Business Explorer is a funded programme aimed at connecting businesses directly with the technical specialists they need to develop new products or ideas.
Join us on Wednesday, 1st May 2024, as we welcome award-winning Professor Joan Condell (BSc, MSc, PhD) from Ulster University. Professor Condell will discuss how she has utilised her expertise in Digitalisation, Data Analytics, and AI to drive innovative changes for SMEs through InterTradeIreland’s Innovation programmes.
Professor Joan Condell leads the Human-Centered Computing team at Ulster University in Northern Ireland. Her focus is on digitalisation, analytics, AI, and sensors for various applied research sectors. She oversees a team of PhD researchers and Research Associates/Fellows across multiple national, EU, and commercial projects, having led over 100 projects in her career.
Professor Condell has authored over 250 papers and successfully secured grants from external sources, with a total project value exceeding £67M. With significant commercial experience, she serves as CEO of the spinout company ActionSense Ltd and has successfully exited a previous spinout company (HidInImage Ltd). She holds numerous patents filed in the UK and US and has completed trials with key industrial players across a range of technologies.
Joan has been recognized with Innovation and Enterprise awards for her commercialization work, highlighting her creativity and prowess in bio-entrepreneurship.