Thursday, 11th April
10.00am – 1.00pm -“Business Innovation: Learning from the Diaspora”
This seminar is designed to demonstrate how members of the Trinity Business Diaspora can use the experience of their innovation and entrepreneurship to educate and inspire existing and prospective business start-ups.
Chair Michael Flynn (MBA Director)
Speakers:
- Georgina Smithwick (Founder of CourseHub.ie, award-winning student-led course review site)
- Dr. Ross O’Neill (Founder of Mutebutton, a neuromodulation device to treat Tinnitus)
- Ronan Whitty (Founder of AerPods, providing accommodation designed for populated area)
- Maeve Jennings (Founder of Harcourt Investments / RedBlue Properties France)
- Ronan McGuire (Founder of Bearna Natural Care, importing argan oil from Morocco)
- Ciaran Cosgrave (Founder of Cassium Technologies, currently with Stoneburn)
Venue: Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre, TLRH
2.00pm - “Ireland and Europe: 40 years and beyond”
Due to unforeseen circumstances we regret that this talk has been postponed.
It will be rescheduled in the coming weeks.
4.30pm - “Ripples of Hope: the TAP Journey To, Through and Beyond TCD”
Launch of the Trinity Access Programme (TAP) research report by the Minister of Education & Skills, Ruairi Quinn
Venue: TLRH
6.00pm - “Faces of Trinity Access Programme (TAP)”- Photographic Exhibition
A celebration of those who have contributed to greater educational access over the last twenty years
Venue: Dining Hall, TCD
6.30-8.00pm - “Translating Seamus Heaney: a special event to launch the Centre for Literary Translation”
On the occasion of the public launch of the Centre for Literary Translation, Seamus Heaney, five of his translators and one of his editors will celebrate poetry in translation. The Centre for Literary Translation is a newly established partnership between Ireland Literature Exchange (ILE) and the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies in Trinity College Dublin.
Speakers
- Seamus Heaney
- Pura López-Colomé (translator)(Mexico)
- Jerzy Jarniewicz (translator)(Poland)
- Anna Ravano (editor)(Italy)
- Francesca Romana Paci (translator) (Italy)
- Grigory Kruzhkov (translator)(Russia)
- Imreh András (translator) (Hungary)
Limited number of tickets available, booking is essential. Email trinityweek@tcd.ie to book with 'CLT Launch' in the subject line.
Venue College Chapel