• 2025 - Speakers

    Prof. Luke Gibbons 

    Luke Gibbons’ most recent book is James Joyce and the Irish Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 2023). He has taught as Professor of Irish Studies at Maynooth University and the University of Notre Dame, and has published widely on Irish culture and criticism. ‘Hospitality on Holles Street: James Joyce, Evolution, and the…

  • 2025 - Speakers

    Prof. Colin Doherty

    Professor Doherty is the Head of School of Medicine and holds the Ellen Mayston Bates Chair in Epileptology at Trinity College Dublin. He was a consultant neurologist at St James’s hospital for 15 years when he joined the staff of TCD in the Academic Unit of Neurology in 2020. He…

  • 2025 - Speakers

    Prof. Veronica Campbell

    Prof. Veronica Campbell was appointed the inaugural President of South East Technological University (SETU) in July 2022. She holds a degree in Pharmacology from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Neuropharmacology from the University of London. Joining Trinity College Dublin in 1998, she was appointed to an academic…

  • 2025 - Speakers

    Dr Rachel Harding

    Dr Rachel Harding is a lecturer in the School of Transport & Civil Engineering Technological University Dublin and is a member of the RDS Science and Technology committee.  Rachel’s research interests in STEM / Engineering Education focus on gender differences in spatial visualisation skills. Education has been at the heart of the…

  • 2023 - 2024 - 2025 - Speakers

    Kevin O’Sullivan

    Kevin O’Sullivan is Environment and Science Editor and former editor of The Irish Times. Kevin is  from Tramore, County Waterford and  holds a BSc from University College Dublin and a Diploma in Journalism from Dublin City University . He has a special interest in climate disruption (and solutions), renewable energy, the United Nations’ sustainable-development goals, and…

  • 2025 - Speakers

    Dr Sheila Donegan

    Dr Sheila Donegan is a lecturer in Chemistry at SETU and co-director of CALMAST. She is a passionate advocate of STEM and holds many national positions in this area. She also co-founded Maths Week with Eoin Gill – the leading festival of its kind in the world – which attracts…

  • 2025 - Speakers

    Dr Alejandro Lopez Valdes

    Alejandro Lopez Valdes is an assistant Professor in Neural Engineering and Brain Health at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) School of Engineering and affiliated to the Global Brain Health Institute.  Dr Lopez Valdes obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering from ITESM in Monterrey in his native Mexico, a Master’s of…

  • 2025 - Speakers

    Prof. Pat Guiry

    ‘Remembering Prof. Dervilla Donnelly‘ Pat Guiry is Professor of Chemistry at University College Dublin (UCD). His research interests include the design, synthesis and application of novel ligands in asymmetric catalysis, natural product synthesis and medicinal chemistry. He completed a PhD in Chemistry with Prof. Dervilla Donnelly, Prof. Sir Derek Barton…