Thursday

7.15am Sunrise Fitness Trail

A great way to start your day enjoying the fresh air and early morning sun on your skin as you navigate the new campus 1 km Fitness Trail.

Venue: Sports Centre
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

9am - 1pm Light and Sustainability

This event consists of a range of speakers from inside and outside Trinity College Dublin who will explore how light can be used to promote a more sustainable future: from using sunlight to provide energy, water for rural communities around the world to the latest bio-inspired solar technologies. More event information

Running order:

• 9.30am "Why only the market place can truly light up the world"

• The presentation will explain the essential (but limited) part that NGO’s have played in bringing the ‘Gift of Light’ to the developing world, and the appreciation that only the market place has the depth, breadth and sustainability to truly light up the world - in our lifetime.
• Dr. Dave Irvine-Halliday (Founder & Chair, VLE India) NGO to FPSE

• 10.10am "Generating electricity in cloudy Irish conditions using luminescent materials"

• This talk will outline current photovoltaic generation in Ireland and describe solar energy research ongoing in Trinity College to optimise the concentration of diffuse solar energy using advanced luminescent solar concentrators.
• Dr Sarah McCormack, School of Engineering (TCD)

• 10.30am "Using UV laser light to explore for new raw and energy critical materials"

• This talk will describe a new analytical method for visualising the concentration of trace elements in natural and engineered materials. It will also illustrate with examples how the method can be used to find the new resources required to produce energy more sustainably.
• Prof. Balz Kamber, School of Natural Sciences (TCD)

• 10.50am "How artificial light pollution influences wildlife and ecosystems"

• Thomas Davies, University of Exeter, UK

11.20am - 11.40am Break

• 11.40am "Plant LEDs, newest wafer technologies and bio UV systems with their future prospects"

• Nursing plants in the complete dark or in more layers of culture will be the future of crop production. Wafers of 30 percent efficiency rate is not the limit of solar energy production. Plant based and bio inspired learning will go beyond these technology applied present limits.
• Bob Ursem, Dept. Biotechnology,  Botanic Garden (Delft UT)

• 12.20pm "Using cooking fires to generate electricity for charging LED lights and mobile phones in rural Malawi"

• This talk will describe the development of an off-grid electrical generator that uses the heat from small domestic cook stoves to generate electricity that has been used for charging mobile phones and rechargeable LED lanterns in rural Malawi, Africa.
• Prof. Anthony (Tony) Robinson, School of Engineering (TCD)

• 12.40pm "Using sunlight to provide clean drinking water for rural communities in developing countries"

• This talk will describe the development of a water treatment process which uses solar radiation, an abundant resource in most developing countries, to disinfect microbially contaminated water supplies as well as removing arsenic from groundwater sources.
• Prof. Laurence Gill, School of Engineering (TCD)
  

Venue: JM Synge Theatre, Arts Building
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

11am – 12.30pm University of the Third Age Forum (U3A)

Brought to you by Trinity EngAGE/U3A, Trinity Week is delighted to present “Genetics, Irish Origins, Niall of the Nine Hostages and other Stories” by Prof. Daniel Bradley. The CEO of Age Action, Robin Webster, will follow with a discussion of U3A (Life-Long Learning Group) activities in Ireland.

More event information (PDF)

Venue: Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

1pm – 2.30pm Junior Einstein Club “Science of Light”

Bringing a love of science and learning to primary school aged children. We bring the WOW factor to the science facts!

Venue: Robert Emmet Theatre, Arts Building
An event for Trinity Access Programme (TAP) primary school children hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Maths and Science.

1pm Pre Natal Fitness Workshop

“Highlighting the benefits of exercise for the pre and post natal body.”
This workshop will provide ‘Mums to Be’ with a programme of safe and functional exercises to help stay in shape throughout pregnancy. The workshop will incorporate exercise demonstrations and a programme that you can do at home.

Venue: Sports Centre
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

2pm Talk and Masterclass:

“Focus on Women in Light”

Speaker: Professor Julieta Fierro

This two-part event opens with Prof Fierro speaking on her research work in Astronomy.  Following a chance to network, Julieta will host a Masterclass (designed for early career researchers, postdoctoral researchers, postgraduate students, and particularly females) to explore her career and the challenges/opportunities she faced as a woman in her chosen profession.
More information on this event (PDF).

Venue: Schrödinger Theatre
This is a free event, booking required.

• For the talk book here
• For the masterclass book here

2.30pm Zoological Museum Tour

Facilitator: Dr. Martyn Linnie
Visit Dublin’s best kept secret; the Zoological Museum and meet some of the most amazing creatures on the planet! Suitable for all the family. Museum Website

Venue: Zoology Building
This is a free event, booking essential. Book here

7.30 – 9.30pm Talk and Panel Discussion

"Are Irish universities committed to enlightenment ideals? Recent and forthcoming developments in Irish higher education policy and legislation"

The government is soon to publish legislation reforming Ireland's higher education system. In particular, it will cover the governance structures, funding, performance and accountability of universities. Given the importance of universities to our education system, culture and economy, it is vital that these reforms support rather than hamper their missions. This event is organised by the Fellows of Trinity College, who hope that it will play a part in the discussions the new legislation will no doubt provoke.

Chair: Dr Mary Daly (President of the Royal Irish Academy; Prof of History, UCD)

Speakers include:

• Tom Boland (CEO of the Higher Education Authority)
• Prof Steve Hedley (Faculty of Law, UCC)
  
• Senator Seán Barrett (TCD)
  
• Prof Maria Slowey (DCU)
  
• Associate Professor Mary Gallagher (UCD)
  
• Dr Andrew Loxley (Associate Professor, School of Education, TCD)
  
• Dr Brendan Walsh (DCU)
• Amy Worrall, Secretary to the Scholars, (TCD)
• Professor Eoin O’ Dell, Chair of the Fellows Committee Trinity College.
  
  

Venue: JM Synge Theatre, Arts Building.
This is a free event, booking essential. Book here

Library Events:

Harry Clarke Studio stained glass window

Harry Clarke's stained glass work is one of the glories of 20th century Irish cultural achievement.

Venue: Long Room Hub

8 am - 10pm ‘…and there was light’

This exhibition will highlight the range of material with a theme of light, in the care of the Department of Early Printed Books and Special Collections.

Venue: Exhibition Case, Berkeley Library Foyer, 8am – 10pm
These free events are open to the public, no booking required