The schedule and speakers has just been announced for Wednesday’s conference.
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SMI ANNUAL CONFERENCE
PorterShed, Galway
| Time | Content |
|---|---|
| 10.15–10.45 | Arrivals – Tea & coffee available |
| 10.45 | Welcome from TG4’s Deirdre Ní Choistín & Aoife MacEvilly from Coimisiún na Meán |
| 11.00 | Sumaya Mohammad, Law student, UCC |
| 11.10 | AI: How it started, how it’s going – with Glen Mulcahy |
| 11.50 | Extreme Weather & resilience for the media – Keith Cunningham, Red FM, Michael Murray ESB Networks with Caitríona Ní Chualáin, TG4 |
| 12.20 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 12.40 | Molly Hickey, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – on why she is a climate activist |
| 12.50 | Zen Barry, BBC Sustainability Manager – on what the UK are doing on screen sustainability. With Sinéad Crowley, Coimisiún na Meán. |
| 13.05 | Case Studies on The Dry w Daragh Goan and Ros na Rún with Mairead Campbell. With Michael Byrne, Screen Ireland. |
| 13.40 – 14.30 | LUNCH |
| 14.30 | Manchán Magan : his contribution to language, biodiversity and Irish culture – presenter Eoin Warner, Tg4 commissioning editor Proinsias Ní Ghráinne, director Maurice O’Brien. With producer/director Paddy Hayes. |
| 15.20 | Sustainable Media Ireland – who we are and what are our aims. |
| 15.30 | Rebecca Wilson, Rediscovery Centre, on what is the circular economy, their plans for a communications lab and where they can support the media. |
| 15.50 | Closing words from Rónán Ó Domhnaill, Coimisiún na Meán |
| 16.00 | End. |
