Conference Programme Announced
The conference is complimentary for those directly employed in Early Childhood/Pre-School, Primary Education, Post Primary Education, Further Education and Training, Higher Education, local authorities and central government*. For everyone else wishing to attend the conference delegate rates apply.
*All registrations will be verified by the organiser and anyone not deemed as public sector will be contacted to amend their registration
Day 1: 25 March
09:00
Registration & Exhibition Visit
10:15
Keynotes
Opening Keynote
Speaker
Hubert Loftus Rúnaí Cúnta | Assistant Secretary - An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna | Department of Education and Skills
10:45
Coffee Break & Networking with Exhibitors
11:30
Conference Room A
Session 1: An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna / Department of Education and Skills
Conference Room B
Session 2: Innovation in Delivering Value in Design
Speakers
Lucy Plumridge Head of Education - HLM
Ruth O’Herlihy Director - McCullough Mulvin Architects
Exhibition Stage
12:15
Exhibition Stage
12:45
Lunch & Networking with Exhibitors
14:00
Conference Room A
Session 3: Health & Wellbeing
Speaker
Jeana Gearty Director - O'Donnell + Tuomey
Chair
Pat Curran Principal - St Angela’s College
Conference Room B
Session 4: Project Showcases
Speakers
Kevin Cooper Director - NORR Architecture
Sarah Denton Education Specialist - Portakabin
Greg Maher Education and Healthcare Specialist - Portakabin Ireland
Chair
Johanna Gill President - Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland
Exhibition Stage
14:45
Exhibition Stage
Presentation by: Creative Activity
15:00
Tea Break & Networking with Exhibitors
15:45
Conference Room A
Session 5: Design Guidance
Speakers
Margaret Brennan Senior Architect - An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna | Department of Education and Skills- Richard Rice Director - Healy Partners Architects
Mark Thompson Director - Thompson Architects
Chair
- Eamonn Murphy Director - Clare Limerick Education Training Board
Conference Room B
Session 6: Healthy Ireland
Chair
Rev. Dr Dermot Ryan President - St Kieran's College
Exhibition Stage
Getting ready for the offsite revolution
Speaker
Andy King Deputy Managing Director - Wernick Buildings Limited
16:20
Exhibition Stage
16:50
Keynotes
Closing Keynote
Speaker
Professor Andrew Deeks President - University College Dublin
19:00
Education Buildings Ireland Awards Dinner at the Radisson Blu St. Helen’s Hotel
Speaker
Day 2: 26 March
09:00
Registration & Exhibition Visit
09:45
Keynotes
Opening Keynote: Education Perspectives
Speakers
Andy Dailly Head of School Building - Scottish Government
Stephen Long Associate Director Education - Scottish Futures Trust
Chair
- Margaret Brennan Senior Architect - An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna | Department of Education and Skills
11:00
Coffee Break & Networking with Exhibitors
11:30
Conference Room A
Session 7: Energy in Education
Speaker
- John Dolan BEng (Hons) M.Sc. Fire Eng. H.Dip. CEng MIEI Chartered Engineer Senior Engineer & Energy Programme Coordinator - An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna | Department of Education and Skills
Conference Room B
Session 8: Special Educational Needs
Speaker
- Karen Hawkshaw Senior Architect, School Remediation Programme - An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna | Department of Education and Skills
Exhibition Stage
12:15
Exhibition Stage
Presentation by: HLM Architects
12:30
Lunch & Networking with Exhibitors
14:00
Conference Room A
Session 9: Education and the Community
Speakers
Ger Casey Chief Executive Officer - Grangegorman Development Agency- Gerry Foley Headmaster - Belvedere College SJ
Conference Room B
Session 10: Educating the future of construction
Speakers
- Johanna Gill President - Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland
Alison Watson MBE HonFCInstCES Chief Executive - Class Of Your Own
Exhibition Stage
Presentation by: Atkins
14:45
Conference Room A
Session 11: Effective Design of Learning Environments
Speakers
Shane Cryer Concept Developer – Education - Saint-Gobain Ecophon
Dr Wes Imms Associate Professor of Education in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, a Director of the University of Melbourne's Learning Environments Applied Research Network (LEaRN), and Director of LEaRN@MGSE
Gareth Long Director - the-learning-crowd
Dr Sharon Wright Senior Associate - the-learning-crowd
Conference Room B
Session 12: Encouraging small/medium design consultancies to procure school building work
Speaker
- Niall Lowther An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna | Department of Education and Skills
Exhibition Stage
15:30
Tea Break & Networking with Exhibitors
16:00
Event Closes
