2021 UCD Conway Festival of Research & Innovation
06-07 October 2021
Virtual conference via Zoom
Registration: Opens shortly
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Kindly supported by platinum sponsor (opens in a new window)Cruinn Diagnostics
Schedule: Wednesday, 06 October
10am: Welcome
10.05am: Plenary 1
'Transforming healthcare with artificial intelligence - lessons from ophthalmology'
(opens in a new window)Professor Pearse A Keane MD MSc FRCOphth MRCSI
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
University College London
11.30am: General Research Review
Parallel sessions
2pm: Moderated Research Sessions
Parallel sessions
3pm: 'In Conversation'
Panel discussion: ‘Navigating scientific storytelling in the digital age’.
(opens in a new window)Professor Jane Suiter, School of Communications & Director, Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society, , Dublin City University
(opens in a new window)Mark Little, CEO, Kinsen - former journalist, broadcaster and founder of social news agency, Storyful
(opens in a new window)Dr Megan Hanlon, Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin & host of ‘Unravelling Science’ podcast
(opens in a new window)Dr Susan Heavey & (opens in a new window)Dr Hayley Pye, Research Fellows, University College London - Cancer Research Demystified (CRD) YouTube channel
Schedule: Thursday 07 October
10am: Plenary 2
'Navigating the ERK pathway'
(opens in a new window)Professor Manuela Baccarini
Vienna BioCenter & Max Perutz Labs
University of Vienna
11.30am: Invited Short Talks
(opens in a new window)Professor Oliver Fitzgerald, UCD
Newman Clinical Research Professor, School of Medicine & Fellow, UCD Conway Institute
Co-lead, HIPPOCRATES, a new EU and industry funded psoriatic arthritis research project
(opens in a new window)Assoc. Professor Antoinette Perry, UCD
School of Biology and Environmental Science & Fellow, UCD Conway Institute
2020 Start-Up of the Year award for UCD spin-out, epiCaPture
(opens in a new window)Dr Claas Kirchhelle, UCD
School of History & UCD Centre for the History of Medicine
Wellcome Trust University awardee for (opens in a new window)'Seeing like a Virus'
2pm: Festival Gold Medal Showcase
Presentations of research by moderated poster category winners. Sponsored by (opens in a new window)Cruinn Diagnostics.
3pm: Plenary 3
'Can memories be inherited?'
(opens in a new window)Professor Oded Rechavi
Wise Faculty of Life Sciences & Sagol School of Neuroscience
Tel Aviv University
Abstract Call: Open
The Festival committee now invite Conway researchers and associated partners in academic & clinical sites at (opens in a new window)SVUH, (opens in a new window)MMUH, (opens in a new window)OLHSC, (opens in a new window)NMH to submit abstracts for presentation at the 2021 UCD Conway Festival.
Download: 2021 UCD Conway Festival of Research & Innovation - Abstract Template.
Submit abstracts to (opens in a new window)conway.festival@ucd.ie with '2021 Festival Gold Medal' in the subject line
Deadline: 5pm, Monday, 16 August 2021
Submitting authors will be selected for either review or moderated poster sessions and must be available on Wednesday, 06 October to discuss their work. The 2021 Conway Festival Medal sponsored by (opens in a new window)Cruinn Diagnostics will be awarded for the best poster and presentation.
Shortlisted authors will give a 5 minute outline of research work including mention of any innovative potential to a committee including plenary speakers, Conway Fellows & UCD colleagues in a moderated poster session (2pm, 06 Oct).
Winners in each category will give a 5 minute oral presentation of their work in a dedicated Festival session (2pm, 07 Oct).
Authors not shortlisted are invited to give 5 minute outline of research to a 2-person panel composed of senior postdoctoral researchers and/or Conway Fellows in a general review poster session (11.30am, 06 Oct).
*Taken from UCD Conway Institute*