Join us this September at MERITS Tech Cluster for Idea Ignition — a dynamic showcase of early-stage ideas, prototypes, and passion projects from the region’s brightest tech minds. This isn’t your typical demo day. It’s a celebration of raw innovation, where startups, students, and solo creators pull back the curtain on what they’re building — whether it’s a polished MVP or a napkin-sketch brought to life.
FOCUS ON TECH: Idea Ignition
DATE: Thursday 25th September
TIME: 6-8pm
LOCATION: MERITS, Naas
Join us this September at MERITS Tech Cluster for Idea Ignition — a dynamic showcase of early-stage ideas, prototypes, and passion projects from the region’s brightest tech minds.
This isn’t your typical demo day. It’s a celebration of raw innovation, where startups, students, and solo creators pull back the curtain on what they’re building — whether it’s a polished MVP or a napkin-sketch brought to life.
What to Expect:
- Live demos of emerging tech and tools
- Networking with founders, funders, and future collaborators
- Coffee, conversation, and creative collisions
What to Bring?
- Tablet/laptop to access your product
- Pitch-deck if you have it
- Any promotional materials you have or are working on
This is an opportunity to get technical, market, funding and strategy advise from the entire MERITS community. It’s also an opportunity to share some of what you’ve learned with other founders/creators!
This is also your opportunity to meet MERITS’ new Technical Programme Manager Terry Halpin.
- Terry brings over two decades of experience in the telecommunications and technology sectors, including senior roles at Esat Digifone, O2, Three, and Vodafone. Throughout his career, he has led strategic initiatives in network infrastructure, product delivery, and customer solutions—playing a key role in the rollout of major broadband and mobile network projects across Ireland.
- Before joining MERITS, Terry successfully ran his own tech consultancy in Kildare, supporting SMEs with digital transformation strategies. Now at MERITS, he’s driving programmes and opportunities that support early-stage founders and build a thriving tech ecosystem across the region.
Whether you're a tech enthusiast, investor, mentor, or just curious about what’s brewing in the local innovation scene, Idea Ignition is your front-row seat to the future.
Come for the ideas. Stay for the energy. Leave inspired.
This event is being provided free of charge to our clients.
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