News & Events
October 25, 2012
‘Silicon Valley comes to Ireland’ event to be held in Cork for The Gathering 2013
The Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) will gather global CEOs and leading Irish executives in some of the world’s biggest technology companies in Cork in January in a Gathering-themed shindig. The aim will be to help local tech companies and entrepreneurs succeed on the global stage.
Irish Central
October 24, 2012
Tech leaders in Cork set for January as Silicon Valley returns to Ireland
The Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) will gather global CEOs and leading Irish executives in some of the world’s biggest technology companies in Cork in January in a Gathering-themed shindig. The aim will be to help local tech companies and entrepreneurs succeed on the global stage.
Silicon Republic
October 23, 2012
Major business event in Cork for the Gathering
A major of summit of global business leaders, high level executives, entrepreneurs and investors from the US and Ireland will take place in Cork in January as part of The Gathering.
RTE News
October 1, 2012
Ireland at the dazzling intersection between Hollywood and Silicon Valley
It is 2012 and as the future of Hollywood is increasingly linked with that of Silicon Valley, the impact of the Irish and Irish-Americans on these two iconic centres of industry on the US west coast became strongly apparent last week.
Silicon Republic
September 28, 2012
CoderDojo – legendary studios host the future authors of entertainment
LOS ANGELES – The spread of CoderDojo in just one year to nearly every geography on the planet has been fascinating to watch. But an unexpected pleasure to emerge from the Irish Technology Leadership Group’s annual Hollywood 50 event was the hosting of the very first dojo in a Hollywood studio.
Silicon Republic
September 27, 2012
ITLG announces Hollywood 50 at Sony Pictures Studios
The Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) has the ‘Hollywood 50′ highlighting global Irish-American executives making a significant impact within their field of technology. Announcing the prestigious list John Hartnett, president and founder of the ITLG said these individuals exhibit the creativity, intelligence, dedication and determination necessary to compete and succeed in the competitive world of technology.
Silicon Republic
September 27, 2012
BBC Worldwide digital entertainment chief to lead ITLG panel in Hollywood
A stellar cast of some of the leading digital entertainment professionals in the world will join the panel at the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG)’s Innovation in Entertainment event at Sony Pictures, led by Robert Nashak, executive vice-president for digital entertainment and games at BBC Worldwide.
Silicon Republic
September 18, 2012
Northern lights shine on the crossroads of Hollywood, Wall Street & Silicon Valley
As the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) prepares to publish its ITLG Hollywood 50 listing as part of the annual Innovation in Entertainment event in Hollywood, the fact that the region punches well above its weight in entertainment, software and financial services is becoming apparent.
Silicon Republic
September 9, 2012
From Dublin to Skywalker Ranch – entertaining the children of the digital age
From the forests of Endor to the wastes of Tatooine, Dubliner Colum Slevin – listed this year among the ITLG Hollywood 50 – was as transfixed as any youngster by the Star Wars franchise that began with Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Like many of his generation, he absorbed comic books like 2000 AD and watched movies like Blade Runner and always wanted to know more about the worlds portrayed there.
Silicon Republic
August 20, 2012
Hurray for Hollywood!
Welsh creative industry companies are being given the chance to showcase their technologies to major Hollywood film and entertainment companies at an event in Los Angeles next month. The Welsh Government is providing overseas trade support to help companies attend the Innovation in Entertainment event at Sony Studios, Los Angeles, on September 27th which is organised by the Irish Technology Leadership Group.
News Wales
August 20, 2012
New Innovators
LIMERICK-BASED Gary Neville and David Hickey are avid golfers who have turned their passion for the game into a new business. The company has received some support from Enterprise Ireland and has recently moved into the Hartnett Centre at Limerick Institute of Technology which was set up by John Hartnett, the founder of the Irish Technology Leadership Group based in Silicon Valley.
Irish Times
July 13, 2012
Cork First with “Gathering”
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny has welcomed confirmation that Cork City is to be one of the first places in Ireland to hold a ‘Gathering’ as the national initiative kicks off in 2013. A Cork consortium will host the 5th Annual Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) ‘Silicon Valley Comes to Ireland’ event on 21st and 22nd January next year.
Hospitalityenews
July 10, 2012
LED-tech start-up InfiniLED to harness cleanroom tech at Tyndall National Institute
Irish clean-tech start-up InfiniLED has forged an access agreement with Tyndall National Institute in Cork to use the institute’s semiconductor cleanrooms in order to work on developing its MicroLED technology
Silicon Republic
June 25, 2012
High-tech talent is king no matter where you are from
San Francisco and the Bay Area are now, of course, the centre of the global technology sector. Silicon Valley employs many Irish and Irish-Americans. Possibly the best-known Irish business organisation is the Irish Technology Leadership Group, founded in 2007 by John Hartnett
Irish Times
June 15, 2012
Influential investor Hartnett visits Cork
An informed perspective on technology and US-Irish links is guaranteed at next Wednesday’s Cork Chamber business breakfast in the Imperial Hotel at 7.30am, at which the influential Silicon Valley-based technology investor John Hartnett is guest speaker.
The Cork News
June 4, 2012
Former Intel chief volunteers for role on State boards
FORMER INTEL chief executive Craig Barrett has joined the list of international executives offering to sit on Irish State boards free of charge. Mr Barrett was at the helm of Intel when it first invested in Ireland in 1989, employing thousands in one of the world’s best-known technology companies.
Irish Times
May 9, 2012
Helper ELF for Limerick start-ups as LIT announces €1m seed fund
A NEW seed fund for start-up businesses attached to the Limerick Institute of Technology could, in time, help create up to 250 jobs in the Mid-West, college president Dr Maria Hinfelaar has predicted.
