SCIENCE GALLERY ANNUAL REVIEW 01.01.14– 31.12.14 Total Visitors

2014 — 406,982 2013 — 339,264

2012 — 302,171

2011 — 242,833

2010 — 203,619 3— HazMat Suits for Children

Visitors during our busiest week of the year Total followers on Facebook

2014 — 11,966 2014 — 29,102 2013 — 12,239 2013 — 13,353

2012 — 10,983 2012 — 6,260

2011 — 7,576 2011 — 3,924

2010 — 3,907 2010 — 1,879

1— famous Olympian, Sonia O’Sullivan, sharing her fail tale

“Listening to Sonia O’Sullivan’s view of her Atlanta misfire was a revelation” —

1,338— futuristic weather forecasts recorded in front of our green screen SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW 01.01.14– 31.12.14 National broadcast coverage (AVE Total followers on Twitter National Print Media Coverage (AVE) ) 2014 — €2,654,615 2014 — € 1,380,753 2014 — 24,653 2013 — €1,960,887 2013 — €1,202,832 2013 — 20,681

2012 — €2,578,179 2012 — €1,158,220 2012 — 14,980

2011 — €1,872,299 2011 — €274,999 2011 — 8,751 —metres400 of #FAILBETTER tweets produced by our 2010 — 2,252,573 2010 — 318,998 2010 — 4,381 € € Twitter printer

National Print Media Coverage (cm2) “Awesome exhibit in science gallery called #FAILBETTER. Highlight was birthing apparatus that uses centrifugal —1 patent (Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal 2014 — 259,764 force.” — @ZipLockBagMan Force) brought to life for the very fi rst time 2013 — 213,747

2012 — 245,130

2011 — 166,318

2010 — 290,430 150— national broadcast pieces — musicians thrilling the crowd from the stage at FAIL BIG 564— national print media articles 4

National broadcast minutes Events/Workshop attendees

7,16— visitor confessions during FAIL BETTER when 8 asked “When was the last time you messed up?”

221 872 1361 1327 1408 11,314 18,524 25,910 31,854 34,446

151— events and workshops 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2,117— Doodlebots created at MAKESHOP

Total PR value of national media coverage (€) “Throughout the gallery, “Science Gallery’s latest exhibition is defi nitely their most “Keep city-based kids busy with mind-bending workshops that really €

12,104,433 a team of amazing € provocative yet, as it forces you to look at a substance that bring science to life” — Cara Magazine 11,209,197 mediators can answer you might take for granted.” — on BLOOD €

9,491,160 all your questions and — attendees to our fi rst late night extravaganza, FAIL BIG

€ 7,714,683 640

€ guide you” — TN2 6,441,894 “Wow! The #FAILBETTER exhibition in the Science Gallery in Trinity is heartbreaking, hilarious and inspiring all at once. Go check it out!” — @onlyindublin — Marc Quinn sculpture of a baby

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 1 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN made with blood CONTENTS 01 / Introduction 01

02 / Background 03

03 / Exhibitions 05

04 / Events 23

05 / Education and Learning 27

06 / Plans for 2015 31

07 / Research and Evaluation 33

08 / Global Science Gallery Network 35

09 / Touring 37

10 / Communications 39

11 / Commercial Activity 43

12 / Supporters and Collaborators 45

13 / Financial Report 49

14 / Governance and Leadership 53

15 / Governance Board 57

16 / Leonardo Group 59

17 / Science Gallery Dublin Supporters 61 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW Introduction 01

What can failure tell us Six years into delivering on our mission “to ignite creativity In 2014 we were delighted to welcome ESB Ireland to our John Lonergan, and fi lm producer and education activist where science and art collide”, Science Gallery Dublin Science Circle group of core supporters, Bank of Ireland David Puttnam. We added to our awards cabinet in 2014, about success? Fat may be engaged our biggest audience to date in 2014. Over as our new fi nance partner and The Marker Hotel as a winning the Best Large Sponsorship category for our delicious but can it make 406,000 visitors explored four exhibitions developed by programme partner. FAT: IT’S DELICIOUS was the fi rst long-term collaboration with Google Ireland at the Allianz twelve curators and more than 105 participants including exhibition supported by our Wellcome Trust Strategic Award, Business to Arts Awards and taking home a Great Science us healthy? Why is our artists, designers, scientists, engineers, fashion designers, which supports a fi ve-year collaboration between Science Communicator award from the Lundbeck Foundation at the surgeons, arts and humanities scholars, actors, writers, Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute. Euroscience Open Forum Conference in Copenhagen in July. weather getting weirder? fi lmmakers, creative entrepreneurs, mathematicians, In September, we were also delighted to attend the opening of Why are we fascinated by meteorologists, policy makers and librarians. FREQUENCIES: TUNE INTO LIFE, Science Gallery London’s As global recognition of the Science Gallery model grows, fi rst pop-up series of events at King’s College London. We Science Gallery Dublin will continue looking out, innovating 2014 kicked off with the initiation of our 2014–2017 ‘Going vampires but fearful of celebrated the signing of a Development and Membership at the boundaries of art and science as well as experimenting Deeper’ strategy, which will see Science Gallery Dublin Agreement by the Government of Karnataka with our Science and developing new models of public engagement supported have the “most engaged Science Gallery audience” ever needles? These were just Gallery International colleagues to establish Science Gallery by its unique partnership with , the by 2017. Placing a focus on opportunities for greater Bengaluru. Internationally, we toured our 2013 summer private sector, philanthropic supporters and the Irish some of the tantalising and depth of engagement with our visitors, over the next show ILLUSION to San Diego and Charlotte in America, government. We would like to thank all of our partners and three years this plan will concentrate on activities that tricky questions that Science with over 200,000 visitors attending the Reuben H. Fleet supporters who have made this possible, particularly Trinity will enable greater and more meaningful involvement Science Centre in San Diego over the run of the show. College Dublin; our Founding Partner Wellcome Trust; our with our audience in all aspects of our programme. Our Gallery at Trinity College We also opened BIORHYTHM in Taiwan to audiences at Science Circle members, Google, ICON, Deloitte, ESB, aim is to successfully deliver Science Gallery Dublin as the National Taiwan Science Education Centre in December. Pfi zer and NTR Foundation; our government supporters Dublin explored in 2014. a platform for young adults to realise their own creative In November we ran a highly successful series of innovation Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Science potential and grow as a hub for new and emerging talent workshops on the theme of STRANGE WEATHER in Foundation Ireland; our media partner The Irish Times; our at the messy and fertile boundaries of art and science. Bengaluru, involving hundreds of students from Indian Board and Leonardo Group; the student mediators; the 2014 Ask Donors; and the Science Gallery Dublin team. The aims of our ‘Going Deeper’ strategy rely on strong schools in partnership with the Global Relations Offi ce in Trinity College Dublin and Science Gallery International. partnerships with our audience, supporters, cultural peers, As 2015 begins we’re getting ready to welcome our two founding institution Trinity College Dublin, the city and new This year was not short of interesting people popping by; millionth visitor to Science Gallery Dublin — it’s an impressive Network partners who are beginning to emerge through the Stanford University’s Drew Endy tackled the ethics of achievement in just seven years and we’re looking forward to development of the Global Science Gallery Network. 2014 synthetic biology, Olympian Sonia O’Sullivan shared her another twelve months of rich ideas, compelling experiences was an important year of 'looking out' for Science Gallery tales of failure during FAIL BETTER, and French artist and edgy exhibitions at the boundaries of art and science. Dublin, marked by a number of collaborations and initiatives. ORLAN showed us the future of the human body during From new Science Circle partners and event alliances FAT: IT’S DELICIOUS. We returned to another full house to the development of the additional galleries globally, for TEDxDublin at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre with an Science Gallery Dublin was connected to a diverse group outstanding lineup of speakers and standing ovations for Lynn Scarff Shay Garvey of inspirational people and places throughout the year. Dublin’s Panti Bliss, former Governor of Mountjoy Prison Director Chairman

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Our mission is to ignite The cutting-edge programme at Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin encourages young people to learn creativity and discovery through their interests. Since opening in 2008, over 1.8 million visitors to the gallery have experienced thirty-three “...it is an unqualified where science and art collide. unique exhibitions ranging from living art experiments to materials science and from the future of the human Our vision is to catalyse the race to the future of play. Our programme is fuelled by the expertise of scientists, researchers, students, artists, creation of the world’s leading designers, inventors, creative thinkers and entrepreneurs. The focus is on providing programmes and experiences success and Trinity network for involving, inspiring that allow visitors to participate and facilitate social, and transforming curious intellectual and creative connections, always providing an element of surprise. In 2012, the Global Science Gallery minds through science. Network was launched with the support of Google.org. This initiative aims to establish Science Gallery locations is immensely proud We achieve this through in eight cities around the world by 2020, with the first encouraging our audience to new gallery, predicted to open in London in 2016. discover, express and pursue their passion for science of Science Gallery.” through an ever-changing Linda Hogan, Vice-Provost of Trinity College Dublin programme of exhibitions, events and experiences, all vividly brought together at this dynamic intersection.

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Throughout 2014, we asked Launched by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D., all four themes brought together challenging questions on everything artists, scientists, designers, engineers from climate change to our and makers, with a record number of visitors creating, debating and sometimes collective dread of failure during even fainting. Artist-scientist collaborations were the norm for 2014, requiring open FAIL BETTER. Stressful themes minds, ethics committee approvals, and became surprisingly seductive, the help of wonderful relationships with our many partners and supporters. as the gallery transformed into

a greasy-spoon diner serving “...continuing to fuel the future success of the Irish economy through a focus on a second look at fat, the most the ideas of young adults, innovation and misunderstood molecule. FAT: creative approaches to problem solving" — An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D. on the IT’S DELICIOUS gave way to 2014 Programme at Science Gallery Dublin STRANGE WEATHER where we glimpsed a future where changing weather brings both good and bad news from floods to festivals, and we nearly blushed on the red carpet at the launch of BLOOD.

