UCD's Innovation Dublin 2009 Events on October 19

The following UCD events will take place on October 19 as part of Innovation Dublin 2009.  

Title Entrepreneurial Universities - The NovaUCD Innovation Showcase
Date 19 October
Summary Visitors attending the NovaUCD Innovation Showcase will have an opportunity to meet with, listen and talk to members of NovaUCD’s successful community of entrepreneurs. There will also be an opportunity for visitors to witness technology demonstrations by some of NovaUCD’s high-tech and knowledge-intensive companies.
Location NovaUCD, Belfield Innovation Park, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4.
Contact

Micéal Whelan, NovaUCD, t: +353 1 716 3712, e: miceal.whelan@ucd.ie

Title The Art of Innovation Lecture Series: Lecture # 4 - From Berlin to Chicago to Dublin - The Bank of Ireland and the Image of the Modern Office
Date 19  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 4 This modern office building is a specifically Irish descendant of American highrises designed by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Speaker Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty, UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy
Location Bank of Ireland, Lower Baggott Street, Dublin 2
Contact

Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty, UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy, t: +353 1 716 8148, e: kathleen.jameschakraborty@ucd.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

Getting to UCD

UCD Belfield Campus Map

For further information on UCD's involvement in Innovation Dublin contact Micéal Whelan, NovaUCD, tel: 01-716 3712, email: miceal.whelan@ucd.ie.