The inaugural "SCIENCE SPEAK" event, hosted by the "Irish Universities
Promoting Science" Initiative, in association with the RDS and The
Irish Times will take place in the RDS, Dublin on Monday 15 May 2006 at
7pm.
Seven postgraduate Science students, one from each of the Irish
Universities will make a ten minute presentation on his/her research in
lay terms. An overall winner will be selected by a panel of
judges which includes Adi Roche, Director of Chernobyl Children's
Project, Kathriona Devereux of RTE's "Scope" and Dick Ahlstrom of the
"Irish Times". The event will be compered by Pat Kenny of RTE and
the prizes have been sponsored by the Wyeth BioPharma company.
UCC's representative is Nicolle Wilke, winner of the recent "Science
For All" postgraduate public presentation competition who will present
a talk entitled "Micro-needles: forget about pain and anxiety".
The importance of this event can not be over-emphasised with the
ongoing need to promote science as a viable and important career choice
and also its relevance to everyday life generally.
The "Irish Universities Promoting Science" initiative involves the
Science Faculties/Colleges of University College Cork, University
College Dublin, University of Dublin Trinity College, Dublin City
University, NUI Galway, NUI Maynooth and the University of Limerick all
working together in the promotion of science and science education
nationally and internationally. The flagship website
www.universityscience.ie, provides a wide range of information about
Science programmes offered by the Irish universities, research and
career opportunities and other related articles.
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