The autumn meeting of the IAE Southern region was held on 26th November 2024 in a Board room of ARUP in Cork.
The meeting was chaired by Brendan Murphy and the agenda included:
- Welcome by the Chair of Southern Region
- Update on work of IAE
Report by Chair/Tom Leahy (based on Council meeting of 24 October 2024)
Tom Leahy, Immediate past President & Special Advisor, reported on the review of the Academy 5-year strategy (2021-2025) adopted by IAE Council on 24th October 2024. This uses the “Balanced Scorecard” an Internationally recognised Business management tool from the Harvard Business School.
Report from Infrastructure Standing Committee (Chair – Tim Corcoran)
3.0 Presentation by Tim Corcoran/John T. Murphy on the recent IAE published report
“Strategic Infrastructure – Major Project Delivery”
4.0 Update on Southern Region Work Programme 2023/24
4.1 Implementation and Monitoring of RSES (J. Mehigan)
4.2 Atlantic City Regions
National Backhaul Network
Ireland’s Ports-Supporting Offshore Wind Development
Proposed items for Work programme 2024/25
5.0 Any other Business
Parsons Medal Award. Joe Harford (Former committee chair and Hon. Secretary IAE) confirmed that the 2024 medal award was made on 19th October in Birr Castle to coincide with the Birr Engineering Heritage festival which ran from 18th – 20th October.
6.0 Proposed schedule of meetings 2025
Tuesday 25 February @ 14.30
Tuesday 29 April @ 14.30
Tuesday 02 September @ 14.30
Tuesday 25 November @ 11.00
There was a very good discussion, which reflected the depth and detail of the work of the Academy and how Academy fellows live and deliver on the Academy mission of providing thought leadership in a time of great change.
NOTE: The meeting was followed by a very enjoyable Christmas lunch at the Imperial Hotel Cork, Sketch Restaurant
Social events are an important Academy activity.
