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02:02:08—01:01:09 RE 01: JOINT REPORT BY CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR 03 02: MISSION & VISION 04 03: THE NUMBERS 06 04: 2008 IN REVIEW 08 05: MEDIA COVERAGE 22 06: PLANS FOR 2009 26 07: SUPPORTERS 33 08: FINANCIAL REPORT 36 09: GOVERNANCE & LEADERSHIP 40 SCIENCE GALLERY ANNUAL REVIEW 2008 :VIEW Since its opening on 02:02:08, 01: JOINT REPORT BY CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR A vibrant social space in the heart of the capital, We do not charge an entrance fee, which is Science Gallery is an initiative of Trinity College a important component of our success. Our Science Gallery has been an Dublin with a unique combination of players: costs are met by a combination of sponsorship a circle of innovative businesses; a dynamic and support. We are extremely grateful to network of universities; a curious, inventive and our Founding Partners: Ulster Bank and the energetic student population and a partnership of Wellcome Trust; the members of the Science incredible success, welcoming government agencies and non-profit organisations Circle: Dell, Google, ICON, PACCAR and Wyeth; with a passion for science and technology. and our media partner, The Irish Times, for their In 2008 we held five major, cutting-edge engagement and support of Science Gallery. We exhibitions on topics from Light to Fashion, and would also like express our appreciation to Dr 120,000 visitors through the over 90 events from theatre and film to talks and Beate Schuler and Dr Martin Naughton who have workshops. Particularly targeting young adults, been supportive from the outset. visitors have been getting involved on many levels: Government is a critical partner and we are over 5,000 people signed-up as members, many very grateful to the Department of Arts, Sport and doors and creating extraordinary students and colleagues from industry are helping Tourism and the Department of Enterprise, Trade as Mentors and Mediators in the Gallery and and Employment. We also receive revenues from we are rolling out an Ambassadors programme, corporate hire of our facilities, licence fees from promoting activities in the Gallery nationally. our café and gifts in kind from other sponsors. A national and international Our website at www.sciencegallery.com summary of our financial results for 2008 can be received nearly 130,000 visits by 90,000 unique found on page 36. visitors during 2008, averaging 350 visits/day We wish to express our sincere thanks and peaking to over 3,400 visits/day during the to our own full-time staff and those faculty and public and media interest. launch of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. students from Trinity College Dublin who have In just our first year, Science Gallery has eagerly helped us in our first year. The face- already positioned itself as an important, unique, to-face interaction with the public has been a cultural venue. We were delighted to receive The great success in providing a real understanding Irish Times Living Dublin Award (Culture and and appreciation of the science and technology Tourism category) in December 2008. With Dublin behind the exhibitions and events taking place. set to be ESOF European City of Science in 2012, We wish to thank the members of our we have an extraordinary opportunity to position Governance Board for their insights, criticism, the city as a key centre for innovation in public inspiration, guidance and pro bono time. Finally engagement with science. Leading up to 2012, we wish to thank Professor Mike Coey and we intend to develop Science Gallery as a central Provost John Hegarty for their determination interface between research and the city, bringing and encouragement in realising the Science science into conversation with business, public Gallery project. administration, the arts and culture by working We look forward to working with you during with national and international partners to develop 2009 to inspire the next generation of innovators. new models for public engagement with science and technology. Chris Horn — CHAIRMAN Michael John Gorman — DIRECTOR 4 SCIENCE GALLERY RE:VIEW 02:02:08—01:01:09 5 02: MISSION & VISION IGNITE: Science Gallery is about the sparks that fly when people from different backgrounds come together to exchange ideas in a supportive, flexible environment. CREATIVITY: We believe that science, engineering and technology are every bit as creative as the arts because they often require tremendous leaps of imagination. DISCOVERY: Science Gallery is not about learning passively about other people’s discoveries, but an opportunity for young innovators to make discoveries and be discovered themselves. VISION WHERE: Science Gallery, located at MISSION Our vision is to be the heart of Dublin in the landmark Naughton Institute building at Our mission is to the world’S leading Trinity College on Pearse Street, is where researchers, entrepreneurs, artists and students come to IGNITE creativity enterprise for interact and connect, to stimulate SCIENCE: We are