A visitor feels the beat in front of Pulse Index by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at BLOOD: NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED 05 06 07.02.14–27.04.14 Can a failure actually be a success? And if so, why 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW FAIL BETTER does failure have such a bad reputation? Using a collection of beautiful, heroic and instructive ‘fails’, FAIL BETTER opened a perspective-shifting debate around failure and its crucial role in creativity, design, science, technology, medicine, sport and business.

The fi rst Science Gallery Dublin show of 2014, the theme of FAIL BETTER was so ubiquitous and prevalent that it lent itself perfectly to exploration via a wide range of unique objects and personal stories told by Curators inspirational individuals that included inventor James Jane ní Dhulchaointigh 97% Dyson, Raspberry Pi creator Eben Upton, creativity 640 Inventor and CEO of Sugru — visitors to our fi rst late night — would recommend FAIL BETTER guru and TED speaker Ken Robinson, scientist extravaganza, FAIL BIG to a friend Jocelyn Bell Burnell and explorer Ranulph Fiennes. Michael John Gorman Founding Director of Science “Making perfect sense on the success of FAIL BETTER started an international conversation Gallery Dublin, and CEO of failure... Anyone who thinks failure is a about failure by putting a special emphasis on the public Science Gallery International 1— slightly radioactive exhibit dirty word should have been there.” sharing their fails with each other online and in the gallery. accidentally smashed — The Irish Times A tireless ‘tweet printer’ live-printed any tweet bearing the #FAILBETTER hashtag and a ‘fail wall’ in the gallery “...a nuanced view of failure, not simply automatically uploaded visitors’ handwritten fail tales to our as a stumble on the way to victory.” online ‘fail feed’. This international effect was amplifi ed by — Smithsonian coverage on BBC RADIO 4, Smithsonian, and in Nature.

As a complement to the exhibition, a series of events and workshops helped the audience to change their own perceptions of failure. Mark Pollock explored the frontiers 400—metres of #FAILBETTER tweets of spinal cord injury research as he took strides in his produced by our Twitter printer robotic exoskeleton, Olympic athlete Sonia O’Sullivan discussed the psychology and reality of failing as a top athlete, and our fi rst late night extravaganza event, FAIL BIG, thrilled a crowd of 640 people.

97,931— FAIL BETTER visitors

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Curator Jane ní Dhulchaointigh reads some 'fails' shared by our digital following via the FAIL BETTER tweet printer 09 10 16.05.14–29.06.14 Why does fat make doughnuts delicious? How is it vital 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW FAT in forming cell membranes? What role does it play in 2.8 million deaths a year worldwide? The seventh IT'S DELICIOUS instalment in Science Gallery Dublin’s ‘Lab in the Gallery’ series, FAT: IT’S DELICIOUS, looked at these questions when it examined the immunology, physiology and neuroscience behind fat, a marvellous molecule that's at the very core of the human experience.

Transforming the gallery into a 1950s-esque diner, FAT: IT’S DELICIOUS asked whether fat has a reputation Curators it doesn’t deserve. From health and survival to vanity Cliona O’Farrelly and gossip, the show used art installations, experiments, Chair of Comparative 21— bars of human soap made from 13— members of staff not adhering to their demos and tastings to explore the molecular side of Immunology, School of liposuctioned human fat healthy fat diets... whoops! oils, fats, lipids and blubber. Visitors could wash their Biochemistry at Trinity hands with soap made from human fat or contribute to College Dublin “...a fascinating new show at Trinity real research projects through a smorgasbord of tests College's Science Gallery that separates on their brain activity, platelets, motor skills and more. Luke O’Neill fact from myth when it comes to the 300— kg of solid coconut oil arriving as a Academic Director of launch day gift from The Marker Hotel The public chose to dig in and feed their minds on the subject of flab.” — Metro Herald Trinity Biomedical Sciences science, psychology, fads and myths of fat at our FAT: Institute, and Chair of IT’S DELICIOUS events, which invited Michelin-starred Biochemistry at Trinity guest chefs, dieticians, scientists, artists and even opera College Dublin singers and ice water swimmers to give their unique insights into the topic. People who couldn’t make it to Lynn Scarff the exhibition could still sink their teeth into it from afar, Acting Director of Science with FAT: IT’S DELICIOUS gracing Irish television screens Gallery Dublin 82% several times throughout the course of the exhibition. — would recommend FAT: IT'S DELICIOUS to a friend

“Often the rule of thumb in galleries is never to touch, but refreshingly, FAT at @ScienceGallery is a very tactile experience.”— @SoundMotionR

52,824— FAT: IT'S DELICIOUS visitors

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“...gives [visitors] food for thought about how to approach this much loathed substance in the future.” —

One of our mediators demonstrates the hydrophobic nature of fatty acids with milk and soap during FAT: IT'S DELICIOUS 13 14 18.07.14– 05.10.14 What kind of future world will we build to survive in 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW STRANGE WEATHER uncertain climates? How are we already adapting to extreme weather? Can we tame, control or even create FORECASTS FROM THE FUTURE weather? Who is going to take advantage of climate chaos and how will strange weather affect you as an individual? STRANGE WEATHER refl ected on these dreams and desires, memories and models, and needs and nightmares of new weather patterns.

Featuring twenty-six exhibits that challenged visitors with novel visions of a global culture adapting to Curators extreme weather, STRANGE WEATHER zoomed in to Zackery C. Denfeld 88% explore how weather will affect everything from daily Co-founder of CoClimate 2— SurvivaBalls, a satirical outfi t that 11— meteorologists collectively working — would recommend STRANGE commutes and the governance of our cities to our protects you from climate change on the atmosphere of the show WEATHER to a friend fashion choices. Thinking Like A Cloud saw visitors Gerald Fleming ingesting clouds captured in Co. Wicklow, Raindrop Head of Forecasting “STRANGE WEATHER gives a more “The #STRANGEWEATHER exhibition is mystifi ed captive audiences as a drop of water hovered at Met Éireann human dimension to the issue. 26 a must see. Great to see weather and in midair, and Forecasts from the Future allowed artworks … act as springboards for climate change communicated Cathrine Kramer everyone to perform a personal weather forecast new discussions and debates about so creatively.” — @CByrneGreen Co-founder of CoClimate in our live studio. The STRANGE WEATHER events the eccentricities of the weather.” programme encompassed science camps, hackathons, — we make money not art Lynn Scarff talks and workshops and saw 950 future forecasters, Acting Director of Science weather hackers and planetary visionaries snapping up 100— people tasting cloud water from Gallery Dublin tickets to our second late night event, DARK & STORMY. Sally Gap on launch night

By engaging weather and climate in a playful, provocative way, STRANGE WEATHER overtook the current polarised debates and engaged the public in an open dialogue, propelling them to forecast their own fate on a changing planet with an uncertain future. This approach led to extensive radio, print and online coverage, including a Wired feature, which helped attract 102,285 visitors, making it the most visited Science Gallery Dublin exhibition to date.

1— STRANGE02,2 WEATHER record-breaking visitors 85

15 16 “Instead of being cautionary and nagging, 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW the show takes on the complex issue of climate change with a wink and a bit of dark humor.” — Wired

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE Two visitors fill in a questionnaire as part of Climate Council's 'focus group for the future' at STRANGE WEATHER 17 18 24.10.14–23.01.15 Why are we simultaneously captivated and revolted 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW BLOOD by blood? Why do we love vampires but fear needles? Why do we ‘see red’ when our blood ‘boils’? What are NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED the positives and negatives of our fascination with this crimson, coagulating oxygen-carrier? A baby moulded from blood, black pudding made with blood Curators taken from living pigs, and a human-horse blood Jens Hauser transfusion stole the show in BLOOD. The exhibition Art curator, writer, cultural was provocative, grown-up and challenging experience journalist, fi lmmaker, and that propelled the audience into the minds of an eclectic Researcher at the Department mix of people who use this liquid as a research tool, of Arts and Cultural Studies biological fl uid, artistic medium, identifi er and symbol. and the Medical Museion at 300 18— people fainted upon visiting our — plasters used as drinks tokens on the University of Copenhagen 93% Featuring everything from a ‘vampire killing kit’ to a reaction-eliciting show launch night — would recommend BLOOD to a friend spoof look at society’s repression surrounding menstrual Shaun McCann blood, the exhibition explored the gruesome and the Professor Emeritus of gothic, the humorous and the poetic, the medical Haematology and Academic and scientifi c. In exchange for a fi nger prick, MyType Medicine at St James’ Hospital offered visitors the opportunity to discover their and Trinity College Dublin blood type and to adorn the walls with their blood, becoming part of the installation itself. It was a show Luke O’Neill that certainly elicited a reaction from visitors, with Academic Director of Trinity eighteen people fainting over the course of its run. Biomedical Sciences Institute, 1— vampirologist advisor at the heart 2— kgs of luminol used to subtly reveal and Chair of Biochemistry at of the show a body in Lumitrace The rich BLOOD event series saw artists, surgeons, Trinity College Dublin feminists, designers and scholars take on a broad “... a must-see chance to understand “EVERYONE; YOU MUST ALL GO TO THE Clemens Ruthner range of topics from the science behind blood-borne the role of blood in kinship, mythology, SCIENCE GALLERY THIS MONTH. THEY'RE viruses like HIV and Ebola to the history of barbershop Professor of German and art and cutting-edge medicine.”— The DOING A BLOOD EXHIBITION… and it's bloodletting, whilst DEAD BEATS, the third late night European Studies, and Director Sunday Times AWESOME.” — @annielovespi event, provided a rush of blood to the head to a of Research at the School of thousand ticket holders. Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies at Trinity College Dublin

Lynn Scarff Acting Director at Science Gallery Dublin

71,707— BLOOD visitors

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“The 25 artworks that make the exhibition BLOOD aptly reflect the complex space that blood occupies in our cultures... all grounds seem to be covered: history, pure science, crime, medicine, literary fiction, ethics and taboo.” — we make money not art

