InnoGlobal has become a member of the EC launched Industry 5.0 Community of Practice.  

The Industry 5.0 Community of Practice (CoP 5.0) will bring together a broad range of European innovation ecosystem stakeholders to share good practices, co-create actions to implement Industry 5.0, contribute to the New European Innovation Agenda (NEIA) implementation, and provide a platform for members to network and establish new collaborations. It will help create a value proposition for stakeholders at the local, regional, national, and European levels to promote and apply Industry 5.0 principles and practices. It will facilitate an opportunity for stakeholders to share ideas, foster synergies, and receive support in transforming traditional business models into more impactful ones. 

• InnoGlobal will be involved in the co-development of a prototype diagnostic tool for Industry 5.0. This qualitative assessment visual tool will assist companies/organizations in evaluating their Industry 5.0 performance based on the triple pillars of human-centricity, resilience, and sustainability.  

• Horizon Europe application: InnoGlobal has led the submission of a Research Project [RENEW4AU] for the Horizon Europe’s call titled ‘Accelerating the green transition and energy access in Africa’. We led a consortium composed of 13 Members (6 EU Organisation and 7 AU organisation) comprising, HEI, SMEs and start-ups. The overarching goal of the proposal is demonstrating that the use of a user-centered microgrid renewable energy technologies is the enabler for building a revolutionary approach where users and more generally the local community’ well-being is placed at the core of the technology’s design paradigm. The proposal aims at leveraging new advanced technologies to create wealth beyond employment and development, all while keeping conscious of the planet’s production restrictions.  

• Integration of InfluxDB timeseries database technology with the SmartX HMI which enhances the accuracy of data visualisations as well as faster performance and the ability to handle more data 

• A new multi-process Python script execution engine has been developed which greatly improves the safety, robustness and performance of our low-code / no-code process automation technology 

• Further enhancements to our MQTT IoT device support to improve security and cloud connectivity – these updates are being rolled out as part of SmartWorkshops 

• Migration of SmartX Cloud Apps to newer VueJS based user interface technologies – the legacy code has been replaced with more up to date technologies giving us the benefits of improved security and performance as well as making the code easier to maintain (and we have a lot of code in SmartX!)

Level 6 Pharma Labs Begin 

This October & November we will facilitate, for the first time, the Level 6 Pharma Science labs for a total of 285 students onsite at Innopharma in both our Process and Analytical labs.  

The labs will run over a total of 9 days. We are very busy preparing for kick off on October 31st. Exciting times ahead! 

Trip to Belgium for the Project Forum – Process for Planet

https://www.aspire2050.eu/news/new/processes4planet-projects-forum-2023 

Panel 3: Decarbonization, facilitated by Daniela Angione (InnoGlobal), A.SPIRE Ambassadors Group Chair (Location: Chestnut Room 2, first floor) 

• Liesbeth Horckmans, Carbon4Minerals 

• Mónica Viciano Miralles, THREADING-CO2  

• Chiara Caccamo, H2GLASS and Flex4Fact 

• Antonio Campanale, FLEXnCONFU 

InnoGlobal is now on social media!

InnoGlobal has officially launched its own social media presence! We're now active on both LinkedIn and Twitter, and we're looking forward to connecting with a wider audience. In our pursuit of growth and outreach, we believe that social media platforms play a pivotal role in engaging with our community, partners, and potential clients. Your support in this endeavor is invaluable. If you could please follow our accounts and actively engage with the content we'll be sharing. Your likes, comments, and shares will help us amplify our reach and make meaningful connections in the space.

Here are the links to our official accounts to stay up to date with what's happening:
LinkedIn
Twitter

In September, Ian flew to Boston to meet with Congress to discuss important topics; Industry 5.0, Transformative Skills Initiatives in Africa and building medicine manufacturing capabilities in SSA. Matt Moran also attended these meetings! It was great to see such a high level of interest and support from the Congress.

We are delighted to introduce the newest members of our Team below:

John Mullaney

I am originally from Claremorris, Co. Mayo and currently living in Lucan, Dublin.  

Most of my 3rd level education I have done alongside work – oh yes, that 6-10pm day-evenings and snoozy Saturday shifts, so it is a little bit unconventional. The main components were a diploma in electronic engineering at ITT, BEng via Open University and MSc Energy Management & Renewable Energy at DIT. There have been other shorter excursions too so do not be surprised if you bump into me at a Pharma related session somewhere along the way. 

I have worked across several different sectors in my career to date including electronic equipment manufacturing, service engineering (medical & lab equipment), energy & sustainability management and PPP contract management. A lot of the companies I worked for no longer exist, which my wife likes to pin on me, but let me assure you it is purely coincidental. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and Vasogen are two consigned to dust while UDG Healthcare and Sodexo are doing quite nicely (she rarely mentions that!). Since completing the Advanced Validation Techniques course with Innopharma this Summer, I have been working as a Technical Writer at Grifols, Grange Castle. I’m part of a team of three Innopharma staff embedded in the Validation Department, working on a documentation project with a regulatory focus.  

When not working I enjoy going outdoors cycling or walking. In my current role I can cycle to work – 20 minutes each way. I have always enjoyed working with wood, which includes collecting an annual supply for my wood burner and more recently making green wood furniture, particularly stools. (Tip-offs for wood supplies always welcome). But most of all, food is my #1 passion, thinking or reading about it, but especially tucking into something interesting. Right now, I am going through a Chinese phase figuring out how to work a wok without constantly setting off the fire alarm with ginger fumes. 

Paula Curran  

Hi, I'm Paula, I completed a degree in analytical chemistry. I have worked previously for Baxter healthcare and Schering plough. I am excited to be working with Innopharma with such amazing people & my role currently is Validation Technical writer at Grifols. My hobbies are tennis & I love to travel when I can.

New Starters 

Isobel Hickey- Programme Co ordinator in Limerick  

Hi all- I am absolutely delighted to be joining the team in the mid-west. I am no stranger to Innopharma as I started my journey as a student a few years ago completing the higher certificate and then going on to most recently completing the L7 BSC in Process Technologies. It’s great now to be on the other side of it and being able to support the students with my knowledge of what they are experiencing.  I am very excited to continue to grow in my new role and utilize my knowledge of the student experience to support them in successfully achieving their goals with Innopharma Education 

Technical Services Recruitment  

We recently completed our recruitment for our 23rd Validation Programme commencing on October 2nd. We had huge interest in our programme with over 230 applications! We look forward to expanding our team soon. 

Golf Event  

Caroline Fanneran, Paul Hession & Sandra Mooney attended the Galway Chamber Annual Golf Classic in August, Well done coming in 2nd place!  #TeamInnopharma!  ⛳