International Centre for Graduate Education in micro & nano         Engineering (ICGEE) is a national consortium of fourth level               education institutions dedicated to developing a doctoral level     

        training in micro- and nano-engineering including international

        participation and collaboration. The goal of the ICGEE

        programme is to develop the academic, administrative, and technical infrastructure required to provide a national graduate education programme relying on resource sharing between academic partner institutions and to deliver the ICGEE graduate training programme to the highest international standards. Graduates of the programme will be able to not only participate but play a future leadership role in a diverse, globally engaged 21st century society, albeit in as future engineers & scientists or in a non-academic context.                                       

CORKBIC

CORKBIC is a leading interdisciplinary venture consultancy in the South West of Ireland. The company provides an integrated process for incubating and growing high potential technology driven companies.

CORKBIC identifies, selects and develops about 12 higher potential startups per year and works as a hands-on catalyst or project developer in infrastructure gap initiatives.

PFH

PFH, Ireland’s largest privately-owned Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Company, currently employs 200 people between its offices in Dublin, Cork, and Galway. This includes 80 engineers to service customers nationwide.

CORKBIC

* Founded in 1972 by Group Managing Director, Mr. Jerry Carey   * IBS has in excess of 15,000 customers * 160 full-time staff

IBS is an ISO 9001:2008 Quality Assured Company, unique in  the fact that all aspects of its business including sales, service, marketing and administration are covered by the ISO Quality Mark.