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08/11/2013
NI Will Thrive In The Marine Sector - Foster
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster has said Northern Ireland can become a leader in the development of products for the global marine sector.
Speaking at the SmartOcean Forum at Titanic Belfast, Arlene Foster said: "The SmartOcean Forum follows the recent Northern Ireland Investment Conference which successfully highlighted to an international business audience the strengths that we have to offer.
"Programmes like SmartOcean allow us to continue building on our traditional strengths of engineering excellence and our long history of innovation, whilst developing new skill sets to meet the needs of the fast changing world of technology and renewable energy."
The Invest Northern Ireland sponsored event will focus on developing high-tech products and services for traditional sectors such as fisheries, aquaculture, transport and security and emerging sectors such as renewable ocean energy and environmental monitoring, and ocean observation.
The two-day Forum will also give insights on emerging markets, policy and opportunities for innovation associated with the launch of Horizon 2020 in 2014 and will focus on the challenges for SMEs to drive innovation in an emerging marine technology sector.
(CD/JP)
Speaking at the SmartOcean Forum at Titanic Belfast, Arlene Foster said: "The SmartOcean Forum follows the recent Northern Ireland Investment Conference which successfully highlighted to an international business audience the strengths that we have to offer.
"Programmes like SmartOcean allow us to continue building on our traditional strengths of engineering excellence and our long history of innovation, whilst developing new skill sets to meet the needs of the fast changing world of technology and renewable energy."
The Invest Northern Ireland sponsored event will focus on developing high-tech products and services for traditional sectors such as fisheries, aquaculture, transport and security and emerging sectors such as renewable ocean energy and environmental monitoring, and ocean observation.
The two-day Forum will also give insights on emerging markets, policy and opportunities for innovation associated with the launch of Horizon 2020 in 2014 and will focus on the challenges for SMEs to drive innovation in an emerging marine technology sector.
(CD/JP)
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