IRL to launch Singapore innovation portal
Technology from New Zealand and Queensland will be showcased to Asian markets.
Tuesday, December 20 2011 || News || BY Computerworld staff
Industrial Research Ltd (IRL) is launching a strategic partnership with the Queensland Government and the Mercator Alliance with the view to developing a science and innovation portal in Singapore.
The portal will showcase emerging New Zealand and Queensland technologies in the energy and environmental sectors and is designed to encourage collaborative research between organisations in New Zealand, Queensland and Singapore.
“Our intention is that the portal will operate as an industry interactive hub, effectively a showroom for high-tech Kiwi science and innovation for growing Asian economies. It will also provide a gateway for Asian industry to engage with New Zealand and Queensland research organisations,” says IRL deputy CEO Drew Stein.
IRL, a Crown Research Institute, specialises in the development of future focused services, products and technologies for the energy distribution, and generation industries and manufacturers of energy technology.
Stein says IRL will make available to the partnership its world-leading science and engineering capability which includes expertise in hydrogen-based technologies, renewable and distributed energy technologies, and carbon capture technologies.
“Our role will be to work with New Zealand based companies to transfer some of this know-how and in collaboration with our partners enable them to enter emerging markets in Asia.”
The portal will showcase emerging New Zealand and Queensland technologies in the energy and environmental sectors and is designed to encourage collaborative research between organisations in New Zealand, Queensland and Singapore.
“Our intention is that the portal will operate as an industry interactive hub, effectively a showroom for high-tech Kiwi science and innovation for growing Asian economies. It will also provide a gateway for Asian industry to engage with New Zealand and Queensland research organisations,” says IRL deputy CEO Drew Stein.
IRL, a Crown Research Institute, specialises in the development of future focused services, products and technologies for the energy distribution, and generation industries and manufacturers of energy technology.
Stein says IRL will make available to the partnership its world-leading science and engineering capability which includes expertise in hydrogen-based technologies, renewable and distributed energy technologies, and carbon capture technologies.
“Our role will be to work with New Zealand based companies to transfer some of this know-how and in collaboration with our partners enable them to enter emerging markets in Asia.”
