b"Bill McKiernan, chair of the judging panel and founder of C yberSource Corporation with the winners from Ivea Labs: Andrew Boyd, Victoria Potts, Adam Whiteside, Alex Caskey and Neil O'Herlihy from Google.The final round importantly, the system would allow theBitcove, an online platform for buying andattractions owners to gather accurate visi- sellingtheBitcoindigitalcurrency,and ofTheIrelandFundsBusinessPlan tor analytics in a non-intrusive way, whichtoKenBourke,DanMaloneandMaxCompetitiontookplaceinGoogleHQcould be used to improve and market theirHoffman(DCU)fortheirideaMawla,ainDublininJune,2015wherefour attractionsmoreeffectively,benefitingsoftware that allows users to design andexceptional start-ups battled it out for theboth the tourist and the attraction owner. buildmobileappsthroughagraphicaltop prize of10,000.Weresohappytohavewon, interface in real time.ThewinnerwasBelfasttechstart- absolutely delighted. We started this ideaBillMcKiernan,chairofthejudg-up Ivea Labs, made up of Andrew Boyd, as a module in college, but got on so wellingpanelandfounderofCyberSourceVictoria Potts, Adam Whiteside and Alex andthoughtthatthisideawasviable. CorporationLtd,saidthat,Itsalways Caskey,whoareallfromQueens Winning this competition means we canan honour to come to Dublin to see these University Belfast. actually get going and stop doing competi- compellinganddiversebusinessplans TheirinnovativeproductisVisit, tions to try win money. Now we can hit theandpitches.Idliketocongratulateall adual-aspecttechnologysolutionthat ground running and start focusing on theofthefinalistsfordisplayingsuchanwill change the way tourists interact withbusiness, the team from Ivea Labs said,innovativeandentrepreneurialflairin exhibitions.speaking about their win. each of their ideas. Backing this energy Specifically targeted at Northern IrishSecondplaceinthecompetitionwasand offering practical support is crucial to tourism,VisitisabrillianttechnologywonbyBrianMorganfromITSligo seeing these young people reach their full solution that would act as an interactive forhisbusinessplanWaterWatch,anpotential. museumguidebyallowingtouriststo acousticwatermonitoringsystemthat He was joined by judges Fergal Mullen of receivefreeinformationaboutnearbyallowscustomerstounderstandtheir Highland Capital Europe, Marie OConnor exhibitpiecesandattractionsdirectly real-timewaterconsumption,helpingof PwC Ireland, Alan Foy of Blueface and to their phone via Bluetooth. them to save money. Neil OHerlihy of Google.ThissystemwouldallowinformationMeanwhile,jointthirdplaceand aboutexhibitstobepostedandupdat- aprizeof 1,000wenttoJamesandCoverage courtesy of Ekaterina Tikhoniouk edbytheattractionsowner.Butmore Peter Nagle (UCC) for their business plan,and Campus.ieconnect2015 | 37"