The keynote session theme for iGEO2018 will be “The Future of Geoscience”. Each keynote speaker will have 45 minutes to discuss their perspectives of the topic followed by an open panel discussion where all attendees will have the chance to actively engage in this topical discussion.
The Irish Geosciences Early Career Symposium 2018 is delighted to present our Keynote Speakers Dr. Patrick Redmond, Dr. Joel Gill and Dr. Magaret Desmond. Below you will find a short bio for each speaker. Click on the title of their talks to read more about what they will present during the session.
Dr. Patrick Redmond
Dr. Redmond is currently the Technical Director of Geoscience Services for Teck Resources Limited. A professional geoscientist with over 25 years of experience in international mineral exploration and the mining industry, Dr. Redmond is an expert in ore-forming magmatic-hydrothermal systems across a range of deposit styles. Dr. Redmond has a track record of value creation through exploration and discovery in multiple jurisdictions and commodities including gold, copper, zinc and metallurgical coal. Not only does Dr. Redmond have experience in industry, but he is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin. The iGEO2018 committee is proud to present Dr. Redmond as a Keynote Speaker in January.
Dr. Joel Gill
Joel is an interdisciplinary geoscientist, integrating natural and social science methods to address issues relating to sustainable development and disaster risk reduction (DRR). His NERC/ESRC funded PhD developed frameworks to support multi-hazard approaches to DRR, with fieldwork in Guatemala. Joel has a keen interest in improving the application of geology to international development, founding the charity “Geology for Global Development” in 2011. His current role at BGS involves identifying stakeholder-expressed development priorities, helping to develop research to address these, and using Theory of Change approaches to ensure maximum development impact. He has organised conferences, events and workshops on geoscience and sustainable development in the UK, India, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, and South Africa. Joel has been awarded prizes by the London School of Economics for his teaching skills and an Associate Fellowship of the Royal Commonwealth Society for his development engagement
Dr Magaret Desmond
Dr Desmond is a Senior Research Fellow in the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in University College Cork. She specialises in climate change impacts and adaptation research, policy analysis/advice and implementation. She is currently working on an EPA funded project to explore the transition to a climate resilient Ireland by 2050. She is the lead author of ‘A Summary of the State of Knowledge on Climate Change Impacts for Ireland’ (2017, 2009), National Preparedness to adapt to climate change: analysis of state of play (2018 in review), and Ireland’s National Adaptive Capacity Assessment (2011). She is a committee member of the EC Climate Change Committee, Working Group on Adaptation, a participant in the National Adaptation Planning Steering Group, a member of the Royal Irish Academy Environmental Science and Climate Change Committee. She is currently the co-lead on the new Social Sciences and Humanities Action Group under the EU Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Climate. She was honoured to be selected as a member of the Expert Advisory Group to the Citizens Assembly climate change module.
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