UCD's Innovation Dublin 2009 Events on October 15
The following UCD events will take place on October 15 as part of Innovation Dublin 2009.
| Title | Now What? |
| Date | 15 October, starting at 7pm |
| Summary | A presentation to the public from the participants of the Now What? initiative. During the event the public, the presenters and the exhibits will intermingle to experience and respond to the innovative and diverse projects created out of the Now What? initiative which consisted of workshops, open studios and public conversations taking place at UCD's School of Architecture, Landscape and Civil Engineering. |
| Location | Smithfield |
| Contact | Alice Clancy, t: +353 86 343 9156, e: nowwhatrichview@ucd.ie |
| Title | UCD Home of Modernism |
| Date | To commence on 15 October |
| Summary | A web-based feature will be launched which will include a 7-10 minute presentation showcasing UCD’s role in 20th century modernism on literature, drama, visual arts, music and architecture. |
| Location | Online |
| Contact | Dr James Ryan, UCD School of English, Drama and Film, t: +353 1 716 8184, e: james.ryan@ucd.ie |
| Title | BioNano - Inspiring Responsible Development for Society and the Environment |
| Dates | 15 & 16 October |
| Summary | The focus of this INSPIRE/European Science Foundation event will be on communicating to a wide audience the role of bionanoscience in medicine and green technologies and how these will improve the human condition. |
| Location | Carlton Airport Hotel, Old Airport Road, Dublin. |
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| Title | Folklore Online: New Technologies and the UCD National Folklore Collection |
| Date | 15 October (12 pm - 1 pm and 4 pm - 5 pm) |
| Summary | A bilingual presentation by Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh, Archivist with the National Folklore Collection, will underline recent technological strides in relation to the digitisation and dissemination of the Collection. |
| Location | Room 9, Newman House, 85-86 St Stephen's Green Dublin 2. |
| Contact | Dr Ríonach uí Ógáin, UCD National Folklore Collection, t: +353 1 716 8402, e: rionach.ogain@ucd.ie |
| Title | Innovative Technology Exhibition |
| Date | 15 October (5 pm - 8:30 pm) |
| Summary | The Innovative Technology Exhibition will showcase some of the exciting research outputs from UCD’s School of Computer Science and Informatics. The purpose of this event will be to present live technology demonstrations, speed presentations and poster exhibits to both the general public and industry representatives. There will also be an invited talk by Sam Samuel, Executive Director, Bell Labs, UK & Ireland which will be followed by a panel discussion on Should all academic research activity be informed by commercial needs ? with industry and academic representatives including Dr Sean Baker, co-founder, Iona Technologies, Joe Drumgoole, CloudSplit.com, and UCD's Professor Barry Smyth and Dr Fred Cummins. |
| Location | UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4. |
| Contact | Dr Nicola Stokes, UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics, t: +353 1 716 2929, e: nicola.stokes@ucd.ie |
| Title | UCD Engineering Evening |
| Date | 15 October, starting at 7 pm |
| Summary | This event is aimed at 6th year secondary students who are taking honours mathematics for the leaving certificate. The evening will comprise of a series of talks about the engineering programmes at UCD and the wide variety of careers available to engineering graduates. Students will also have an opportunity to speak to academics from all of the engineering schools at UCD and to learn more about the innovative engineering research taking place at UCD. |
| Location | UCD Engineering and Material Science Centre, 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 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 | 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 | 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.