A visitor enjoys Blood Vessels by Charlie Murphy at BLOOD

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This year, we welcomed more attendees EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS than ever before at Science Gallery Dublin. Over 34,000 people came to our Designing Life: The Ethics of Synthetic FAIL BIG, DARK & STORMY, and DEAD talks, performances, workshops, and the Biology, with Drew Endy BEATS — a new series of late events happenings that aren’t quite so easily As part of a major new initiative by President During FAIL BETTER, we launched a categorised. This is partly due to the Michael D. Higgins, we explored the new series of evening events featuring continued success of large-scale annual ethics and future directions of synthetic music, talks, workshops, demos and events like TEDxDublin, Dublin Maker, and biology — an emerging scientific field performances — high-energy events Science Gallery Dublin at . that could ultimately permit the design that explored the theme of the exhibition However, even for these high capacity of living organisms. The event marked in a festival-like format. The series activities, the focus was on creative new the end of GROW YOUR OWN... in continued during STRANGE WEATHER ways to spark a deeper engagement January, and invited the audience to vote and BLOOD, and featured performances with our audience. We developed a new on who they think should design life. by Heathers, Fight Like Apes, and Ships. series of late night events, where live Runner Up: The Psychology of Failing performances by leading Irish comedy and Better in Sport, with Sonia O’Sullivan “In this case, the Nutty Professor is a hipster music acts were programmed alongside Legendary Irish Olympian, Sonia O’Sullivan lifestyle choice, not a ride at Chessington experiments and discussions, attracting a discussed her most heartbreaking and World of Adventure, so backcomb your high proportion of our target 15–25 year public failures. Hosted by Ray D’Arcy, hair, steal a lab coat from a student, and old audience, and presenting our exhibition Ian Robertson, psychologist and author get spooked, Science Gallery style.” — themes in a fresh context. Our RED ALERT of The Winner Effect, and Sonia, the LeCool, speaking about DEAD BEATS series invited the audience to be part of event explored failure as an inevitability important and novel conversations on for every athlete and asked how the current health issues like Ebola and HIV. Tuesday Night Bites Series way they deal with it can make the During FAT, we tried out a new format We cooked up a six-part event series in difference between winning and losing. that merged food, demonstration, and the FAT Diner, where we paired some conversation in a diner-style experience. of the best people from the Irish food We adopted this new approach across “Listening to Sonia O'Sullivan's industry with specialists, artists and the entire programme, with events that view of her Atlanta misfire was a scientists to take a deeper look at fat. The embraced failure, replicated a stormy revelation.” — The Irish Times immersive experience combined dining, lock-in, and incorporated actual blood. workshops, talks and conversation, the series featured Sheridan’s Cheesemongers, ice swimmer Nuala Moore, chef Kevin Thornton, and immunologist Luke O’Neill.

Irish band little xs for eyes play at DEAD BEATS, our late night event during BLOOD

23 24 — 1,530 minutes of audience questions

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ON-GOING MISSION-RELATED EVENTS

Dublin Maker TEDxDublin RED ALERT SERIES Bringing together everyone from AskATon This year, the team that organised Dublin Once again, Science Gallery Dublin Exploring medical issues that impact lifeloggers to coders, mission-related Female-friendly knowledge sharing event series, Mini Maker Faire in 2012 and 2013 presented a sold-out TEDxDublin at the society and culture, the RED ALERT events are organised by members of with a focus on tech and digital industries. founded a new, independent event to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. Over 2,100 series began with a frank discussion the Science Gallery Dublin community Python Ireland showcase Ireland’s talented makers. people came along for an epic day of on HIV, the importance of knowing and supported by Science Gallery A monthly meet-up group for anyone Over 7,000 people visited the one-day ‘ideas worth spreading’ that featured talks your status and having positive role Dublin, empowering our community interested in learning more about Python event that featured over fifty makers on jellyfish, living on Mars, sociolinguistics, models. This was followed by two to contribute to our inspiring and 2— lemons used00 to make lemonade at FAIL BIG programming language and its myriad demonstrating everything from robots to and the future of libraries. It featured events supported by the Health entertaining events throughout the year. knitwear, and robots that make knitwear. speakers like accidental activist Panti, Research Board: a workshop looking applications, from computer science, Workshops with the UK Met Office former Governor of Mountjoy Prison John at the role of BioArt in contemporary Pegbar finance, research, big data and more. A Cure for Spinal Cord Injury? Mark For STRANGE WEATHER, Science Lonergan, film producer David Puttnam, culture, and a discussion asking how Ireland’s largest animation networking Xcake Pollock and Superman’s Legacy Gallery Dublin teamed up with the UK and production designer Gemma Jackson. we might curtail the spread of Ebola. organisation, fostering relationships between A get-together to share thoughts and ideas on As part of FAIL BETTER, adventurer Mark Met Office and Tapastreet to deliver the gaming sector, animators and designers. app development for the Mac and iPhone. Pollock joined us to explore the frontier four days of workshops on weather Vicki Arroyo: Adapting to Strange research that is pointing towards a cure Weather “I've been in a really good mood Quantified Self and climate change. Aimed at 10–14 Ireland Girl Geek Dinners for spinal cord injury. For this special Vicki Arroyo is the Executive Director today, thanks in no small part to the A meet-up group of trackers, year olds, the Mini Science Camps got A chance for woman in technology event, Mark was joined — in person of the Georgetown Climate Center of really stellar (and much too brief) talk toolmakers and researchers for the hands-on with the science of weather to get together, enjoy some food and and via Skype — by the people from Georgetown University Law Center. about HIV last night at the Science emerging field of lifelogging. and the technology we use to understand drinks, and have fun meeting other all around the world that are helping During her talk, Vicki asked ‘How can Gallery. I can't heap enough praise on it. For older audiences, a Hackathon Coder Dojo female professionals in their field. him push these clinical and scientific we adapt to climate chaos and live with Dil Wickremasinghe, Tonie Walsh, Leo brought together designers, developers, The brainchild of James Whelton and boundaries. climate scientists, artists, academics and our increasingly strange weather? How Schenk and the folks at the Science Science Gallery Dublin Leonardo Bill Liao, "Science Gallery has been a huge support members of the public to build working will we choose to work, celebrate, live Gallery Dublin for making it happen. I'm Coder Dojo encourages young people to us as a community that is free for our prototypes of new apps, websites and and die when weather gets weird?’ probably unrealistically optimistic, but I “It was a brilliant event — great concept all over the world to code together. members to attend and the members of tools to tackle real challenges associated hope it is the beginning of a much more and really well done. As a Science staff that I have worked with have been with climate change and extreme weather. open, informed and inclusive conversation WITS Gallery Dublin member & supporter, I incredibly helpful. Girl Geek Dinners has about HIV, sex, and intimacy in Ireland. Now in its 23rd year, WITS (Women was going to say "more like this please", grown significantly over the past two years, Tiny steps, but in the right direction.” in Technology and Science) is an active but on reflection I think "more of this almost doubling in numbers, and I strongly — Audience member, RED ALERT: HIV forum for women in science, technology, please" would be far better... thank you believe that this would not have been engineering and mathematics. again for a fascinating and inspiring possible without the friendly atmosphere evening!” — Audience member, A Cure for Refresh and fantastic staff. " — Christina Lynch, Spinal Cord Injury? Providing a cross-disciplinary insight organiser of Ireland Girl Geek Dinners into all things design, creative and technical — both online and offline.

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Science Gallery Dublin’s education 2014 saw our mediator team continue their programme is focused on the future — series Eight Easy Pieces, an evening of short giving young adults the experience and talks by the mediators. The role of Lead skills needed to meet and master the Mediator became an established part of our challenges of the 21st century. Through exhibitions, with continued development, a programme that combines science, art training and lots more to come in 2015. and design, Science Gallery Dublin aims to inspire the next generation of learners 31 — mediators working at Science Gallery “Mediating was an experience that brought to pursue new or previously unseen paths Dublin in 2014 the wonder and magic back to science — in a future that is constantly shifting. not just for the visitors, but for me too. So Mediator Programme — Undergraduate The education programme at Science often we see the function of science in the and Graduate Students Gallery Dublin specifically offers young world and not the side that inspires awe. Our mediators are the front line at Science people the opportunity to get involved Mediating felt like a joint exploration of Gallery Dublin. In a space that aims to with challenging and creative projects that knowledge and fascination with the visitor, foster dialogue between artists, scientists interrogate and explore the boundaries a two-way conversation where I was as and citizens, our mediators get the of art and science. They are connected engaged and enthused by science and conversation started by asking questions, with accessible and inspiring mentors art as they were.”— Sarah Flanagan, telling stories and triggering debate. Cited from transdisciplinary and emergent former Science Gallery Dublin mediator by many of our community as the highlight fields through workshops, events, of their trip to Science Gallery Dublin, our courses, internships and the Science mediators are integral to the continued Gallery Dublin mediator programme. COOL JOBS — Undergraduate Students success of our exhibitions and events. In April 2014, Science Gallery Dublin held The mediator team is diverse in their its annual third level COOL JOBS event, academic, professional and life experiences which aimed to give undergraduate students — undergraduates and postgraduates, a chance to engage with companies such astrophysicists to zoologists, actors to as Deloitte, Google, Intel and IBM. At the zorbers. This diverse skill set comes in event students learned how to identify handy given the scope of our exhibitions their skill sets, how to apply them, and the and events. In 2014 our mediators got to opportunities for creative and lateral thinking grips with imperfection for FAIL BETTER, in science, engineering and technology embraced weighty issues in FAT: IT’S careers. With over a hundred students DELICIOUS, dipped their toes into future attending the event, and positive feedback forecasting for STRANGE WEATHER from both students and companies alike, and showed their mettle for BLOOD. COOL JOBS continues to be a highlight in A Doodlebot workshop at Electric Picnic Science Gallery Dublin’s calendar. 27 28 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW

