Shaping Our Future

Science Foundation Ireland Strategy 2025

1st March 2021

12.00pm

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) will formally publish its new strategy Shaping Our Future on the 1st March 2021.

SFI’s new strategy ‘Shaping Our Future’ will be launched by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD and Simon Harris, TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

SFI invites you to register for this virtual event. The event opens at 12.00pm on 1st March 2021. Formal speeches will go live at 12.10pm.

Programme

12.00pm –

Event opens

12.10pm –

Welcome address by Prof Peter Clinch, Chairman of the Board of Science Foundation Ireland

Address by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD

Address by Simon Harris, TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Address by Prof Mark Ferguson, Director General Science Foundation Ireland and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland

Video contributions from:

Prof Luke O’Neill, Trinity College Dublin

Ms Ciara Feely, SFI Centre for Research Training in Machine Learning

Prof William Wijns, NUI Galway  

Prof Valeria Nicolosi, Trinity College Dublin

Mr Mark Redmond, CEO American Chamber of Commerce

Mr Danny McCoy, CEO IBEC

Prof Tia Keyes, Dublin City University

Dr Alison Liddy, NUI Galway

Ms Jackie Gorman, CEO Midlands Science 

Ms Tiziana Comito, SFI Centre for Research Training in Foundations of Data Science

Presentation on Shaping Our Future – Dr Ciarán Seoighe, Deputy Director General, SFI

Panel discussion chaired by Dr Claire O’Connell with Dr Ciarán Seoighe, Dr Ruth Freeman, Director Science for Society and Dr Siobhan Roche, Director Science for Economy, Science Foundation Ireland

1.30pm –

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