Maynooth University’s Innovation Value Institute launches new research hub at Digital Summit

Minister of State for Public Procurement, Digitalisation and eGovernment, Frank Feighan TD, launched ‘ATLAS’, a new AI-enabled platform at Maynooth University (MU), during the opening of the Innovation Value Institute’s ‘IVI Summit’ and the celebration of the Institute’s 20th anniversary.

Building upon IVI’s Capability Maturity Framework, developed over the past two decades, ‘ATLAS’ aims to make IVI’s multidisciplinary research accessible and applicable to organisations, to allow assessment and improvement. This is achieved through combining research knowledge, AI-enabled insights and practical organisational expertise into a single digital platform, designed to support decision-makers navigating complex transformation challenges.

The platform aims to make research on organisational capabilities, AI and data more accessible in practice, while fostering international collaboration between academia, industry and policymakers.

Announcing the launch of ATLAS, Minister Frank Feighan TD said: “For twenty years, Maynooth University’s Innovation Value Institute has built an international reputation for research excellence and practical impact, helping organisations across enterprise, government and society navigate digital transformation. Today marks an important milestone as IVI launches the next phase of its journey and continues to strengthen Ireland’s position as a global leader in digital innovation.”

Professor for Digital Service Innovation at Maynooth University and the Director of the Innovation Value Institute, Prof Markus Helfert, said: “The core DNA of IVI is three C’s: Co-Creation, Community, Collaboration. The digital future with the rise of AI brings challenges but many more opportunities, and we remain focused on applicable digital solutions for businesses and organisations. We are excited to launch ‘ATLAS’ to deliver accessible organisational capability improvement and real, future-focused business transformation.”

‘ATLAS’ was launched as part of a three-day digital summit hosted by the IVI at Maynooth University. The summit, Twenty Years of Impactful Research – What’s Next?, features more than 100 experts from over 15 countries representing industry, the public sector, and academia. The programme includes roundtable discussions on digital transformation, data, and AI across a range of sectors, from age-friendly futures to agricultural data.

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Ronan Leonard

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