EUROPEAN PROJECTS School Tours Programme Science Gallery Dublin’s secondary Studiolab and KiiCS RRI Tools school tour programme continued to Science Gallery Dublin finished two In 2014 Science Gallery Dublin began grow in 2014, attracting a steady stream of the first ArtScience projects to be a new project, RRI Tools, funded by the of students. With 230 tours and over funded by FP7 in 2014. Studiolab is a European Commission’s Horizon2020 4,500 students in 2014, this programme three-year, €1.4m project that provides Framework. Partnering with organisations is earmarked for further development in 66— students taking part in our Transition Year 5— different Fixpert projects completed by TY 28 a platform for creative projects bridging across Europe, Science Gallery Dublin mentoring programme students 2015 with increased digital content for — Idea Translation Lab participants science, art and design. Led by Science will draw on its strengths to enhance teachers and students to digest both pre- Gallery Dublin, Studiolab partners from connections between science and society. and post-visit, ensuring they get the most twelve European countries collaborated Transition Year Mentoring Programme Intel’s Transition Year Mentoring Idea Translation Lab — Undergraduate out of their time at Science Gallery Dublin. on projects covering diverse themes Our mentoring programme sees Transition Programme Students that included the future of water, Year students from all over Ireland taking In 2014 we strengthened our ties with our Science Gallery Dublin ran Idea Translation Science Gallery Dublin Internship synthetic biology and the future of social part in a diverse mix of talks, tours, education partner Intel, collaborating with Lab, a broad curriculum course for Programme interaction. KiiCS saw Science Gallery workshops, interviews, design challenges them on their Transition Year mentoring undergraduate students, from January to June. Science Gallery Dublin partnered with Dublin stage eight student incubation and experiments with leading scientists, weeks, leveraging the six years of experience The first in partnership with Trinity College Notre Dame’s Irish Internship Programme workshops and travel to Amsterdam and engineers and artists. In 2014, over a Science Gallery Dublin has in running Dublin’s Innovation Academy, students took for the first time in 2014, hosting an Ars Electronica festival in Linz to run hundred students participated in the mentoring programmes. We hosted forty part in labs and lectures over twelve weeks, American student in Dublin as part of innovation workshops. Our team also workshops supported by funding from of Intel's Transition Year students in together with students from National College a ten-week programme. Focused on travelled to Warsaw to take part in the 26th education partner Intel and participation May and November, giving them insight of Art and Design. The students developed providing students with the opportunity annual European Union Contest for Young in the European Commission Seventh into the work we do in Science Gallery project ideas around the theme of climate to gain transferable skills and cultural Scientists (EUCYS) where a Transition Year Framework Programme [FP7] project KiiCS. Dublin. The students had tours of our change and future weather in conjunction enrichment, Science Gallery Dublin’s student from our mentoring programme exhibitions, tried their hands at soldering with our STRANGE WEATHER exhibition. intern gained experience mediating and represented Science Gallery Dublin. and heard talks from Trinity College Dublin working on education programming. As part of the FP7 project Studiolab, and with scientists amongst other activities. Plans are in place to continue this support from the NTR Foundation, the students successful programme in 2015. travelled to Paris to take part in the ArtScience Science Gallery Dublin also hosted an Prize at Le Laboratoire to further develop additional four interns in our marketing, their projects. There the students joined graphic design and events teams, with teams from Harvard, the Royal College of Art local graduates working with us to London, École Centrale Paris, ERG Brussels, develop our exhibitions and events. Télécom ParisTech, Strate Collège, and Paris College of Art to incubate their projects.

29 30 Plans for 2015 06 13.02.15–16.04.15 01.05.15–19.07.15 LIFELOGGING HOME\SICK DO YOU COUNT? WHAT KIND OF HOME DO YOU REALLY WANT TO LIVE IN?

If in 2014 we revealed the Is your personal data the new global currency? lighter side of tough topics, How will the future of design, technology, families and Is it possible to measure the intangible things that really matter: 'Home' is sick. Our unhealthy and socially divisive addiction to communities shape how we live in the 21st century? love, beauty, satisfaction, mindfulness? Does a future filled with home ownership and our idealisation of home and family are for 2015 we’re asking hard, When are secrets a good thing and who has the right sensors and surveillance mean the end of privacy? If you could out of date for a mobile, networked and fragmented society. to keep them? What impact does the upheaval of measure everything, would you? What was exciting only a year ago HOME\SICK explores how our homes might be reconfigured topical questions about trauma have on our lives and how do we heal? in wearables may be redundant eighteen months from now. The and reimagined as centres of food and energy production, of speed of innovation seems to be increasing, but so is society’s manufacture, scientific research and medical diagnosis. It a fast-approaching future Science Gallery Dublin relies on its creative community ability to adapt, debate and design codes of conduct around delves into alternative visions of the home from the human to engage with and inspire its programmes and aims to these new technologies. Combining laboratory and exhibition, microbiome, where we serve as a comfortable home to billions of hyper-connectivity, and involve participants through our open calls. We facilitate LIFELOGGING: DO YOU COUNT? will examine the different of bacteria, to our ailing planetary home and schemes for connections, collaborations and conversations around querying assumptions about technologies, opinions, and research questions that are emerging interplanetary colonisation. Curated by Anna Davies, Professor artworks, research and business ideas. Everyone is invited as lifelogging moves from early-adopter to everyday. Curated of Geography at Trinity College Dublin, author Anne Enright, everything from our homes to join us on our 2015 journey as we delve into these by Nicholas Felton, designer of The Feltron Reports and Linda interaction and product designer Alexandra Deschamps- new themes and discover what emerges when science Doyle, Director of Connect and CTVR at Trinity College Dublin. Sonsino and Ali Grehan, City Architect at Dublin City Council. to our memories. and art collide.

07.08.15–01.11.15 20.11.15–21.02.16 “2015 promises to be another fantastic year at Science Gallery Dublin. The programme includes an intriguing SECRET TRAUMA and enlightening range of exhibitions.”— Minister WHEN ARE SECRETS A GOOD HOW WILL YOU HEAL? Heather Humphries, Department of Arts, Heritage and THING AND WHO HAS A RIGHT the Gaeltacht, speaking at the 2015 Programme Launch TO KEEP THEM?

Why do humans like to keep and reveal secrets? How do emerging A sudden, violent, stressful and disturbing event, often a physical technologies protect or undermine privacy? What secrets should injury, trauma can be short-lived or long-lasting with impacts never be revealed, and where is more transparency needed? From that range from deeply personal to universal. In this exhibition, cryptography, leaks, hidden messages, secret satellites, big data, visitors will experience a range of works by artists, scientists and conspiracy theories, puzzles, Easter eggs and cryptocurrencies, designers that connect with the emotional upheaval of trauma SECRET will explore how hackers, spies, journalists, psychologists, on a physical, biological and psychological level. Then we’ll criminals, companies and governments are exploring the new explore the post-traumatic flipside of healing physiologically, world of secrets. Curated by the creator of TxtMob and former emotionally and socially. Curated by Shane O’Mara of the Institute manager at Intel Labs Tad Hirsch and Marie Redmond, Adjunct of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin, and Daniel Glaser, Professor of Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin. Director of Science Gallery London at King’s College London.

31 32 Research and Evaluation 07 VISITOR PROFILE Age profile Repeat SG Visitors Visitors who are TCD students Would recommend to a friend 15–25 Yes Yes Yes Other No No No Following on from the success of the development of a new research and evaluation RESEARCH OVERVIEW: KEY INSIGHTS plan in 2013, Science Gallery Dublin sought to harness the potential of its 1. 2. 1. 2. 1. 2. 1. 2. ongoing research. Key to this is implementing the ‘Going Deeper’ strategy Total visitors in 2014 with experimentation, learning and sharing at the core of activities. 406,982 3. 4. 3. 4. 3. 4. 3. 4. Science Gallery Dublin began a process to develop a pilot a programme of in-depth —up from 339,264 research and analysis that will be rolled out in 2015. Visitors aged 15–25 The aims of the programme are to:

Design and implement a full evaluation of Develop tools and procedures for various 42% 1. FAIL BETTER 43% 1. FAIL BETTER 46% 1. FAIL BETTER 09% 1. FAIL BETTER 97% —up from 37% Science Gallery Dublin exhibitions and events types of evaluation, for example stakeholder 2. FAT: IT'S DELICIOUS 36% 2. FAT: IT'S DELICIOUS 58% 2. FAT: IT'S DELICIOUS 09% 2. FAT: IT'S DELICIOUS 82% 3. STRANGE WEATHER 3. STRANGE WEATHER from 2014–2016 and visitor surveys, stakeholder interviews, Visitors from Dublin 38% 43% 3. STRANGE WEATHER 10% 3. STRANGE WEATHER 88% staff focus groups and surveys 4. BLOOD 52% 4. BLOOD 44% 4. BLOOD 10% 4. BLOOD 93% ­Carry out a longitudinal analysis of Science Gallery Dublin’s Transition Year programmes Train selected full-time staff and mediators 59% —up from 51% from 2014–2016 to assess their impacts on to use these tools and advise on selection student experience, motivations and attitudes of trainers Repeat visitors to science and to STEM careers Knowledge of theme increased Found mediators very helpful Gender Pilot implementation of a suite of these tools Yes Yes Female Develop a rolling programme of monitoring 48% Identify academic experts to assist in —up from 40% No No Male and evaluation development of tools and procedures, 1. 2. 1. 2. Specify and schedule actions and projects implementation of evaluation processes for 2015 around events, and analysis of results 48% 36% 49% 45% 3. 4. 3. 4. FAIL BETTER FAT: IT'S DELICIOUS STRANGE WEATHER BLOOD

52% 64% 51% 55%

1. FAIL BETTER 95% 1. FAIL BETTER 88% 2. FAT: IT'S DELICIOUS 79% 2. FAT: IT'S DELICIOUS 93% 3. STRANGE WEATHER 83% 3. STRANGE WEATHER 85% 4. BLOOD 85% 4. BLOOD 90%

33 34 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW Global Science Gallery Network 08

Science GalIery International was As the second node of the Network continues to take shape at King’s established in 2012 with the goal of College London, the relationship between the two gallery teams has developing a Network of eight galleries strengthened, with site visits and conversations taking place between the worldwide by 2020, inspired by the organisations. This has resulted in shared learnings for both and consultation success of Science Gallery at Trinity on the development of a Network Toolkit. This year saw the unveiling of College Dublin. The development of the the first Science Gallery programme developed outside Dublin. Science Network has brought renewed focus Gallery London developed its first season FREQUENCIES: TUNE INTO to the pioneering role that Science LIFE, which took place in the borough surrounding the planned location Gallery at Trinity College Dublin has for the gallery on the Guy’s and St Thomas' Campus of King’s College in played in the development of the Southwark. This series of happenings created an exciting taste of what innovative Science Gallery approach. is to come with the proposed opening of the space in 2016, and the potential for exchange between Dublin and other Network members.

