UCD's Innovation Dublin 2009 Events on October 20
The following UCD events will take place on October 20 as part of Innovation Dublin 2009.
| Title | The Art of Innovation Lecture Series: Lecture # 5 - The Grand Tour |
| Date | 20 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 5 | An examination of the way in which the voyages that Irish artists and patrons made to Italy in the 18th century transformed Irish art. |
| Speaker | Dr Nicola Figgis, UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy |
| Location | National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square, Dublin 2 |
| Contact | Dr Marie Bourke, Keeper, Head of Education, National Gallery of Ireland, t: +353 1 663 3505, e: mbourke@ngi.ie |
| 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.