NIMAC, the Northern Ireland Massachusetts Connection, is a group dedicated to advancing business, research and clinical collaboration, between Massachusetts, Northern Ireland and Europe.


NIMAC is supported by:

Northern Ireland Massachusetts Connection

USA


  1. The Office of the Senate President of Massachusetts

  2. Mass Life Sciences Center

  3. Partners Center for Connected Health

  4. New England Healthcare Institute

  5. Massachusetts Technology Collaborative


Northern Ireland

  1. Invest Northern Ireland

  2. Queen’s University of Belfast

  3. University of Ulster

Finland

  1. Tekes

  2. VTT

  3. Kuopio Innovation


Europe

  1. European Commission

  2. European Connected Health Campus

  3. European Mobile Health Alliance

  4. TICSALUT Foundation



NIMAC held its launch event in Boston on Wed 20th October 2010.


Collaboration events have since taken place in Northern Ireland over the period 2-3 March 2011, in Finland over the period 18-20 April 2011 and in Massachusetts over the period 17-19 October 2011.  For more details visit the events section.


Massachusetts : Northern Ireland : Finland


Collaborations

NIMAC recognises the need to prioritise and has

decided to focus on collaborations in: 

  1. Diabetes;

  2. Connected Health;

  3. Tissue Engineering; and

 ... to try to achieve measurable success in each of

these before adding further priorities.

Themes

It has also decided to pursue the following Themes

which are common to Finland, Massachusetts and to

Northern Ireland:

  1. Distinguished Professor Programme;

  2. Student Exchange; and

  3. Technology Transfer.

 

What’s New

Launch of the Connected Health and Prosperity MoU in Northern Ireland.  For more details CLICK HERE.


Presentations are now available from the Finnish NIMAC event, Stronger Economy – Healthier People, which took place in the “winter wonderland” of Finland over the period 7-10 February 2012.  For more details CLICK HERE.