“Science Gallery is another example of a In November, the Government of Karnataka signed an agreement with vibrant partnership between Ireland and Science Gallery International to develop the third node of the Global the UK.” — President Michael D. Higgins Science Gallery Network in Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore). This was supplemented by reaching an advanced stage of negotiations with the University of Melbourne to establish a Science Gallery in Australia. These remarkable achievements will bring Science Gallery International halfway to its goal of eight galleries worldwide by 2020.

The development of the Global Science Gallery Network has brought new insights to the team in Dublin, rethinking the work that we do in the context of collaboration.

President Michael D. Higgins, Founding Director of Science Gallery Dublin Michael John Gorman and Mark Ferguson, Director General of Science 35 Foundation Ireland watch a Science Gallery Dublin demonstration in London 36 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW Touring 09

2014 was an exciting year for touring with 10.05.14–11.01.15 11.12.14–10.06.15 a number of connections created with ILLUSION: NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS BIORHYTHM: MUSIC AND THE BODY leading organisations worldwide through Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego National Taiwan Science Education Centre, Science Gallery International. Taipei Featuring a host of installations that deceive ILLUSION travelled to the Reuben H. Fleet the eyes of the visitor, ILLUSION shows Over 65,000 people saw BIORHYTHM in Science Centre in San Diego, California 33,800 that what we perceive is often radically 42— crates and flight cases containing our Dublin and the exhibition travelled to Taiwan where it surpassed 207,000 visitors and — km travelled over land, air and sea by Science Gallery Dublin's 2014 touring exhibitions different from the reality of what our eyes touring shows as part of a two-city, twelve-month tour garnered extensive press coverage ahead observe. It was apt that the exhibition spanning 2014 and 2015. This exploration of its move to Discovery Place in Charlotte, travelled to the Reuben H. Fleet Science of music and the body asks, what makes These touring opportunities have North Carolina in early 2015, and to the Centre, given the pioneering energy of us dance? Why do we sing the blues? Could opened Science Gallery Dublin up to “Magic is an inspiring force for learning. “...the resulting effects can mostly be Petrosains Science Centre in Kuala Lumpur, this ever-developing organisation. there be a formula for the perfect hit? new international audiences and press I have worked with Science Gallery to divided between the cool and the Malaysia later in 2015. BIORHYTHM awesome.” — San Diego Union Tribune attention, increased the reach of visitor create an exhibition that will inspire and Installations such as Delicate Boundaries opened at the National Taiwan Science From an acoustic bed to sonic tables and engagement with Science Gallery Dublin educate people of any age. Each piece in which allows visitors to collect digital bugs Education Centre in December 2014 and “I think this is cool and engaging for the experiments on your emotional response exhibitions by over 50% in 2014, and the show deceives the brain with either from a screen and share them with friends, will run there until June 2015. HUMAN+ kids, but also an intellectual experience to pop music, featuring artists such as also contributed a significant additional an optical, perceptual or audio illusion. and SUPERMAJOR, a seemingly gravity- began the process of being expanded for the adults who have fun trying to Bob Moog and the Sonic Arts Research income stream to Science Gallery Dublin. Illusions give us a greater appreciation of defying deception that saw drops of oil figure out the illusions,” Matt Kenyon Centre. BIORHYTHM allows audiences to and revised in collaboration with Centre how we view the world and this exhibition flow upwards and even hover in midair had feel how music moves the body through de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Part of the process of the ongoing (artist) — sduptownnews.com brings us closer to understanding the enthralled over 83,000 visitors in Dublin and ahead of its opening there in late 2015. an interactive bazaar of unique aural development of the relationship between magic of the mind.” — Richard Wiseman an additional 207,000 visitors in California. experiences, installations, experiments and Science Gallery Dublin and Science performances from musicians, engineers Gallery International was the creation of a “these mind boggling exhibits that will ILLUSION was curated by psychologist, and neuroscientists from around the world. framework for touring. Using the expertise surely cause one to think and question” author and magician Richard Wiseman, Jerry Pilato — thehollywoodtimes.net Bringing this work to Taiwan has offered and insight of both teams, a formalised and was researched by deception artist Science Gallery Dublin the possibilities of structure has been put in place to audit Paul Gleeson. a different kind of cultural engagement. appropriate exhibitions and create the documentation for receiving venues. The exhibition was curated by singer Gavin Friday, composer Linda Buckley, Ben It is planned that the 2014 exhibitions Knapp of SARC at Queen's University STRANGE WEATHER and BLOOD will Belfast, Ian Robertson of Trinity College be packaged for touring. Dublin and Michael John Gorman of Science Gallery International and marked Science Gallery’s inaugural steps into further touring relationships in Taiwan.

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MEDIA COVERAGE Total Local Media PR Value* Embracing failure proved to be a success National and International Coverage Highlights in 2014: FAIL BETTER and the theme of failure proved to be very 2014 was a record year in 2FM: The Show Smithsonian popular with the media. International coverage highlights terms of media coverage 12,104,433 2FM: The Show Nature SPIN 103.8: The Spin € included a special feature from BBC Radio 4, Slate for Science Gallery Dublin. — 27% increase on 2013 2FM: NBC Sunday Magazine, Smithsonian, a feature on PRI’s The World There was an increase in National Print Articles Balls.ie New Indian Express Sunday Independent (syndicated to over 300 channels around the world), and all recorded statistics and Bangalore Mirror Newstalk: Breakfast Sunday Mirror a review in Nature. National coverage included RTE’s a national PR value of over 564 BBC Focus Magazine Newstalk: Futureproof Sunday World 6:1 News, Drivetime, Morning Edition, Elev8, The Works, €12 million was recorded. — 19% increase on 2013 BBC: Inside Science Newstalk: Moncrieff TG4: Ar Fud Na Tíre Today FM’s The Ray D’Arcy Show, Newstalk’s The Pat This was the highest value Print Media Coverage BBC World Service Newstalk: The Global Village Kenny Show, Lyric FM’s Culture File and Spin 103.8’s The achieved since opening BBC: Talkback Newstalk: The Show 2 Spin and The Phoneshow. There was also unprecedented our doors in 2008 with 259,764cm BBC: The Value of Failure Newstalk: You Are Here The Hindu sports coverage for the exhibition when Ireland’s rugby 1,408 minutes of national — 22% increase on 2013 Business & Leadership PRI: The World The Hollywood Times captain Jamie Heaslip said that the exhibition had been airtime and 259,764 cm2 Print Media AVE** Cara Rhizome The Huffington Post an inspiration for him and had helped him move on from of coverage representing Discovery Channel RTÉ: 1 O'Clock News The Irish Sun defeat in Irish Daily Mail, The Herald, Irish Independent, an uplift of 35% on print 2,654,615 Evening Herald RTÉ: 6:1 News The Irish Times € The Irish Sun, Irish Daily Star and Irish Mirror. coverage in 2013. — 35% increase on 2013 FOX 5 RTÉ: 9 O'Clock News The Journal National Broadcasts Over €8.3m worth of coverage for Trinity College Dublin GCN RTÉ: Drivetime The New York Times In 2014, we continued to emphasise Trinity College Hot Press RTÉ: Elev8 The Sunday Times 150 Dublin as an integral part of the Science Gallery Dublin Image Magazine RTÉ: Full Frontal The Times — 4% increase on 2013 story whenever we talked to media. This generated In Business RTÉ: Marian Finnucane Times of India Broadcast Minutes a total PR value of €8.3 million for Trinity, which was Innovation Ireland RTÉ: Today FM: Ian Dempsey Show an increase of €3.6 million on 2013’s figures. Irish Daily Mail RTÉ: Morning Edition Today FM: The Ray D'Arcy Show 1,408 Irish Daily Mirror RTÉ: Morning Ireland Totally Dublin — 6% increase on 2013 Extended media partnerships Irish Daily Star RTÉ: News on Two University Times Broadcast Media AVE** In addition to our ongoing partnership with The Irish Times, RTÉ: The Business TV3: 5.30 News which is worth over €291,000 in free advertising per year, Irish Independent RTÉ: The John Murray Show TV3: Ireland AM €1,380,753 Science Gallery Dublin partnered with Newstalk by hosting Irish Mail on Sunday RTÉ: The Saturday Night Show TV3: Midweek — 15% increase on 2013 a live broadcast of Futureproof from the Science Gallery Irish Medical News RTÉ: The Weather with we make money not art Dublin Tent at Electric Picnic 2014. Ian Brunswick (Science Irish Tatler RTÉ: The Works Wired Gallery Dublin’s Programme Manager) also presented the LA Times RTÉ: Today With Seán O'Rourke science news on the show each week throughout the year. Le Cool San Diego Examiner Medical Independent Silicon Republic Metro Herald Slate Magazine *Advertising Value Equivalent (AVE) multiplied by three **Advertising Value Equivalent (AVE)

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DIGITAL Visits on dublin.sciencegallery.com

