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NESC Conference – ‘Environmental Data: Priorities and Innovation’
- 24 April 2018
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In 2014, NESC published ‘Ireland’s Environmental Data: Inventory, Assessment and Next Steps’ which included a research report from EnvEcon and Flannery Nagel Environmental. The overall aim of the research was to provide a strategic, reflective and probing look at existing environmental data and indicators in Ireland and to explore their future role in the transition towards a low carbon society. Two key conclusions from the research were first, that greater use of existing data could be achieved. And second, that Ireland requires a more coherent approach to prioritise environmental data and indicators.
NESC hosted a conference to explore these important issues.
The conference was held on Friday 24th of April 2015 and the key themes of the conference were:
- Policy drivers for environmental (including sustainable development) data;
- Innovations in data collection and use;
- Ways to underpin Ireland’s low carbon transition; and
- Value of a more coherent approach and next steps.
The programme from this event can be viewed here.
The photographs from this event can be viewed here.
The videos from this event can be viewed here.
The tweets from this event can be viewed here.
Speakers Presentations
Session 1 – Policy Drivers and Role of Environmental Data
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Session Chair: Dr Andrew Kelly, Co-Founder and CEO, EnvEcon |
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Jock Martin, Head of Integrated Environmental Assessments, European Environment Agency, Denmark – Click here to view video. |
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Dara Lynott, Director of the Office of Climate, Licensing, Research & Resource Use, EPA – Click here to view video |
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Dr Tracey Lauriault, Postdoctoral Researcher, NIRSA, NUI Maynooth – Click here to view video |
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Dr Rory O’Donnell, Director, NESC – Click here to view video |
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Session 2 – Innovations in Environmental Data Collection and Analysis
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Session Chair: Dr Larry O’Connell, Senior Economist, NESC |
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Ciarán Counihan, Statistician, Environment Section, CSO |
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Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer, Teagasc |
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Dr Una Fitzpatrick, Ecologist, National Biodiversity Data Centre |
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Dr Olivia Crowe, Head of Conservation & Science, Birdwatch Ireland |
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Session 3 – Innovations in Environmental Data Use— Open Access and Its Potential
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Convenor: Dr Neil Walker, Head of Energy and Environment Policy, IBEC |
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Niall Ó Brolcháin, Research Associate, Insight, NUI Galway |
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Majella Kelleher, Energy Demand Management, SEAI |
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Colin Bray, Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey |
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Deirdre Kirwan, Data Management, EPA |
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Session 4 – Ireland’s Low Carbon Transition: The Role and Use of Data
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Session Chair: Kara Flannery, Director, Flannery Nagel Environmental |
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Progress Toward MAES (Mapping & Assessment of Ecosystems & their Services): |
Ciaran O’Keeffe, Principal Officer, National Parks and Wildlife Service Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
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Michael Ewing, Coordinator, Irish Environmental Network, and Karin Dubsky, Co-founder and Co-ordinator of Coastwatch Ireland |
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Tadhg Coakley, Projects Manager at Clean Technology Centre, Cork Institute of Technology |
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Gavin Whitaker, Consultant, Clearstream Solutions |
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Session 5 – Where Do We Go From Here? The Future for Irish Environmental Data
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Session Chair: Dave Walsh, Assistant Secretary, Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (There were no presentations for this session) |
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Dr Brian Motherway, Chief Executive Officer, SEAI |
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Dr Frances Fahy, Lecturer in Environmental Geography, NUI Galway |
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Dara Lynott, Director of the Office of Climate, Licensing, Research & Resource Use, EPA |
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Dr Rory O’Donnell, Director, NESC |
