ISTA Annual Conference UCC 2015

Celebrate Ireland’s incredible ocean wealth at SeaFest 2015, which takes place in Ringaskiddy on Saturday and Sunday, 10th and 11th July 2015.  This maritime festival showcases Ireland’s abundant maritime resources over two days in Cork Harbour.  

The programme of events is extensive and includes a seafood fair, carnival games and seafaring family fun, Irish Naval Service manoeuvres, a sail-by of leisure craft and yachts, lectures and exhibits on marine life, and all manner of festival entertainment for every age group. View Festival Programme.

As part of SeaFest 2015 the annual Our Ocean Wealth Conference takes place on 10 July 2015, and will focus on the commercial opportunities presented by Ireland’s oceans and the enormous potential of our ‘blue economy’. Each year, this conference attracts several hundred stakeholders including marine researchers, investors, entrepreneurs, maritime-related startups, businesses and organisations, from all over Ireland and from around the world, to hear from marine industry experts. The event also provides an opportunity to network with industry peers and develop opportunities for collaboration.  

See more at: http://www.ouroceanwealth.ie/ga/about-seafest#sthash.wsVrhVpA.dpuf

THANKS to all who participated in this year’s annual conference – Presentations and other details will be posted on the website over the coming days!…

The 34th Annual ChemEd Conference will be held in the Eureka Centre UCC on Saturday 17^th October 2015. The theme of the conference is Brilliant Resources and Great Ideas for Teaching Leaving Certificate Chemistry. Earlybird booking now available!

Team "Back 2 Basics" from St Aloysius College, Cork were announced Overall Winners of the One Good Idea competition 2015 with their campaign which encouraged primary school children to use less technology, play outside and exercise more. The winning team got €2,000 for their school, tablets for each team member and a €250 voucher for their teacher.

2015 was the first year that Primary Schools were invited to enter the competition and 6 amazing teams made it to the finals and impressed the judges no end. After much deliberation the judges announced Ardfert National School from Co Kerry as Primary Winners 2015. Their campaign called "Ardfert Super Savers" targeted energy wasting behaviour in the schools and demonstrated how by making simple changes they could save energy, money and reduce carbon emissions. Congratulations to all who participated in the One Good Idea! 

Find out about all the other fantastic projects here http://www.seai.ie/Schools/One-Good-Idea

MATHletes Challenge 2015 launches on Monday 5th January! Also Sean O’Sullivan will be interviewed on New Year’s Day by Pat Kenny, talking about MATHletes on UTV’s Out With The Old – In With The U on UTV.