Science Gallery Dublin is native to digital Country Visits % culture — four years younger than Ireland 189,762 60% Facebook, three years younger than YouTube and two years younger than 39,059 11% Twitter. This makes digital technology United Kingdom 31,735 9% part of our DNA, and over the past six 5M— pageviews. On February 6th 2014, Germany 5,138 1% years, digital has helped us keep ahead we served our 5 millionth page on Canada 4,448 1% of the curve — using emerging digital dublin.sciencegallery.com since opening Australia 4,202 1% technologies to connect with our 15–25 Twitter Followers year old target audience and to focus on France 4,047 1%

connection and participation. We have India 3,875 1% extended our reach through social media, 24,653 — Increase of 19% from 2013 3,235 1% producing and distributing high-quality 3,196 1% content through platforms like YouTube Likes on Facebook and our podcast, and collaborating closely with people within and outside our team. 29,102 — Increase of 118% from 2013 Pageviews In 2014 we experimented with using 1,037,827­ January — 85,466 digital technologies to enhance audience Instagram Followers February — 131,579 and visitor experience, ensuring a better March — 95,053 connection between the in-gallery and 1,610 April — 84,547 online experience, and meaningful public — Increase of 20% from 2013 May — 99,328 participation and contribution to themes June — 76,978 and exhibitions. A ‘born-digital’ element YouTube Video Views July — 98,744 August — 71,222 was incorporated into every show, created September — 65,162 specifically for an online audience, and 204,363 October — 86,828 going beyond describing or mirroring work — Decrease of 37% from 2013 November — 74,747 in the physical space. This continued December — 68,173 Weekly Email Subscribers to grow Science Gallery Dublin’s online presence, with 2014 seeing a 53% increase in the number of people connected to us via 14,909 —Decrease of 30% from 2013 (due to all of our social networks and over a million cull of spam accounts) pageviews on dublin.sciencegallery.com. Award winning photography of Raindrop by Alistair McClymont at STRANGE WEATHER 41 42 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW Commercial Activity 11

In addition to being a dynamic exhibition Shop MAKESHOP Hire space, Science Gallery Dublin has plenty The Science Gallery Shop has something MAKESHOP is a unique retail space where Science Gallery Dublin continues to be a more to offer. Our café is the perfect for everyone: the latest in high tech people can come in, shop and make hugely popular venue for hosting all kinds hangout where you can relax with friends gadgets, microcomputers and electronics stuff. Our workshops range from simple of events, from breakfast briefings to board and soak up the atmosphere, or work kits like Raspberry Pi and littleBits, cool Doodle Robots to FM Radios and are meetings, and launch parties to awards with the help of some delicious coffee toys and retro curiosities, a huge selection suitable for people of all ages. Workshops ceremonies. But without people, a venue and free Wi-Fi. The Science Gallery of books and magazines, experiment kits, can be done on a one-to-one basis or in is just a building. Science Gallery Dublin is Dublin shop stays up to date with all the games, tools, homewares… everything a larger groups, perfect for school tours and very fortunate to have a highly experienced, latest gizmos and gadgetry as well as a geek requires. Our products tie in with the birthday parties. MAKESHOP now runs motivated and committed team whose reading section that covers areas that current exhibition so the range is constantly several Premium Workshops in the evenings passion, warmth and dedication makes science visitors never even knew they changing and always evolving. Our online which focus on more complex projects our venue come alive for each individually were interested in. Each exhibition brings store means if you can’t make it in for a visit like app building, Arduino and Raspberry tailored occasion, becoming a place where its own array of products that ensure it’s you can still get your hands on weird and Pi. We are also developing an upcoming ideas meet, whether scientific, artistic, the perfect stop off after a gallery tour. wonderful items from the comfort of your outreach programme which will see us take cultural or business. With state-of-the art own home. the workshops out on the road and into audio visual systems including point-to-point With its unique design, ever-changing schools, ensuring if they can’t come to us we video conferencing, a multimedia theatre, surroundings and state-of-the art Café can come to them. We visit various events studios, galleries, Wi-Fi and fantastic PACCAR theatre, Science Gallery Dublin Set in the surroundings of Science Gallery and festivals every year including Electric catering facilities, it can transform a great is an extremely popular choice for all Dublin, Science Gallery Café is one of the Picnic, TEDxDublin and BT Young Scientists event into something truly exceptional. manner of events, conferences and city’s most interesting meeting places. and Technology Exhibitions. MAKESHOP is meetings. We host everything from This bright, contemporary space is home something truly different: a place that turns “Huge thank you for all your help breakfast briefings, team building days, to an enthusiastic team serving up fresh do-it yourself into do-it-together. with our event. Everyone was so product launches, board meetings, away food and excellent coffee. In fact, café impressed with the venue, and thanks days to large-scale events. MAKESHOP has achieved considerable press owner Peter is so passionate about coffee also to your tech team for a flawless since its launch, appearing on RTÉ, TV3, that he decided to create his own, and presentation.” — Ruth Cronin, Sightsavers The Irish Times and the global nerd blog Science Gallery Café now proudly serves Boing Boing. Cloud Picker coffee. The café offers a contemporary menu that includes everything from Peter’s Mum’s Beef Goulash Stewp (a "Keep city-based kids busy with mind- hearty mix of stew and soup) to the student bending workshops that really bring takeaway soup-sambo-fruit combo deal. It's science to life." — Cara Magazine the perfect place to wind down the working week, or better still, kick off the weekend with a pizza and a beer or glass of wine.

43 44 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW Supporters and Collaborators 12

Wellcome Trust Programme Partners In 2014, Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin continued to be As a non-profit Science The strategic partnership with Trinity The Marker Hotel joined Science Gallery supported by founding partner Wellcome Trust alongside valued Biomedical Sciences Institute is now in Dublin as a 2014 programme partner, and Gallery Dublin would not investment by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. its second year of the 1.8m award. collaborated on FAT: IT’S DELICIOUS It also was the second year of a five-year partnership with the Trinity € by providing the culinary expertise exist without the tremendous Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI), supported by a strategic award Science Circle of their head chef Gareth Mullins. support of its partners. Our from Wellcome Trust to the value of €1.8m. These pillars are central to The Science Circle at Science Gallery Dublin helping Science Gallery Dublin achieve its aim to become the world’s is a group of leading global companies that Science Gallery Dublin benefited from leading organisation for involving, inspiring and transforming curious 284— members of the public donated over supporters are key to enabling provide invaluable multi-annual investments. the continuing support of the European €8,000 of support for our exhibitions in 2014 Science Gallery Dublin to minds through science. Intel once again provided invaluable support as In 2014 we were delighted to welcome Commission Seventh Framework they renewed their commitment as Education Partner in 2014, continuing ESB as the newest member to the Science Programme, through the Studiolab, KiiCS, reach out to our 15–25 year their endorsement of our unique educational outreach initiatives. Circle, giving Science Gallery Dublin PLACES, VOICES and RRI Tools projects. “We are delighted to be members of unique access to their knowledge base and old audience. The financial Science Gallery Dublin partnered with a unique collection of institutions the Science Circle and to support network of engineers. ESB join Deloitte, “Science Gallery and its partners are a across 2014 with SafeFoods providing support and insights for FAT: IT’S Science Gallery Dublin. Deloitte shares Google, ICON, NTR Foundation and Pfizer. shining example of what can be done to assistance received this DELICIOUS, and the Environmental Protection Agency coming on board Science Gallery’s wider objectives in The model of long-term partnerships with engage with young people and I would as exhibition partner for STRANGE WEATHER. We were delighted to work transforming how people think about year allowed us to remain Science Circle members is fundamental encourage other companies to look hard with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, who not only supported BLOOD, science, technology and mathematics to the ongoing financial sustainability of at what you can do to support such an invaluable free public but also provided invaluable training and insights to our team of mediators. subjects through exploring these subjects Science Gallery Dublin. These companies endeavours, that make a real difference in a new environment, through creative Our events and exhibitions programme would not be able to move from enjoy a range of attractive bespoke for our young people and our economic resource, ensuring there and challenging exhibitions and event strength to strength without ongoing collaborations. In 2014 our events benefits, including corporate recognition prospects.” — Heather Humphreys, programmes.” — David Dalton, Deloitte are no monetary barriers to programme benefited from relationships with the Health Research and staff engagement through events and Minister for Arts Heritage and Gaeltacht young people who want to Board for the HRB RED ALERT Series and TEDxDublin was another workshops at Science Gallery Dublin. “Science Gallery Dublin does an excellent resounding success with the help of lead partner Mazda, and partners job of taking difficult topics and difficult experience the cutting edge CPL, FRKelly, and the Embassy of the United States in Ireland. “As a company that depends on having a subject matter and covering the more very technical and highly skilled workforce, serious side, but then also coming at Over the course of the year we receive much in-kind support from many of science and art through we need to find ways of encouraging the it from a more quirky and sometimes organisations, institutions and individuals and Science Gallery Dublin would next generation to develop skills in the slightly more controversial angle which our exhibition content. like to acknowledge that our exhibitions would be an awful lot starker if it areas of science, technology, engineering I think is good at capturing the weren’t for those willing to lend us strange books on vampires, placentas, and maths. Science Gallery Dublin excels public’s imagination.”— Karen O'Keeffe, lab equipment of all varieties, and helping us out with the cost of printing at engaging its target audiences of 15-25 Director of Corporate Affairs, Pfizer materials. 284 members of the public also donated to our €20.14 Ask year olds in a way that is inspiring and which raised over €8,000 of support for our exhibitions in 2014. creative, and this is fully aligned with the objectives of ESB.” — Pat O’Doherty ESB CEO

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Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys T.D. with student Carmel O'Brien, alongside some of our supporters on the following page 47 48 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW Financial Report 13

