Speakers 2022

Keynote Speakers

Áine Cusack

Principal Officer - Schools Capital Appraisal Section

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Norma Foley

Minister for Education

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Simon Harris

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Dr Suzanne Kingon

Director of Investment & Infrastructure

Department of Education (NI)

Hubert Loftus

Assistant Secretary

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Neal O’Leary

Programme Director Sustainable Communities for Learning

Welsh Government

Crawford Wright

Head of Architecture and Design

Department for Education

Speakers

Dr. Avril Behan

Director of the FET College of the Future

SOLAS

Margaret Brennan

Senior Architect

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Karen Byrne

Principal

St Michael’s House Special NS, Skerries

Ger Casey

Chief Executive Officer

Grangegorman Development Agency

Mike Clark

Director of Campus Infrastructure

Trinity College Dublin

Dr Gerald Craddock

Chief Officer

Centre for Excellence in Universal Design at National Disability Authority

Shane Cryer

Concept Developer

Saint-Gobain Ecophon

Pat Curran

Principal

St Angela’s College

Áine Cusack

Principal Officer - Schools Capital Appraisal Section

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Mary Daly

Estates Manager

Atlantic Technological University Donegal

Anne Daw

Associate, Head of MMC Delivery

HLM Architects

Leona De Khors

Assistant Principal Officer

An Roinn Oideachais/ Department of Education

Scott Dickson

Associate Director

Atkins

John Dolan BEng (Hons), M.Sc. Fire Eng, H.Dip, CEng, MIEI

Technical Manager, Planning & Building Unit

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Kevin Dolan

Head of Design

Vision Built

Heather Doyle

Student

Ailish Drake

Director

Drake|Hourigan

Professor Padraig Dunne

School of Physics

UCD

Ronan Farrell

Director

Schools Procurement Unit

Padraic Flood

Senior Project Manager

KSNPM

Will Gleeson

Associate Director

Coady Architects

Tom Grey

Course Director Fire Safety Practice

TrinityHaus

Shane Hallahan

Principal

Presentation Secondary School Kilkenny

Murty Hanly

Acting Principal Officer | Forward Planning & Site Acquisitions

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Emma-Louise Hannigan

Associate

HLM Architects

Simon Harris

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Lindsay Harris

Deputy Director

Capital Strategy & Intelligence, Department for Education

Karen Hawkshaw

Senior Architect, Planning & Building Unit

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Paul Hogan

Chief Planner

Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

Conor Hourigan

Director

Drake|Hourigan

Simon Huxley

Structural Engineer

CPAC Modular

John Kearney

CEO

NCSE

Mark Kelly

Technical Manager

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Dr Anna Kelly

Director, UCD Access & Lifelong Learning

University College Dublin

Dr Suzanne Kingon

Director of Investment & Infrastructure

Department of Education (NI)

Margaret Kinsella

Senior Lecturer

TU Dublin, Blancherstown Campus

Mark Lacey-Avila

Senior Architect, Planning & Building Unit

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Anthony Langan RIBA RIAI

Director and Education Sector Lead

AHR

Colm Mac Cinna BA (Hons), M.Ed Educational Management, H.Dip in Ed.

School Principal

St. Mary’s BNS Monaghan

Matt MacDonagh-Dumler

Director

mgné architects

Greg Maher

Education and Healthcare Specialist

Portakabin Ireland

Keith Major

Director

Kennedy Fitzgerald

Stefan Matthews

Technical Manager

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Marc McCann

Practice Director

Coady Architects

Mary McGrath

Principal Officer

NCSE

Ross McNamara

Senior Architect

An Roinn Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta | Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Kevin Meaney

Principal Officer, National Investment Office

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Eamon Murphy

Head of Capital and Procurement

Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board

Ian Naylor

Head of DRU

Department for Education

Aoibheann Ní Mhearáin

Technical Advisor

Higher Education Authority

Jonathan Nugent

Associate Architect

BDP Ireland Studio

Dr Rory O Sullivan

Principal

Killester & Marino College of Further Education

David O’Brien

Chairman of the Government Construction Contracts Committee

OGP

Martin G. O’Brien

Chief Executive

Louth and Meath Education and Training Board

Ruth O’Herlihy

Director

McCullough Mulvin Architects

Ursula O’Reilly

Senior Architect

Department of Education

Bernard Pierce

Project Lead

HSE Capital & Estates ICT Project

Mark Poland

Director of Estates

University College Cork

Emily Power

Architect

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Julian Pringle

Senior Quantity Surveyor, Planning & Building Unit

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Richard Rice

Director & Architect FRIAI

Healy Partners Architects

Lee Rodgers

Principal

St. Patrick's School Enniscorthy

Mark Rogers

Acting President

University College Dublin

PJ Rudden

Chair: Innovation and Digital Adoption Sub Group

Construction Sector Group (CSG)

Alan Ryan

Programme Manager

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)

Eoghan Ryan

Director of Services – Planning and Strategic Development

Kildare County Council

Paul Sheridan

Construction Industry Federation

David Skene

Senior Civil & Structural Engineer

An Roinn Oideachais | Department of Education

Conor Sreenan

Director of Strategy & Design

GDA

Helen Taylor

Director of Practice

Scott Brownrigg

Fiona Thomson

Procurement Officer

University College Cork

Edel Tobin

Director

Simon J Kelly Architects

Brendan Waldron

School Principal

Coláiste Chiaráin, Athlone

Michael Walsh

Senior M&E Engineer

Department of Education

Nessa White

Executive Director Transformation

SOLAS

Dr Sharon Wright

Senior Associate

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Crawford Wright

Head of Architecture and Design

Department for Education