privileged to new creative connections and to AND discovery work with some of the world’s involving, inspiring spark off new conversations and leading scientists who are willing to innovative projects. where science take their research into new realms and transforming and across traditional boundaries. From live neuroscience experiments AND art COLLIDE. to the colour vision of bumblebees, curious minds science is endlessly fascinating, 1 constantly probing and always THROUGH SCIENCE. progressing. ART: There is no art without science, according to Leonardo da Vinci, and no technology without artistry. Science Gallery works with artists, designers, engineers and other creatives who bridge the divides between science and art, 1: We will achieve this by encouraging our audience to discover, express design and technology, imagination and pursue their passion for science through exhibitions, festivals and and knowledge. experiences at the dynamic intersection where science and art collide. This requires us to have the courage to be experimental. Whether it’s moving a working research lab into a public setting or using a goods COLLIDE: Sometimes the birth of lift as an event venue, we need to be open to trying out new approaches the most revolutionary insights is to engaging people with science and technology. helped by a little creative friction. We don’t always agree on everything at Science Gallery and our debates and events are where we share ideas, insights and opinions with people who think differently from ourselves. 6 SCIENCE GALLERY RE:VIEW 02:02:08—01:01:09 7 03: THE NUMBERS 52 35 science & engineering talks students worked as mediators 2,500 380 90 human experiments were DART posters advertising mission related carried out on our visitors Science Gallery activities events 23 radio broadcasts 74,787 about Science coffees were sipped in the Gallery 120,000 17,000 Science Gallery café visitors in 11 months —more than double our 5 pills were exhibited in our 70 annual target of 50,000 RAW debates PILLS exhibition workshops 3,000 more than 3,000 LEDs were 1,060 7 34 used in Science Gallery people participated in features on installations in workshops 70 workshops RTE 1 news 5 LIGHTWAVE major 41 103 exhibitions 250 mannequins featured artists got involved 250 living bumblebees in our TECHNOTHREADS were used in Science exhibition Gallery exhibits 2 member only events 328 newspaper articles about 2 Science Gallery km of gaffer 3 5,000 tape was used 132 rapid response members joined the Science Gallery in exhibitions scientists participated in = 500 events exceeding our target for our first 3 years exhibitions and events 130,000 = 50 visits by 90,000 unique visitors to our website during 2008, averaging 350 visits/day = 10 and peaking to over 3,400 visits/day 8 SCIENCE GALLERY RE:VIEW 02:02:08—01:01:09 9 04: 2008 IN REVIEW JAN DEC FEB Science Gallery opened its doors to the public on 02:02:08 with the LIGHTWAVE festival and exhibition NOV MAR launching a very busy eleven months… A Exhibitions including A Rapid response events on A Major support from LIGHTWAVE, PILLS, the Large Hadron Collider Wellcome Trust, Ulster TECHNOTHREADS and and Pork Dioxin scare; Bank, Google, Wyeth, LAB IN THE GALLERY Dell, ICON, PACCAR, the bringing science into A RAW debates on Department of Arts, Sport OCT APR creative dialogue biofuels, stem cells, and Tourism, Department with culture; anti-depressants and of Enterprise, Trade and environmental research; Employment, Dublin 2008 A More than 70 workshops Docklands Authority and and mentorship A The launch of an Discover Science and programmes bringing international partnership Engineering. many young innovators with Harvard University into contact and and Le Laboratoire in collaboration with Paris around innovation; All of these events and SEP researchers and industry; achievements have MAY A Extensive national and furthered Science A Over 120,000 visitors, international media Gallery’s core mission more than double our coverage, including to ignite creativity and annual target of 50,000 features in Nature, SEED discovery where science visitors; magazine, The Irish Times and art collide. and many appearances on Winner of The Irish Times RTE news programmes; AUG A JUN Living Dublin Award (Culture and Tourism category); JUL This is not only a flagship project for Trinity but one for A Core participation in Ireland as well and one that Dublin’s winning bid I am unhesitatingly to be European City of enthusiastic about. Science in 2012; Dr Martin Naughton SCIENCE Gallery FOUNDING patron EXHIBITIONS EVENTS RAPID RESPONSE OTHER 10 SCIENCE GALLERY RE:VIEW 02:02:08—01:01:09 11 THE SHAPE OF A TYPICAL YEAR 01 —04 : GALLERIES 1—4 05 : STUDIO 1 & 2 / PACCAR THEATRE 2008 IN REVIEW THE SHAPE OF A TYPICAL YEAR JAN BACKGROUND PROGRAMMING Trinity College Dublin scientists successfully The programming strategy of the Science DEC 01 FEB applied to Science Foundation Ireland for funding Gallery is designed to engage 15 to 25 year to create a new nanoscience institute, called olds, an audience that does not tend to engage CRANN.