A Technology Futures Exercise

Description

Ireland’s recently launched strategy for research and development, science and technology – “Innovation 2020” aims to make Ireland a global innovation leader, increasing public investment in research and leveraging greater private investment to bring Ireland’s research and development intensity to 2.5% of GNP by 2020. Innovation 2020 commits to a new cycle of research prioritisation, which will guide investment from 2018 onwards, to ensure that research and innovation investment continues to be aligned with areas of commercial opportunity that are strategically important for Ireland. An evidence base to support this process is being prepared with a key element of this work being a Technology Futures exercise which will present an informed assessment of technologies that are or will be critical to Ireland’s economic and social development and how they will evolve over a 20 year timeframe. While the immediate use of the output of this Technology Futures Exercise will be to form the next cycle of Research Prioritisation, it is also envisaged that the output will be used by a wide range of stakeholders and will feed into the wider policy making process. It is within this context that the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (DJEI) are looking to engage consultants to assist in the delivery of this Technology Futures Exercise