MATRIX, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel, is a business led expert panel which advises government, industry & academia on potential areas for growth.
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Green Skills play a vital role in shaping the future of our local economy.
Explore our Green Skills careers bulletin and accompanying Quick Guides to discover career options, transferable skills and the many pathways into greener jobs.
From energy and construction to engineering and transport, check out the roles, skills and pathways for a career in shaping a greener future.
Find out more ➡️ economy-ni.gov.uk/topics/car…
@NorthernRC2024 @swccollege @S_ERC @nwrc_college @OpenUniversity @QUBelfast @daera_ni @CommunitiesNI @bfastmet @UlsterUni @NIElectricity
ALT A graphic that says: 'Careers service. Careers Occupational Information Unit Bulletin. Green Skills.' There is an image showing elements of green energy such as solar panels and wind turbines. At the bottom of the graphic is a Department for the Economy NI logo.
Creative technologies and the space economy were themes for panel discussions at the recent Futura Innovation Conference in Limerick.
Read more
➡️matrixni.org/matrix-at-the-i… #createch #spaceeconomy #space
ALT Matrix NI chairs a creative technologies panel at the Futura Innovation Conference in Limerick 19-21 October
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🤝 FSB Connect Online in NI
📅 29 Oct 2026 | 🕧 12:30–1:30 PM | 💻 Online
Expand your network, share insights & connect with NI & UK business owners—all from home! Free & open to all!
👉 Register: go.fsb.org.uk/4gJFlMS
#FSBNI #Networking #SmallBusiness #BusinessGrowth
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📢Tomorrow! Join us for the first in a series of free lunchtime webinars from our Foundation Future Leaders. This one is about building stronger bridges between science and policy and what effective engagement looks like.
Book your free space: lnkd.in/eCZ5qcut #FSTEvents
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Economy Minister Dr @CArchibald_SF and @daera_ni Minister @AndrewMuirNI have launched a consultation seeking views on the development of a sustainable biomethane sector in Northern Ireland.
🔗 economy-ni.gov.uk/news/minis…
ALT Pictured left - right: Andrew Muir and Dr Caoimhe Archibald.
💡 Human by Design: Creativity & Technology
Great discussion hosted by Matrix at the @FuturaEvent How technology is transforming creativity, the importance of ethics, artistic control, and why storytelling remains central to #innovation. Human #creativity matters more than ever.
ALT Futura innovation conference: Human by Design: Creativity and Technology session. Panel: Gwen Stevenson, Brendan Lowry, Matthew Malcolm and Rónán Ó'Muirthile, who shared insights on how emerging technologies are reshaping creative practice across sectors
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"To be the first person to know something - it's really pretty cool if you are a dork like I am."
Medicine laureate Fred Ramsdell shares what he loves about science.
Ramsdell was awarded the 2025 medicine prize for discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
Watch our full interview with Ramsdell: nobelprize.org/prizes/medici…
Opportunity for businesses to find out how digital twin technologies can be applied. Organisations with a challenge or use case can explore a solution through hands-on experimentation with digital twin technologies. Registration closes 17 November.
digicat.org.uk/4yBgRNL
ALT The Digital Twin Technology Access Programme is now open. Closing on 17 November,
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📢 Next week! Join us for a lunchtime webinar with Foundation Future Leaders from across academia and policy to answer the big question: What does effective engagement between science and policy actually look like?
Book your free place here: lnkd.in/eCZ5qcut #FSTEvents
🗓️The deadline for the draft #AI Strategy consultation response is Wednesday 7 October - executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/co…
#Worldspaceweek 4 - 10 October.
Following the recent launch of the 'NI Space enabled region pathfinder' report, a stakeholder event was held. Susan Heaney (NI Space Office) highlighted 77 use cases for public sector satellite technology usage. bit.ly/SpacePathfinderReport @WSW_UK
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The countdown is on... One week until Women in Tech Week 2026.
12-16 October. Free events online and across the UK. Book as many as you like and make it your week!
women-in-tech-week.com/event…
#WomenInTechWeek #WomenInTech #WITW #WomenInTech2026 #WITW26
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'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins physics Nobel bbc.in/4y1YJeU
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BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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💡School pupils across Northern Ireland are being challenged to imagine life in 2050 and develop innovative solutions to the problems people could face in the future.
The @MATRIX_NI ‘Future Focus’ Schools Challenge asks teams to identify a real-world problem that could affect people in 2050, develop an innovative solution and present their idea in a two-minute video.
🔗economy-ni.gov.uk/news/young…
ALT Dr Ryan McFadden (Ulster University) inviting applications for the Matrix NI ‘Future Focus’ Schools’ Challenge’
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Artificial intelligence is changing education. But what does that mean for teachers?
@UNESCO's AI Competency Framework for Teachers sets out 15 competencies across five key areas, including AI ethics, pedagogy and a human-centred approach.
The goal? To help teachers harness AI while keeping human agency and teachers’ rights at the heart of education.
📘 unesco.org/en/articles/ai-co… #WorldTeachersDay
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Welcome aboard! 🙌
After nearly eight hours in flight, Crew-13 arrived at the @Space_Station, where they will spend the next several months conducting experiments on science and tech to benefit life on Earth and in space.
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Humans depend on healthy and resilient ecosystems.
#HorizonEU launched a new Nature research and innovation call: ten biodiversity-focused topics with an exceptional budget of 230 million euros.
👉 Discover more on the call at the Info Day on 16/10: link.europa.eu/7yWFPp
Calling innovators! 🚀 The 'Future Focus' Schools Challenge is open for entries. NI Pupils - years 5-10 are invited to imagine life in 2050 and design creative solutions to real-world problems. Submit a 2 min vid
Register bit.ly/SchoolsFutureFocus
More info: bit.ly/SchoolsChallenge26
ALT Matrix 'Future Focus' Schools Challenge in collaboration with NI Science Festival and Nerve Centre. Entries closing 7 November.