Limerick Leader
May 6, 2012
Top tips for Irish business, rock stars and innovators
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Richard A Moran says innovators who have an idea and construct a company around it will help rebuild the Irish economy: here he lays out some ‘bullets’ to pump air into the tyres of our business people.
Sunday Independent
April 30, 2012
SFI-funded scientists to head to Silicon Valley
Two Irish researchers from DCU and TCD have won an opportunity to head to Silicon Valley and meet with business and scientific research pioneers. Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is funding the trip, which will be hosted by the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG).
Silicon Republic
April 17, 2012
Irish Technology Capital establishes European base in Limerick
The Silicon Valley-based venture capital fund created by Irish diaspora technology leaders and investors has announced that it is to locate its European headquarters in Limerick City in association with Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT).
Business & Leadership
CEO Show KLIV 1590
John Hartnett, Founder of the Irish Technology Leadership Group in California interviewed on the KLIV CEO Show. Carl Guardino, of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, hosts this hour-long call-in special featuring some of Silicon Valley’s tech industry heavyweights.
CEO Show KLIV 1590
April 2, 2012
Move urged on securing executives’ free services
THE HEAD of the Irish Technology Leadership Group in California has urged the Government to move quickly to secure the services of top business executives who have offered to serve on state boards without payment. John Hartnett, founder of the ITLG, this week revealed the latest list of recruits who want to offer their services for the initiative, which was announced at last year’s Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin Castle. The list includes executives from some of the world’s leading companies.
Irish Times
March 27, 2012
Invest Drogheda Group make key connections on Trade Mission
The city was recently represented by an Invest Drogheda delegation led by the Mayor Kevin Callan and Chamber President Padraic Kierans, with Graham O’Rourke of the Drogheda Enterprise Centre and a number of locally based businesses. The aim was to build on the success of the previous visit to the Irish Technology Leadership Group in San Jose, the centre of Silicon valley which has led to Drogheda becoming a Silicon Valley Gateway. The trade missions have been a part of the Local Heroes initiative and which have given Drogheda a very serious avenue to seek direct investment and job creation from the technology hub.
Drogheda Chamber of Commerce
March 14, 2012
McNamee Says Apple Stock `Best Days Are Behind It’
Roger McNamee, managing director at Elevation Partners, talks about the outlook for Apple Inc. and the company’s shares, tablets, social-networking and his investment strategy.
Bloomberg Business Week
March 14, 2012
Five Irish firms win awards for cutting-edge technology
Five Irish companies received awards recognizing them as the best in their field from the Silicon Valley-based Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) at its annual awards dinner in California last night.
Irish Times
March 13, 2012
Silicon Valley plays host to Irish Awards
Representatives from five Northern Ireland companies, which have been shortlisted as finalists for the fifth annual Irish Technology Leadership Group/Irish Times Technology Awards, are in Silicon Valley in California this week to attend the awards ceremony.
Belfast Telegraph
March 12, 2012
‘Ireland Inc’ hits the Road
The week kicks off with the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) summit in Silicon Valley, which is expected to attract record-breaking levels of attendance. Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation Richard Bruton will be in attendance, as will more than 100 Irish companies and a number of delegations from towns around the country.
Irish Times
March 12, 2012
Pulling on the Green Jersey can pay off
The public exposure and access to power that St Patrick’s Day affords represents a unique opportunity that Irish businesses need to exploit to better effect.
Irish Times
February 15, 2012
Promoting Drogheda in USA
THE MAYOR of Drogheda, Kevin Callan and Chamber President, Padraic Kierans are again heading to America to promote Drogheda and try to encourage investment into the town. The pair will attend a two day technology summit in Santa Clara on March 12th and 13th.
Drogheda Independent
February 13, 2012
Return to the Valley
Last summer, the University of Wales Global Academy established an office in Silicon Valley, California, the global centre for innovative and entrepreneurial businesses. Based at the Irish Innovation Centre (IIC) in San Jose, the self-proclaimed capital of Silicon Valley, the aim of the office is to provide a presence for Welsh businesses that felt ready to present their innovation technology to potential investors, taking advantage of the soft-landing that the IIC provides to companies already based there.
Dylan Jones Evans
February 6, 2012
ITLG – ‘Irish Times’ Innovation Awards Finalists for 2012
The fifth annual ITLG- Irish Times Innovation Awards have been expanded this year to cover five categories, with a shortlist of 20 companies traveling to the finals which will be held in Silicon Valley next month. The 20 companies were selected by the ITLG following an extensive review of approximately 100 companies at a series of pitch sessions at DCU and University of Ulster Belfast last October and November.
Irish Times
January 31, 2012
State Board Members invited to waive Fees
Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin has written to personnel officers in Government departments advising that any serving or future board members be “given the option to waive the related board fee on a discretionary basis”. The move is likely to have been influenced by the US-based Irish Technology Leadership Group which is creating a panel of 100 Irish executives based overseas who are willing to serve on State boards free of charge between now and 2016.
Irish Times
January 26, 2012
ITLG and Ryan Academy to partner for Entrepreneurship Programs
The Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) and DCU’s Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship are aiming to stimulate economic growth through a partnership announced today to deliver Kauffman entrepreneurship and innovation programs in Ireland and Silicon Valley.
Business & Leadership
January 26, 2012
ITLG and Ryan Academy to partner for Entrepreneurship Programs
The Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) and DCU’s Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship are aiming to stimulate economic growth through a partnership announced today to deliver Kauffman entrepreneurship and innovation programs in Ireland and Silicon Valley.
Business & Leadership
