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Ryan Institute Annual Research Day 2018
Friday, 00:01 to 23:59 Feb 23rd 2018
Ryan Institute Annual Research Day 2018: The theme of this year's event is 'Sustainability Horizons - Our Common Future'. Come along and hear the latest research advances from the 110 Research Groups in the Ryan Institute.
The Day consists of a Keynote Talk by Prof Mark Williams (Uni Leicester) on the Anthropocene, followed by 29 talks providing research updates and highlights on activities of the Research Centres, Clusters and Projects of the Ryan Institute. The oral sessions will be followed by a poster session (with over 130 posters, including poster awards) and reception in the foyer of the Orbsen Building. See full programme below...
Ryan Institute Research Open Day
Theme: “Sustainability Horizons - Our Common Futureâ€
Friday 23rd February 2018
08.30 Registration in Orbsen Atrium followed by oral session in O’Donoghue Theatre
09.10 Welcome, Mission & Impact of Ryan Institute – Prof. Charles Spillane
09.20 Keynote
Lecture: A few dollars more: parasitic or
mutualistic human relationships with the biosphere during the Anthropocene?
by Prof. Mark Williams, Uni Leicester, UK.
Session 1: Marine & Coastal (max 10 min overview talks)
10.10 Marine & Coastal Cluster - Dr. Louise Allcock
10.20
SFI iCRAG (Galway) – Prof. Peter Croot
Session 2: Energy & Climate Change (max 10 min overview talks)
10.30 Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies – Prof. Colin O’Dowd
10.40 ICHEC Remote Sensing, Weather & Climate Change Research - Alastair McKinstry
10.50 Energy Research Centre – Prof. Henry Curran
11.00 SFI MaREI (Galway) – Prof. Mike
Hartnett
Session 3: Agriculture & Bioeconomy (max 10 min overview talks)
11.10 Plant & AgriBiosciences Research Centre – Dr. David Styles
11.20 SFI Beacon (Galway) – Prof. Vincent O’Flaherty
11.30 AgTechInnovate – Dr. John Breslin
Session 4: Environment & Health (max 10 min overview talks)
11.40 Centre for Health from Environment – Dr. Dearbhaile Morris
11.50 Built Environment & Smart Cities Cluster – Dr. Marcus Keane
12.00 Economic & Social Impact Cluster – Dr. Su-Ming Khoo
12.10 Modelling & Informatics Cluster – Dr. Jim Duggan
Session 5: Ryan Institute “Project Sample†Threesis (3 min talks, max 3 slides)
12.20 Significance of Irish honeybees
(Prof. Grace McCormack)
12.25 GENCOMM (Dr. Rory Monaghan)
12.30 SUSPOLL (Dr. Dara Stanley)
12.35 PATHSENSE (Dr. Conor O’Byrne)
12.40 Closing the knowledge gap on
Irish kelp forest ecology (Dr. Kathryn Schoenrock)
12.45 EPIIIC (Dr. Brendan Flynn)
12.50 UltraWave and StereoWave (Dr. Brian
Ward)
12.55 ENERGISE (Dr. Frances Fahy)
13.00 Causeway (Padraig O’Huiginn)
13.05 Cephs and Chefs (Dr. Annmarie
Power)
13.10 Remote Sensing of Irish Surface
Waters (Dr. Aaron Golden)
13.15 TELLUS (Dr. Benjamin Thébaudeau)
13.20
ASSEMBLE+ (Prof. Mark Johnson)
13.25 WaterMARKE (Prof. Cathal O’Donoghue)
13.30 Lunch in Orbsen Atrium area
14.00 Poster Session (& Poster Judging) in Orbsen Atrium area
Over 100 posters will be presented from across the 110 research groups in the Ryan Institute.
15.00 Reception & Prizes for Best Posters in Orbsen Atrium area
16.30
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