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Camille Donegan
Eirmersive has introduced the appointment of Camille Donegan as interim chief government officer (CEO). This transfer follows a busy six months of professionalisation for the organisation, supported by strategic funding from the Dept of Tourism, Tradition, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media to bolster the implementation of the Digital Inventive Business Roadmap 2024-2026.
As interim CEO, Donegan will promote the adoption of immersive applied sciences and spotlight Eire’s contribution to the sector on a world stage. The Eirmersive crew will proceed to affect coverage in Eire, making certain the great understanding of immersive applied sciences throughout trade, academia and authorities stakeholders. Eirmersive collaborates intently with Cultural and Inventive Skillnet to handle points associated to abilities and expertise throughout the sector, and co-produce analysis, together with the not too long ago launched Irish Immersive Expertise Technique for Development.
Donegan co-founded Eirmersive in 2020, which was run on a voluntary foundation for greater than three years. She labored as a content material producer within the trade for over eight years, producing quite a few AR and VR options with companions similar to Adaptas Coaching and The Efficiency Company. She produced the award-winning Dala Challenge for the Youngsters & Adolescent Psychological Well being Service, which helps youngsters affected by nervousness obtain help by means of an immersive expertise. Moreover, she produced an SFI-funded undertaking with the College of Galway that highlights the lived expertise of homelessness, which not too long ago obtained an Enlight European Affect award.
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“I’m honoured to step into the position of interim CEO at this significant time for Eirmersive and the sector in Eire,” mentioned Donegan. “Because the digital artistic sector positive factors recognition and help from authorities, we’re proud to be on the desk and ready to deliver the wants and desires of our members and companions to that dialog. As well as, we’re creating and evaluating the worth proposition for our members, and are excited to collaborate with them to focus on their work and elevate the sector each nationally and internationally. Our imaginative and prescient is for Eire to be seen as a go-to vacation spot for best-in-class immersive expertise options. At Eirmersive, we imagine Eire has the artistic and technical abilities to make {that a} actuality.”
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