DAMIAN MCDONNELL
Northern Ireland is brimming with ideas, talent and skills. What we now need is the muscle of business and academia to take these recommendations forward and the foresight of government to facilitate them. It’s time for all of us to put our foot on the accelerator and move on to the next phase.
The MATRIX panel has proposed a number of recommendations that will kick-start, embrace and foster innovation in Northern Ireland, with business taking a leading role and academia providing the inspiration for innovative research.
MATRIX is confident that if these recommendations are implemented they will go a long way to ensuring that Northern Ireland’s economy is healthy and wealthy for the decades to come. Our key objective is to encourage businesses to become more innovative and creative in order to compete in the global marketplace. These business-driven proposals meet that requirement.