Programme

09:00 – 09:30

Registration, Refreshments, Demonstrations

09:30 – 10:00

Opening

Luke Drury, President, Royal Irish Academy
Sandra Collins, Director Digital Repository of Ireland
Natalie Harrower, Manager of Education & Outreach, Digital Repository of Ireland

10:00 – 11:30

Panel 1: The Importance of Digital Humanities

Why 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)
Fiona Ross, Director National Library of Ireland
John Keating, Associate Director An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth (SLIDES)
Hans Walter Gabler, Emeritus Professor Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany
William Kilbride, Executive Director Digital Preservation Coalition UK (SLIDES)

11:30 – 12:00

Refreshments & Demonstrations

12:00 – 13:00

Launch and Address – Minister Sean Sherlock, TD

Mr. 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 National Report on Digital Archiving in Ireland
• National Open Access Statement, prepared by the National Steering Committee on Open Access Policy.

DRI Report Presentation by:

Aileen O’Carroll, Digital Repository of Ireland Policy Manager
Sharon Webb, Digital Repository of Ireland Requirements Analyst

Minister’s Press Release after the event.

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch & Demonstrations

14:00 – 15:30

Panel 2: Case Studies in Action

Organisations that are showcasing Digital Humanities; Novel approaches

Chair: Shawn Day, DHO Project Manager, Royal Irish Academy

Múirne Laffan, Managing Director RTÉ Digital (SLIDES)
Jon Purday, Senior Communications Advisor Europeana (SLIDES)
Stuart Jeffrey, Deputy Director Archaeological Data Service UK (SLIDES)
Hans Jansen, Deputy Director General National Library of the Netherlands (SLIDES)

15:30 – 16:00

Refreshments & Demonstrations

16:00 – 17:30

Panel 3: Partnerships Achieving More

Academic-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)
Peter Doorn, Director Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), Netherlands (SLIDES)
Clifford Lynch, Director Coalition for Networked Information
John Cox, University Librarian, NUIG (SLIDES)
Ashok Popat, Research Scientist, Google (SLIDES)

17:30 – 18:00

Closing Remarks

Tom Boland, Chief Executive, The Higher Education Authority (HEA)

18:00 – 19:00

Wine Reception

09:00 – 09:30

Registration & Refreshments

09:30 – 09:45

Welcome and Introduction to Day 2

Laura Mahoney, Acting Director, Royal Irish Academy
Shawn Day, Digital Humanities Observatory
Natalie Harrower, Education & Outreach Manager, Digital Repository of Ireland

09:45 – 11:15

Panel 1: Intellectual Property, Licensing, Copyright

What 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)
Gary Davis, Deputy Data Protection Commissioner (SLIDES)
Eoin O’Dell, Chair Copyright Review Committee (SLIDES)
Andrea Martin, Irish Media & Entertainment law specialist (SLIDES)
Rónán Mac Con Iomaire Leascheannaire RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta

11:15 – 11:45

Refreshments

11:45 – 13:15

Panel 2: Semantic Web and Linked Data for Digital Humanities

Why would you use linked data?

Chair: Jodi Schneider, DERI, NUI Galway

Stefan Decker, Director DERI, NUI Galway (SLIDES)
Silver Oliver, Senior Data Architect, BBC and Michael Smethurst, Information Architect, BBC (SLIDES)
David De Roure, Director and Professor of e-Research in the Oxford e-Research Centre (SLIDES)
Anders Söderbäck, Stockholm University Library

13:15 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:15

Panel 3: Digital Humanities Skillset

Digital 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)
Marie Wallace, Social Analytics Strategist IBM (SLIDES)
Catherine Bruen, Manager National Digital Learning Resources (NDLR) (SLIDES)
Aja Teehan, Technology Officer An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth (SLIDES)

15:15 – 15:45

Refreshments

15:45 – 17:00

Panel 4: Expressing the Value and Impact of Digital Humanities Research

Chair: Luke Drury, President, Royal Irish Academy

Simon Tanner, Deputy Head, Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London (SLIDES)
Nicholas Canny, Emeritus Professor NUIG & Ex-President RIA
Jennifer Edmond, Director of Strategic Projects, Faculty of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, TCD
Eucharia Meehan, Director Irish Research Council

17:00 – 17:15

Closing Remarks, Findings and Discussion of Digital Humanities Challenges & Opportunities

Sandra Collins, Director, Digital Repository of Ireland

17:30 – 19:00

Wine Reception

09:00 – 10:00

Registration & Refreshments

10:00 – 10:15

Welcome and Introduction to Day 3

John Keating, Associate Director An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth
Shawn Day, Project Manager Digital Humanities Observatory

10:15 – 13:00

Hands-on Skills Workshops

Workshop options (see descriptions)

• Data Modelling with John Keating and Aja Teehan (An Foras Feasa, National University of Ireland Maynooth)
• Data Visualisation for Digital Humanists with Orla Murphy (University College Cork) and Shawn Day (DHO, Royal Irish Academy)
• Linked Data in the Digital Humanities with Jodi Schneider, Dr. Michael Hausenblas, Prof. Stefan Decker and Nuno Lopes (Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland Galway)

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 Workshops

Workshop options  (see descriptions) Note: these are a repeat of the morning workshops.

• Data Modelling with John Keating and Aja Teehan (An Foras Feasa, National University of Ireland Maynooth)
• Data Visualisation for Digital Humanists with Orla Murphy (University College Cork) and Shawn Day (DHO, Royal Irish Academy)
• Linked Data in the Digital Humanities with Jodi Schneider, Dr. Michael Hausenblas, Prof. Stefan Decker, and Nuno Lopes (Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland Galway)

Note: there will be a break from 15:00 – 15:15 for refreshments