Science Gallery is an initiative of Trinity for their generous support for our activities. Also to Trinity College Dublin for its ongoing support Notes to the income and expenditure account Annual Expenditure FY 2013–2014 € % — for the year ended September 2014 College Dublin funded through a unique which underpins the entire enterprise. Capital & technical improvements 25,352 1% partnership between the university, 1. Statement of accounting policies The following pages outline the financial statements for Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin Cost of sales 224,757 11% government, the Wellcome Trust and The following accounting policies have been applied Education 148,930 7% the private sector. to financial year end 30 September 2014. consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to Science Gallery Dublin's income and Events 144,094 7% expenditure account. As a free entry space, Science Gallery INCOME AND EXPENDITURE — for the year ended 30 September 2014 Exhibitions 398,555 19% Dublin is dependent on corporate, 2014 2013 1.1. Basis of preparation Marketing 128,730 6% This is the income and expenditure account of Science government and philanthropic support Notes € € € € Gallery Dublin for the year ended 30 September 2014. The Other operating expenses 331,670 16% for its activities. This is complemented Income 1.2 operating surplus for the year is included in the accounts Payroll 701,305 33% of the University of Dublin (Trinity College) for the year by earned income through maximising Income from grants and sponsorship 1,525,191 1,411,667 ended 30 September 2014 which were audited by KPMG Total 2,103,393 (Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors). commercialisation opportunities in the Operational income 736,704 654,848 gallery. Science Gallery Dublin is delighted Total income 2,261,895 2,066,515 1.2. Income to report that it achieved an operating Income is derived from sponsorship/grants and operational surplus of 158,502 in the 2013/14 activities which include shop revenues, café concession € Departmental Expenditure 1.3 income, corporate hire income, touring income and ticketing Annual Income FY 2013–2014 € % financial year. This is due to significant Exhibitions 398,555 420,822 income accounted for on an accruals basis. Corporate/Philanthropic Funding 787,4 02 35% successes in fundraising and a major focus Events 144,094 84,408 1.3. Expenditure Government Funding 396,860 17% on cost reduction and spend management Education 148,930 170,179 Expenditure is charged to the income and expenditure Operational Income 736,704 33% during the year. A retrospective VAT refund account on an accruals basis in the year in which purchases Marketing 128,730 155,840 take place. Trinity College Dublin 340,929 15% of €134,854 was also received in relation Capital and technical improvements 25,352 48,603 Total 2,261,895 to our touring operations up to the end of 2. Operating surplus for the year September 2013. The final closing position Cost of sales 224,757 252,534 Science Gallery Dublin successfully achieved an operating surplus of 158,502 in its financial year ending 30 Total Departmental Expenditure –1,070,418 –1,132,386 € after deduction of last year’s deficit of September 2014. In addition, it received a retrospective VAT €87,070 and payment of €60,000 to refund of €134,854 from the Revenue Commissioners in relation to Touring operations up to end September 2013. Other expenditure the Trinity College Dublin startup deficit is It ended up with a final closing position of€ 146,286 after €146,286. The surplus will allow Science Wages and pay costs 701,305 601,946 commitments as follows: deduction of deficit of€ 87,070 carried over from 2013 and deduction of €60,000 Gallery Dublin to implement vital Science Other operating expenditure 331,670 422,648 transferred to the Trinity College Dublin start up deficit. The start up deficit was incurred during the start up phase Gallery strategic, capital and programming Total other expenditure –1,032,975 –1,024,594 and will be recovered in future years through growth in the projects in the coming financial year. gallery's operational activities.

Operating surplus (deficit) for the year 2 158,502 –90,465 As always we owe significant thanks to our Founding Partner, Wellcome Trust Retrospective VAT Recovery to end September 134,854 2013 and our Science Circle — Deloitte, ESB, Deficit /Surplus carried over from previous year – 87,070 3,395 Google, ICON, NTR Foundation and Pfizer, Closing position 206,286 – 87,070 as well as our government supporters — the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Transfer to TCD startup deficit 2013/14 –60,000 Gaeltacht and Science Foundation Ireland Closing position 2014 after commitments 146,286

49 50 Operational Income FY 2013–2014 € % Grant Reserve Café 81,240 11% Studiolab KiiCS Grant PLACES Grant S.F.I. Speaker VOICES Grant S.F.I. Strategic RRI Tools EU Grant Series Grant Partnership Corporate hire 75,489 10% 2013 Grant Event ticketing 43,974 6% € € € € € € € Touring 229,887 31%

Membership 11,249 2% At 1 October 2013 226,015 75,449 (3,058) 12,642 (17,434) – –

Shop 279,002 38% Grant received/receivable in period (41,556) (21,301) 6,000 – 25,000 260,000 186,608

SGI licence income 12,433 1.5% Grant expenditure — direct costs (57,831) (27,10 9) (723) (12,642) (11,797) (82,360) – Other 3,430 0.5% Grant expenditure — indirect costs* (9,319) – (119) – – – – Total 736,704

At 30 September 2014 117,309 27,039 2,100 – (4,231) 177,640 186,608

*Indirect costs are not accounted for as operational activities in the profit and loss account of the Science Gallery Dublin. As a result they are accounted for as a reserve movement. 2014 saw a significant increase in operational income; largely due to the international success of touring Science Gallery Dublin exhibitions. This contributed to continuing strong growth in operational income since the gallery's opening in 2008.

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The Science Gallery Dublin Governance Board was established by the Board of the College with the following roles:

To assist the director of Science Gallery To ensure that Science Gallery Dublin is Dublin in shaping the gallery’s strategic managed in a manner consistent with best direction and provide an overview of gallery operational practice activities To approve nominations for membership 12— members of the Science Gallery Dublin To approve and influence Science Gallery of the Governance Board emanating from Governance Board Dublin’s mission the nominations sub-committee, ensuring cultural and gender diversity The Governance Board consists of To provide advice and support to the up to twelve members (5 Trinity Science Gallery Dublin Director To review the performance of the Science College Dublin and 7 non–Trinity Gallery Dublin Director To act as ambassadors for Science Gallery College Dublin) and is chaired by a Dublin and its activities in the broader To establish appropriate sub-committees high profile external figure. Appointed business and research communities reporting to the Board on key strategic areas members serve for a three year term, with the option of serving a second To provide advice on fundraising To establish and maintain a risk register for three years if appointed to do so by opportunities and to engage in fundraising Science Gallery Dublin the College. The Board meets at least activities where appropriate four times a year and is chaired by To have oversight for quality control and Shay Garvey. For a full list of board To assist with recruitment of researchers and evaluation of Science Gallery Dublin members please see page 57. students for involvement in Science Gallery programmes Dublin programmes To assess its own performance To provide advice where appropriate on To approve an annual report for presentation specific Science Gallery Dublin activities to the Board of College and other To have responsibility for budget planning, stakeholders. recognising that ultimate responsibility rests with the Board of the College

Festival revellers at the Science Gallery Dublin tent at Electric Picnic 2014

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Science Gallery Director In 2014, Science Gallery Dublin's team represented a range of TCD Board Science Science Gallery Leonardo Trinity Trinity Michael John Gorman is the Founding Director of Science expertise and backgrounds, and included researchers and interns Gallery Director Group Foundation Global Relations Governance Gallery Dublin. He has headed the development of Science to support specific exhibitions. Board Gallery since 2007, one year before its opening, leading the — Director: Michael John Gorman/Lynn Scarff completion of the capital project, development, conception — Operations Manager: Lea O’Flannagain and creation of the gallery. Prior to joining Science Gallery, — Programme Manager: Lynn Scarff/Ian Brunswick Gorman was co-founder of non-profit SEED art-science, — Production Assistant: Ailve McCormack dedicated to igniting collaborations between art and science; — Commercial Manager: Robert Kiernan Senior Manager of Discover Science and Engineering; and — Events Officer: Shaun O’Boyle Project Director for art-technology programmes at the Ark, — Events Intern: Diane McSweeney/Geraldine Breen Europe’s first custom-designed cultural centre for children — Marketing and Communications Manager: Fionn Kidney/Jessica Hilliard Programme Marketing / Operations Associate Director Education & in Dublin. He was a Lecturer in Science, Technology and Manager Communications Manager / Fundraising Learning — Marketing and Communications Officer: Róisín McGann Manager Manager Society at Stanford University for four years, and has held — Digital Marketing and Communications Coordinator: Lucy Whitaker postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University, Stanford — Graphic Designer: Ruža Leko University and MIT. — Graphic Design Intern: Anne Marie Kobberø, Carmel O'Brien, Shem Shortall and Hanah Vickers In 2014 Michael John went on a year-long career break — Education and Learning Manager: Jane Chadwick to take up the role of CEO at Science Gallery International. — European Projects Coordinator: Joseph Roche /Diane McSweeney Lynn Scarff, previously the Programme Manager of Science — Research Coordinator: Maria Phelan Gallery Dublin, took up the role of Acting Director. Beginning — Fundraising/Development Manager: Clodagh Memery/Brenda Cullen her role in Science Gallery Dublin as the Education and — Stewardship Officer: Sarah Quinn Outreach Manager, Lynn has been involved since its — Technical Manager: Derek Williams inception. She has over twelve years previous experience — Technical Officer: Danny Browne Mediators Production Events FP7 Technical Commercial Receptionist Administrator European ITL in developing and leading public engagement projects [part time] Assistant Officer Researchers Manager Manager—In FP7 Project Co-ordinator — Financial Administrator: Louise Whelan in science, arts and education fields. Lynn comes from recruitment Co-ordinator [part time] — Front of House: Ruth Chadwick, Bevin Doyle, Jessie Doyle, a background of work in the environmental and not-for- Declan Greaney and Gearoid Keane profit sectors and has developed a series of programmes, exhibitions, events, books, TV and radio for these areas. She is passionate about science and arts and the potential of spaces like Science Gallery Dublin to be facilitators of Events Marketing Graphic Operations Operations Intern Intern Design Assistants Assistants transformation in people’s lives. Intern [part time] [part time]

