Advancing Research in Ireland - 4th Annual Conference of the Irish University Quality Board 2006
4th Annual Conference of the Irish University Quality Board 2006
The 4th Annual International Conference of the Irish University Quality Board 2006 under the title “Advancing Research in Ireland” took place in Dublin City University, on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th May. The conference, jointly organised by the Quality Promotion Office and the Research and Innovation Support in DCU, explored questions of policy, funding and role of research in both Science and Engineering and the Humanities and Social Sciences through facilitated workshops and speaker sessions, and it brought together experts from Ireland and abroad.
Venue: School of Nursing Building
Contributors included:
- Alison Donnelly
- Researcher at TCD; Chairperson, Trinity Research Staff Association, Trinity College Dublin
- Brendan Hawdon,
- Head of Section, European Commission DG Rtd
- David Westbury
- Chair of the Joint Costing and Pricing Steering Group UK, former Vice-Principal, University of Birmingham.
- Eucharia Meehan
- Head of Research Programmes, Higher Education Authority
- Gemma Irvine
- Researcher at TCD; Committee Member, Trinity Research Staff Association, Trinity College Dublin
- Martin Cronin
- Chief Executive Officer, Forfás
- Martin Hynes,
- Executive Director of The Embark Initiative, Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology.
- Peadar Kirby
- Co-director of the Centre for International Studies and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and Government, both at Dublin City University
- Sybille Reichert
- Head of Strategic Planning at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Consultant for the European University Association.
The conference was attended by both senior and junior researchers, research administrators, programme managers, research funding bodies and others involved in research policy and strategic planning.