UCD's Innovation Dublin 2009 Events on October 14
The following UCD events will take place on October 14 as part of Innovation Dublin 2009.
| Title | The Art of Innovation Lecture Series: Lecture # 1 - Francis Johnson, The Bank of Ireland and the General Post Office |
| Date | 14 October (10:30 am) |
| Overview | The Art of Innovation Lecture Series will consist of 5 separate lectures held during the course of Innovation Dublin. The lectures will link discussions of buildings, sculptures and works of art in Dublin to earlier chapters in the history of innovation. |
| Lecture 1 | This lecture will describe the ways in which new types of commercial and civic buildings were created in early 19th century Dublin. |
| Speaker | Dr Lynda Mulvin, UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy |
| Location | Bank of Ireland, College, Green, Dublin 2. |
| Contact | Dr Lynda Mulvin, UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy, t: +353 1 716 8679, e: lmulvin@ucd.ie |
| Title | Launch of the 13th NovaUCD "Entrepreneurs Live!" Seminar Series |
| Speaker | Dr Eddie O'Connor, CEO & founder, Mainstream Renewable Power |
| Date | 14 October (12:30pm-2pm) |
| Summary | The aim the NovaUCD “Entrepreneurs Live!” seminar series, delivered in association with the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board, is to promote a spirit of entrepreneurship among the academic, research and student population at UCD.During each seminar, guest entrepreneurs talk about their experiences of setting-up and running their businesses emphasising the highs and lows encountered along their entrepreneurial journey and highlighting the secrets of their entrepreneurial success to date. |
| Location | NovaUCD, Belfield Innovation Park, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 |
| Contact | Caroline Gill, + 353 1 716 3715, e: caroline.gill@ucd.ie, w: www.ucd.ie/nova |
| Tite | Launch of UCD's Nanovation Labs |
| Date | 14 October (9:30 am - 2 pm) |
| Summary | A special event to officially launch and showcase the new Imaging, NanoBio, Computation and Nano-fabrication Solar Energy investments, totaling, €8 million in UCD's College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences. |
| Speakers | Professor Walter Kohn, 1998 Nobel Chemistry Prize Winner and industry speakers John Harnett, Irish Technology Leadership Group; Donald Fitzmaurice, Director, ePlanet Ventures and Mazhar Bari, CEO, Solar Print. The event concludes with inaugural lectures from three new professorial staff who are key players in UCD's Nanovation initiative. |
| Location | UCD William Jefferson Clinton Auditorium, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4. |
| Contact | Adrienne Coleton, UCD College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, t: +353 1 716 1781, e: adrienne.coleton@ucd.ie |
| Title | UCD Sculpture Trail |
| Dates | 14 to 20 October |
| Summary | A self-guided walking trail across the UCD Belfield Campus to view the sculptures that have been put in place over several decades. Works by many of Ireland’s leading sculptors are included in the Trail. Information leaflets, including the location of each work, can be obtained at UCD services desks. |
| Location | UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 |
| Contact | Dr Paula Murphy, UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy, t: +353 1 716 8624, e: paula.murphy@ucd.ie and Ruth Ferguson, Newman House, t: +353 1 477 9807, e: ruth.ferguson@ucd.ie. |
| Title | UCD Research Images Exhibition 2009 |
| Dates | 14 to 16 October |
| Summary | The UCD Research Images Exhibition 2009 will showcase a wide range of compelling images that have been created by researchers in UCD during the course of their research. The images on display have been submitted by researchers at all levels (PhD student to Professor), across a range of disciplines in UCD, from Arts and Human Sciences, to Engineering and Life Sciences. The Exhibition, which will be open to the public, will feature the most innovative and imaginative research images that convey the depth and range of research taking place at UCD. |
| Location | Newman House, 85-86 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 and UCD Research, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4. |
| Contact | Emma Kavanagh, UCD Research, t: +353 1 716 4005, e: emma.kavanagh@ucd.ie, w: www.ucd.ie/research |
| Title | Life in the Docklands, Urban Folklore Project |
| Dates | 14 to 20 October |
| Summary | Screened images of the Urban Folklore Project selected with particular emphasis on photographs from the Docklands Area will be looped throughout the week. Printed material on the Collection in addition to the website link will be available. |
| Location | Projected exhibition in the atrium of the National College of Ireland, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1 |
| Contact | Dr Ríonach uí Ógáin, UCD National Folklore Collection, t: +353 1 716 8402, e: rionach.ogain@ucd.ie |
| Title | Reflections on Research |
| Dates | 14 to 20 October (excl. week-end) |
| Summary | An exhibition of graduate scientific research presented as short summaries compiled as part of UCD’s annual AccesScience competition. In this competition UCD graduate students compete to explain their research to a general public audience without the use of scientific jargon. The exhibition will also include visual representations of science prepared by primary and secondary school pupils, primarily from Dublin, in poster format, also compiled as part of UCD’s AccesScience competition. |
| Location | Foyer, UCD Conway Institute for Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4. |
| Contact | Elaine Quinn, UCD Conway Institute for Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, t: + 353 1 716 6706, e: conwaycommunications@ucd.ie |
For further information on UCD's involvement in Innovation Dublin contact Micéal Whelan, NovaUCD, tel: 01-716 3712, email: miceal.whelan@ucd.ie.