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Vinny Cahill Languages and holds an MA in German She is an ex officio member of the Executive relations consultancy, with clients spanning worked as an Engineer with the Toshiba Department of Energy. He is a board Vinny Cahill is Dean of Research at Trinity Studies from Queen’s University Belfast. Officers Group, the university’s Senior technology, energy, transport and education. Corporation for several years in the USA member of the National Concert Hall, College Dublin where he has responsibility Management Team, along with the Provost, He has served as Communications Director as an Advanced Market Development Culture Ireland and Energy Action Ltd. Shay Garvey (Chair) for coordinating the university’s research, Chief Operating Officer and the Faculty Deans. in the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Engineer and for five years as a Laser Shay Garvey is the current chair of the Juergen Barkhoff innovation, technology transfer, and Innovation and the Department of Education Application Engineer based in Japan. Science Gallery Dublin governance board, Graham Love Juergen Barkhoff is Director of the Trinity entrepreneurship strategies. Vinny has and Skills, advising the Minister on media appointed in 2012, and also a member of the Dr Graham Love is Chief Executive of the Rachael Naughton Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities previously served as Head of the Department strategy and public policy. He has worked Board of Directors of Aircraft Management Health Research Board, an agency of the Rachael Naughton is the manager of the Research Institute, and Professor of German of Computer Science, Director of Research as a journalist for national broadcast and Technologies. He serves on a number of Irish Government’s Department of Health. Naughton Scholarships, a programme in the School of Languages, Literatures and for Computer Science and Statistics, Director print platforms in Ireland and abroad. He other boards, including Biotrin Holdings, The HRB manages an investment portfolio established in 2008 to promote the study Cultural Studies of Trinity College Dublin. of Teaching and Learning (Postgraduate) for is a graduate of and Improveline.com, WBT Systems, Ledgeway in excess of 100 million, spanning clinical, of engineering, science and technology He is an expert on German literature and Computer Science and Statistics and Head of € the National University of Ireland, . Software, and Kadius. Shay has wide population and health services research. It at third level in Ireland. She is also on the culture from 1750 with a strong focus on the Distributed Systems Group. His research experience in general management and also manages key health information systems Nicola Marples board overseeing the Naughton Graduate interdisciplinary research. His main research addresses many aspects of distributed international marketing. He has worked and provides evidence-based policy support Nicola Marples is a Senior Lecturer, Head of Student Exchange Program in Science and is in the fields of Medical Humanities, systems, in particular, middleware and internationally with Delta Partners, Exxon, to the Irish Government’s Department of Zoology and Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. Engineering which enables students to Environmental Humanities, and questions programming models for mobile, ubiquitous Corning Process Systems and McKinsey Inc. Health. Previously Graham worked in Science She did her first degree in Oxford University, experience international education at one of identity and culture in Europe. He and autonomic computing with application A graduate of University College Dublin in Foundation Ireland, covering a variety of and her Ph.D. in University of Cardiff. of Ireland’s leading universities or at the was Director of the Centre for European to optimisation of urban resource usage Chemical Engineering, he has an M.Sc. in areas including strategy, communications She held postdoctoral positions in University University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Rachael Studies from 2002–2005, and Registrar and service delivery. He is an SFI Principal Metallurgical Engineering from the University and programmes, where he filled senior roles of Leiden, Netherlands, and Sussex University qualified as a Solicitor with the Law Society of the College from 2007–2011. He is Investigator and Co-Investigator of Lero, The of New Brunswick, Canada and an MBA with such as Head of Strategy, Director of Policy before taking up the post in Trinity College of Ireland and spent a number of years Vice-Chair of the Executive Board of the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre. distinction from the Harvard Business School. and Interim Director General. Before entering Dublin of Lecturer in Animal Behaviour practising as a financial services lawyer. Coimbra Group of European Universities. Sonia Flynn the Public Service, Graham was in the private in 1996. Her main research interests are She holds a degree in History from Trinity Linda Hogan Clive Williams Sonia joined Facebook as Director for User sector for many years working for management behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology. College Dublin and a diploma in legal studies Linda Hogan is Professor of Ecumenics and Clive Williams is Dean of Engineering, Operations in EMEA in November 2009 consulting firm Accenture. There he worked from the Dublin Institute of Technology. a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. She is a David Martin Science and Mathematics at Trinity College and has since been appointed as Facebook with international clients such as Microsoft, theological ethicist with research interests David Martin is the Director of Geo Operations Niall Ó Donnchú Dublin and is responsible for provision Ireland’s Head of Office. Sonia has strong Vodafone and Norsk Hydro on a range of in the field of social and political ethics. EMEA at Google, before which he was Niall Ó Donnchú is the Assistant Secretary- of academic and strategic leadership international management experience with projects including IT system implementations, She has published widely on the ethics of Director of EMEA Finance and Business General of the Department of Arts, Heritage within the faculty. He is a Fellow of Trinity multinational technology companies including strategic reviews and transformational change. human rights, on intercultural ethics, and Intelligence. Prior to Google, David was Head and Gaeltacht. He is a graduate of Queens College Dublin, a member of the Royal Google, where she held several senior roles on gender. Linda was appointed to the of Strategic Planning for eircom and has University, Belfast and the London School Irish Academy and has published over 100 including Head of Site, Google Wroclaw and Bernard Mallee role of Vice-Provost and Chief Academic also spent several years as a Management of Economics. Prior to this, he was head papers on his various topics of research. Director of User Operations. She was on Bernard Mallee was Director of Officer in September 2011. She is the Consultant with McKinsey & Co. David of ecommerce and broadband policy the team that established Google’s EMEA Communications and Marketing in Trinity senior academic officer with responsibility returned to Ireland in 1997 as Business at the Department of Communications, headquarters in Dublin. Sonia is a graduate College Dublin in 2014. He has a background for the academic affairs of the university, Development Manager for a Dublin based Marine and Natural Resources and of University of Ulster at Coleraine in Applied in public relations, Government and and deputises for the Provost as required. journalism. He is a former partner in a public opto-electronics start-up. David has also head of alternative energy policy at the

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Drawing together a group of exceptional Jimmy Costello Niamh Gallagher Fergal McCarthy Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin Patricia Quinn Emma Teeling people from a range of backgrounds — Co-founder and Director Co-founder of Women for Broadcaster Visual artist Broadcaster and Lecturer Consultant in non-profit Lecturer in Evolution and science, technology, the arts, media, Straywave Media Election in School of Mathematical strategy and governance Genetics at University Joe Hogan Michael McDermott education and business — the Leonardo Sciences at UCD College Dublin Kieran Daly Peter Gallagher Founder of Openet Publisher of Le Cool Dublin Marie Redmond Group act as the ‘brain trust’ of Science COO and co-founder of Associate Professor of Cliona O’Farrelly Adjunct Professor of Brian Trench Gallery Dublin, inspiring themes for new Chris Horn Kevin McGillicuddy Health Beacon Physics at Trinity College Chair in Comparative Computer Science at Trinity Science communicator exhibitions and sparking collaborations. Founder, CEO and Chairman Head of Brehon Capital and Dublin Immunology at Trinity College Dublin Loughlin Deegan of IONA Technologies Midwest Holdings Willie White College Dublin Dick Ahlstrom Director of The Lir, the Cathal Garvey Richard Reilly Artistic Director and Chief Stefan Hutzler Aoife McLysaght Science Editor, The Irish National Academy of Scientific Director of Shane O’Mara Research Chair of Neural Executive at Dublin Theatre Physicist at Trinity College Lecturer in Evolutionary Times Dramatic Art at Trinity IndieB.io Ireland Institute of Neuroscience at Engineering at Trinity Festival Dublin Genetics at Trinity College College Dublin Trinity College Dublin College Dublin Shane Bergin Shay Garvey Dublin Martin Kelly Physics lecturer and Donnacha Dennehy Venture Capitalist and Chair Luke O’Neill Ian Robertson HONORARY LEONARDOS Founder at HealthXL John McColgan nanoscience researcher at Composer of Science Gallery Board Chair of Biochemistry at Professor of Psychology, Paola Antonelli Trinity College Dublin Director of Riverdance and Bernard Kirk Trinity College Dublin and Founding Director of Senior Curator of Architecture John Dinsmore Daniel Glaser Chairman of World Irish Director of Galway Education Trinity College Institute of and Design at MoMA Niall Byrne Health Innovation Lead and Director of Science Gallery Tim O'Connor Centre Stephen McIntyre Neuroscience Music blogger, DJ and Event Deputy Director of the CPHI London Business consultant Managing Director of Twitter Dara Ó Briain Curator at Nialler9 Bill Liao Danielle Ryan Dermot Diamond Lisbeth Goodman Ireland Carol O'Sullivan Comedian and Broadcaster Co-founder of Xing and Founder of The Lir Drama Kate Coleman Director of Adaptive Professor of Inclusive Design Professor of Visual CoderDojo, entrepreneur, Stuart McLaughlin Academy Ireland Drew Endy Ophthalmic Surgeon and Information Cluster at DCU for Education, and UCD Computing in the School and philanthropist Employee Social Synthetic biologist founder of Right to Sight Chair of Creative Technology of Computer Science and Sinead Ryan Eugene Downes Responsibility Manager at Innovation Karlin Lillington Statistics at Trinity College Professor of Maths at Trinity Dame Evelyn Glennie Dylan Collins Director of Kilkenny Arts GooglersGiv EMEA Technology Correspondent, Dublin College Dublin Virtuoso Percussionist Founder of Jolt and CEO at Festival Will Goodbody Super Awesome The Irish Times Deirdre Mortell Science and Tech Lynne Parker Helen Shenton Chris Hadfield Linda Doyle CEO Social Innovation Fund Correspondent for RTÉ Graham Love Co-founder and Artistic University Librarian at Trinity Astronaut Steve Collins Director of Connect/CTVR Ireland CEO of Health Research Director of Rough Magic College Dublin Founder of Havok, Kore and Róise Goan Brian Dunnion Board Fiona Newell Theatre Company Bruno Latour Swrve Arts Consultant Dave Smith Marketing Expert Trinity College Institute of Sociologist of science Laurence Mackin Patrick Prendergast Director of Micromedia Paddy Cosgrave Michael John Gorman Neuroscience and anthropologist Ruth Freeman Arts Editor and Editor of Provost of Trinity College Founder of Dublin Web CEO of Science Gallery Charles Spillane Director of Strategy and The Ticket at The Irish Times Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh Dublin Terry Pratchett Summit, F.ounders and International Professor and Chair of Plant Communications at Science Inventor of Sugru Author Undergraduate Awards of Nicola Marples Peter Prendergast Science at NUIG, and SFI Foundation Ireland Seán Harrington Ireland Senior Lecturer, Head of Founder of Monster Truck Investigator Matt Ridley Architect Zoology and Fellow of Trinity Gallery and Studio Journalist and author College Dublin

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