Green Week Conference 2012 - 22 - 25th May

The 12th edition of Green Week, the biggest annual conference on European environment policy, will take place from 22 to 25 May 2012 in Brussels. This year's theme is "Water".

Over some 40 sessions, the conference will focus on water. This valuable resource needs to be used properly and sparingly, making sure that we have enough for all of its uses, and avoiding polluting our rivers, seas and oceans. Along with all other natural resources, this is one of the most vital for our continued existence on this planet.Green Week offers a unique opportunity for debate and exchanges of experience and best practice.

Over the past decade, the conference has established itself as an unmissable event for anyone involved with protecting the environment. The 2011 edition attracted some 3 160 participants from government, business and industry, non-governmental organisations, academia and the media.

For more information see www.greenweek-2012.eu

Drop Reaction and Microfludic Analysis Symposium - 11-13th September 2012

The Drop Reaction and Microfludic Analysis (DRAMA) symposium organised by the Institute of Physics, will be held at the Royal Dublin Society from 11 - 13 September 2012.

This conference brings together leading international researchers in the area of liquid drop analysis, science and technology, including microfluidics, nanotechnology, as well as providing a showcase for exhibitors in these areas from the UK and Ireland.

Dublin is to be the European City of Science in 2012. DRAMA is part of a year-long programme of science events expected to showcase the best in Irish science and research. The European City of Science is a recently introduced EU programme that sees a major European city chosen to celebrate science and its applications.

Abstract due date: May 20th 2012

For further information: http://drama.iop.org/76114

March on Technology - 5th, 20th & 30th March

MESTECH are hosting a series of seminars as part of it's March on Technology Event. The first seminar in this series will take place on Monday 5th March when Prof. Ioannis Konstantinou, University of Western Greece, will present: 'Determination of emerging and priority pollutants in water and wastewater systems by conventional and passive sampling techniques'

More details can be found in the attached document.

TEDx talk now on YouTube - February 2012

If you were unable to get tickets to the sold out TEDx Event held in the Science Gallery to see Prof. John Delaney's fantastic presentation on the 22nd November 2011, a video of the event has now been made available on YouTube.

Watch Prof. Delaney's presentation "Submarine Volcanism on Earth and Beyond by clicking here.

Our Ocean Wealth - 2nd February 2012

Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, launched a public consultation process on how to harness the potential of Ireland's vast marine resource to tap into a Trillion Euro global market for marine products & services (including seafood, tourism, shipping, oil and gas, renewable ocean energy and new applications for health, medicine and technology) on 2nd February.

Launching the public consultation 'Our Ocean Wealth', Minister Coveney said, "We need to change the way we in Ireland think about the sea and look for new opportunities to harness the potential of our 220 million acre marine resource. This government is determined to generate the momentum to drive forward a new era of sustainable economic development across the maritime sectors - we must avail of these opportunities to assist in our recovery. We want your help to shape our plan, to shape our future and to assist in our drive towards our nation's economic recovery".

This public consultation represents a significant step in a process to develop an Integrated Marine Plan for Ireland and move from generating only 1.2% of GDP from this vast and diverse marine resource, which covers an area 10 times the size of Ireland's land mass.

Minister Coveney added "We need an Integrated Marine Plan to harness our ocean wealth, get the environment right for investment and use the potential of our marine economy to create jobs in a sustainable manner".

Get informed about the issues and join the debate at www.ouroceanwealth.ie

The consultation phase will be open until 31st March 2012 and it is envisaged that an Integrated Marine Plan will be published during summer 2012.