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Please see below links to recent Press (newspaper and radio) coverage of selected Academy activities including the Parsons Medal award ceremony and the report on the energy demands of data centres.

The IAE is delighted to announce the recipient of this year’s Parsons Medal is Michael McLaughlin, the founder, President and chief technical officer of Decawave Ltd.

The Irish Academy of Engineering hosted a Forum on Innovating for Growth – Improving Ireland’s Innovation Ecosystem in Dublin Castle on 15th November 2019. 

The President, Prof Jim Browne and the Chief Executive, Dr Gabriel Dennison, attended the CAETS Annual Conference – The world body of Engineering Academies held in Stockholm

President Tony Smyth, Vice President Jim Browne, Prof. Gerry Byrne and Chief Executive Gabriel Dennison visit acatech and the Irish Embassy in Berlin

Dr. Jim Browne appointed President of the Academy at the Annual Fellows Lunch on 1st May 2019

Seventeen distinguished engineers were interviewed by Maurice O’Keeffe (Irish Life and Lore)

The Annual Lunch of the Academy will place in the R.D.S. Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 on Wednesday, May 1st immediately after the Annual General Meeting, 2019. The occasion marks the inauguration of the new President, the Conferring of Fellowships of the Academy and presentation of the John de Courcey Testimonial –
Please contact the Academy office to make your lunch reservation.

This is the verdict of a group of experts, nominated by academies across Europe, in an Evidence Review Report published today by SAPEA. The report will inform the forthcoming Scientific Opinion from the European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, due in April 2019.