CIT Innovation Week 2016 launches on Monday 7th March

Cork Institute of Technology’s Innovation Week 2016 will kick off on Monday 7^th March with an official launch taking place around a supersized box in the main Atrium of the CIT Bishopstown campus.

The launch sees the unveiling of the larger than life CIT Innovation Week 2016 box which promotes all aspects of innovation and creativity, as well as paying homage to past winners of the Local Enterprise Office (Cork) sponsored CIT Prize for Innovation.

The week-long event includes a wide range of seminars, exhibitions, workshops and demonstrations. The highlight of the week is the Local Enterprise Offices (Cork) CIT Prize for Innovation which awards €10,000 in cash prizes to those whose inventions and business ideas are judged most creative, novel, innovative, and likely to succeed in the workplace.

Last year’s first prize winner was sole trader and founder of the Roll Out Vegetable Garden Company, Cara Tremayne from Dunmanway, Co Cork.  Cara, who was a fourth year Horticulture student at CIT, picked up a cheque for €4,000 and the title of CIT Entrepreneur of the Year for her roll out coco coir woven matting impregnated with vegetable seeds.

“Innovation Week is a celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship across the many disciplines and campuses of CIT.  Throughout the week we will be showcasing seasoned entrepreneurs, many of whom are trading internationally, as well as students who have come up with business and App ideas” says Carole O’Leary, Industry Liaison Manager, CIT.

Other prize categories during the week include NIMBUS Product Development Prize, The Apprentice, Bank of Ireland Business Canvass Wall and CIT CoderDojo Competition.  The competitions are open to all students registered at CIT during the academic year.

CIT Innovation Week 2016, which is now in its 6^th year, will take place from 7^th – 11^th March across CIT’s five campus locations.  Further details available from www.cit.ie/innovationweek.