Where now in an uncertain world?
Culture. Cyber. Climate.
Bridging the Atlantic 5th Annual conference
A joint initiative between Queen’s University Belfast, Georgetown University & University College Dublin
Monday 13th November 2023 Lanyon Building, Queen’s University Belfast
11:00 Great Hall: Graduate Forum Bridging the Divides: Digitalising academic research for public use & future benefit Darragh Gannon (Georgetown) & Olwen Purdue (QUB) Chair: Katy Hayward (QUB)
12:30 Canada Room: Lunch For graduate participants & speakers/chairs
13:10 (08:1O EST) Council Chamber: Conference
13:15 (08:15 EST) Opening Welcome Ryan Feeney (Vice-President Strategic Engagement and External Affairs, QUB) & Ted Smyth (Chair, Clinton Institute for American Studies, UCD & President, Glucksman Ireland House for Irish Studies)
13:30 (08:30 EST) Panel One: Where now for Cultural Memory in a troubled world? Laia Balcells (Georgetown), Kathleen James-Chakraborty (UCD), Olwen Purdue (QUB) & Katrin Sieg (Georgetown) Chair: Cóilín Parsons (Georgetown)
14:30 (09:30 EST) Panel Two: Where now for Cyber Security in an insecure world? Máire O’Neill (QUB), Chris Painter (GFCE Foundation Board) & Kevin Powers (Boston College) Chair: Liam Kennedy (UCD Clinton Institute)
15:30 Break
16:00 (11:00 EST) Keynote: Where now for NI’s economy in a transatlantic context? Joe Kennedy III (US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland) Chair: Noyona Chundur (Consumer Council of NI)
16:30 (11:30 EST) Panel Three: Where now for Climate Action in a burning world? Nina Hamilton (North American Association for Environmental Education), Jenna Potter (Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful) & Rosalind Skillen (BirdWatch Ireland) Chair: John Barry (QUB)
17:30 (12:30 EST) Closing session: Where now for Bridging the Atlantic? US Consul General James Applegate in conversation with Jayne McCormack (BBC)
17:55 (12:55 EST) Close: Katy Hayward (QUB) 18:00 Canada Room: Reception with remarks from Irish Joint Secretary Laurence Simms (DFA) and Director of Northern Ireland Bureau in DC Andrew Elliott (tbc)