Employer Ownership of Skills
This report looks at what has been achieved against the original vision for Industrial Partnerships (IPs). It focuses on the lessons learned from the activities, the challenges and successes.
Genomics and personalised medicine
A Healthcare UK report on how partnership with the UK in Genomics and Personalised Medicine could transform healthcare.
Ministerial Energy & Manufacturing Advisory Group Report
The Energy and Manufacturing Advisory Group's recommendations to improve the competitiveness and effectiveness of NI’s electricity market.
Growing and Diversifying the Export Base
This report seeks to assess how NI might grow and diversify its export base and how Government can support that growth.
Export Matters Action Plan
The Export Matters Action Plan has been developed by DETI in conjunction with Invest NI and IntertradeIreland.
NI Manufacturing: The Engine of Prosperity
A report on the contribution which manufacturing makes to the Northern Ireland economy. This report from Oxford Economics uncovers the full impact on jobs, wages, GVA, exports and other areas on both a macro NI level and in each of the 11 new Councils.
The 2015 Life & Health Sciences Report
If Northern Ireland is to provide world-leading standards of healthcare to its citizens whilst creating strong, sustainable economic outputs the sector must be understood and delineated accurately and in detail. This report seeks to lay the foundations of this understanding so that a clear and concerted strategy may be developed to serve the needs of patients dovetailed to Northern Ireland’s future economic growth.
Trust in personal data: A UK review
This report examines the issues that still remain around personal data and suggests the actions that need to be taken.
Precision Medicine in Northern Ireland
In this paper we present a snapshot of how Northern Ireland is already proactively involved in precision medicine development, how it is primed to expand this contribution, and why increasing numbers of national and global organisations are partnering with Northern Ireland to realise the full benefits precision medicine can deliver.
The 2014 Intellectual Capital Report
The main objectives of this study are to gain an insight of the level of awareness amongst indigenous MATRIX industry-based Northern Irish businesses of their Intellectual Capital and examine the processes that may be employed to drive and support economic growth by exploiting intellectual capital and local innovation.
The 2014 Social Innovation Report
This report examines how social innovation can be harnessed to benefit the Northern Ireland economy as well as its expected goal of social impact.
Report for the AKIS inventory (WP3) of the PRO AKIS project
The main aim of the report is to provide a comprehensive description of the Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (AKIS) in The Netherlands, with a particular focus on agricultural advisory services.
The 2013 Sustainable Energy Report
This report was commissioned when DETI and MATRIX identified substantial commercial opportunities associated with sustainable energy technology markets which were likely to grow significantly as worldwide demand for lower-carbon technologies increased.
The 2010 Telecoms Report
This report finds that major advances have been achieved in the quality and extent of telecommunications provision in Northern Ireland and, combined with near term plans, the overall provision places it among the leading regions in terms of international standards.
The 2008 Advanced Engineering (Transport) Report
The Advanced Engineering (Transport) Horizon Panel brought together a number of experts from business and academia – many of whom are already involved in the exciting transformation that is already taking place in engineering and manufacturing – with the objective of identifying the means by which Northern Ireland can reclaim its position as a global leader in engineering.
The 2008 Agri-Food Report
For the Agri-Food Report, the Panel took direction from ‘Vision 20/20’, the industry’s Foresight exercise, identified and built on our capacity and capability for world class science, knowledge, technology, innovation and business exploitation, to forge a collaborative framework, tools and environment, that will be crucial for delivering future opportunities.
The 2008 ICT Report
This MATRIX foresight panel reviewed current research in the ICT sector at a local, national and international level. Based on current trends, three areas where Northern Ireland has the potential to make significant advances, achieve global leadership and establish new platforms of growth that would have high commercial impact were identified.
The 2008 Life & Health Sciences Report
The Life and Health Sciences Horizon Panel recommended that Northern Ireland becomes the first UK region committed to the early adoption of a telehealth system within the Health and Social Care practice.
The 2008 Public Procurement of Innovative Science & Technology Solutions Report
The report makes recommendations into how public procurement can be undertaken in more innovative ways in Northern Ireland.
The 2008 Advanced Materials Report
This analysis of the industrial and academic strengths shows that a rich focus area for NI is the convergence area between traditional material sectors and a focus on the interdisciplinary and multidiscipline areas of advanced materials.
The First Matrix Report 2008
The report highlights the need to create and maintain a new working environment for business, government and academia where they can combine their resources in a market led approach to innovation.