Programme
About | Programme | Skills Workshops | Demos |
DAY 1: Tuesday 23rd October 2012Venue: Croke Park Stadium, Dublin Hogan Suite, 5th Floor |
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09:00 – 09:30 |
Registration, Refreshments, Demonstrations |
09:30 – 10:00 |
OpeningLuke Drury, President, Royal Irish Academy |
10:00 – 11:30 |
Panel 1: The Importance of Digital HumanitiesWhy is Digital Humanities important and relevant? What are the challenges? What are the benefits being realized? Chair: Sandra Collins, Director Digital Repository of Ireland Curtis Wong, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research (SLIDES) |
11:30 – 12:00 |
Refreshments & Demonstrations |
12:00 – 13:00 |
Launch and Address – Minister Sean Sherlock, TDMr. Sean Sherlock, TD, Minister of State, Department of Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation and Department of Education & Skills with responsibility for Research & Innovation will launch two documents of national interest:
DRI Report Presentation by: Aileen O’Carroll, Digital Repository of Ireland Policy Manager Minister’s Press Release after the event. |
13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch & Demonstrations |
14:00 – 15:30 |
Panel 2: Case Studies in ActionOrganisations that are showcasing Digital Humanities; Novel approaches Chair: Shawn Day, DHO Project Manager, Royal Irish Academy Múirne Laffan, Managing Director RTÉ Digital (SLIDES) |
15:30 – 16:00 |
Refreshments & Demonstrations |
16:00 – 17:30 |
Panel 3: Partnerships Achieving MoreAcademic-Public-Industry partnerships achieving more; Large-scale digital goals and challenges Chair: Natalie Harrower, Manager of Education & Outreach, Digital Repository of Ireland Catriona Crowe, Head Special Projects, National Archives of Ireland (SLIDES) |
17:30 – 18:00 |
Closing RemarksTom Boland, Chief Executive, The Higher Education Authority (HEA) |
18:00 – 19:00 |
Wine Reception |
DAY 2: Wednesday 24th October 2012Venue: Royal Irish Academy, Dublin |
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09:00 – 09:30 |
Registration & Refreshments |
09:30 – 09:45 |
Welcome and Introduction to Day 2Laura Mahoney, Acting Director, Royal Irish Academy |
09:45 – 11:15 |
Panel 1: Intellectual Property, Licensing, CopyrightWhat you can and can not do with data Chair: Seathrún Ó Tuairisg, NUIG PI for the Digital Repository of Ireland Mary Muldowney, Founding Member of the Oral History Network of Ireland (SLIDES) |
11:15 – 11:45 |
Refreshments |
11:45 – 13:15 |
Panel 2: Semantic Web and Linked Data for Digital HumanitiesWhy would you use linked data? Chair: Jodi Schneider, DERI, NUI Galway Stefan Decker, Director DERI, NUI Galway (SLIDES) |
13:15 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 – 15:15 |
Panel 3: Digital Humanities SkillsetDigital Humanities skills transfer; Industry perspective; Learning resources and skills assessment Chair: Sharon Webb, Digital Repository of Ireland Requirements Analyst Susan Schreibman, Long Room Hub TCD (SLIDES) |
15:15 – 15:45 |
Refreshments |
15:45 – 17:00 |
Panel 4: Expressing the Value and Impact of Digital Humanities ResearchChair: Luke Drury, President, Royal Irish Academy Simon Tanner, Deputy Head, Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London (SLIDES)
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17:00 – 17:15 |
Closing Remarks, Findings and Discussion of Digital Humanities Challenges & OpportunitiesSandra Collins, Director, Digital Repository of Ireland |
17:30 – 19:00 |
Wine Reception |
DAY 3: Thursday 25th October 2012Venue: An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth |
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09:00 – 10:00 |
Registration & Refreshments |
10:00 – 10:15 |
Welcome and Introduction to Day 3John Keating, Associate Director An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth |
10:15 – 13:00 |
Hands-on Skills WorkshopsWorkshop options (see descriptions)
Note: there will be a break from 11.30 – 11.45 for refreshments |
13:00 – 13:45 |
Lunch |
13:45 – 16:30 |
Hands-on Skills WorkshopsWorkshop options (see descriptions) Note: these are a repeat of the morning workshops.
Note: there will be a break from 15:00 – 15:15 for refreshments |
DRI is funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) via the Higher Education Authority (HEA).
