EPA 2014 National Information Day on

Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5

2nd October 2014 Davenport Hotel, Dublin 2

Book of Abstracts

Prepared by Alice Wemaere & Abigail Murphy

Programme in Brief

9.15-10am: Registration

Room: Gandon Suite South

10am: Welcome – Opening of the Information Day Session-1: Setting the Scene - Introduction to Horizon 2020

10.10am: Horizon 2020 in Ireland 10.30am: Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5

11.10-11.30am: Networking Break

Session-2: Behind the Scene – Focus Areas Parallel Sessions

Room: Gandon Suite North Session-2a: Waste: A Resource to Recycle, Reuse and Recover Raw Materials 11.30am: Sustainable Process Industry

through Resource and energy Efficiency (SPIRE) Public Private Partnership (PPP)

12pm: European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Raw Materials

12.30pm: Round Table discussion

Room: Gandon Suite South Session-2b: Water Innovation: Boosting its Value for Europe 11.30am: Water Joint Programming

Initiative (JPI) 12pm: European Innovation

Partnership (EIP) on Water 12.30pm: Round Table discussion

1.15-2pm: Networking Lunch Lanyons Restaurant & The Boardroom – Ground Floor From 1.30pm: Tea & Coffee available in Gandon Suites North & South

Room: Gandon Suite South Session-3: Other European Funding Initiatives

2.00pm: COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) 2.20pm: LIFE 2.40pm: Cultural Heritage Joint Programming Initiative

3-3.30pm: Networking Break

Room: Gandon Suite South

Session-4: Other European Funding Initiatives - National Support 3.30pm: Climate Joint Programming Initiative 3.50pm: Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions 4.10pm: Environmental Protection Agency Support

4.30pm: Close-Out of the Workshop

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Table of Contents Programme ................................................................................................................................ 2

Posters ....................................................................................................................................... 5

Stands ......................................................................................................................................... 6

Short Biographies of Speakers ................................................................................................... 7

Imelda Lambkin ...................................................................................................................... 7

Alison Imrie ............................................................................................................................ 7

Lionel Platteuw ...................................................................................................................... 7

Sean McLaughlin .................................................................................................................... 8

Robert Schroder ..................................................................................................................... 8

Enrique Playán ....................................................................................................................... 8

Rita Ward ............................................................................................................................... 9

Siobhán Nic Thighearnáin ...................................................................................................... 9

Eimear O'Connell ................................................................................................................... 9

Frank McGovern..................................................................................................................... 9

Jennifer Brennan .................................................................................................................. 10

Brian Donlon ........................................................................................................................ 10

Abstracts – Speakers ................................................................................................................ 11

Session-1: Setting the Scene - Introduction to Horizon 2020 .............................................. 11

Session-2a: Waste: A Resource to Recycle, Reuse and Recover Raw Materials ................. 12

Session-2b: Water Innovation: Boosting its Value for Europe ............................................ 13

Session-3: Other European Funding Initiatives ................................................................... 14

Session-4: Other European Funding Initiatives - National Support ..................................... 16

Abstracts – Posters .................................................................................................................. 18

Online Catalogue of Irish Expertise in Environmental Research ............................................. 26

Registration List ....................................................................................................................... 27

Notes ........................................................................................................................................ 33

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Programme Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5: Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials - National Information Day 2014 Date: 2nd October 2014 Venue: Davenport Hotel, Dublin 2

9.15-10am: Registration

Room: Gandon Suite South

10am: Welcome – Opening of the Information Day Laura Burke - Environmental Protection Agency

Chair of the Advisory Committee for Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5

Session-1: Setting the Scene - Introduction to Horizon 2020 Chair: Laura Burke, Environmental Protection Agency 10.10am: Horizon 2020 in Ireland

Imelda Lambkin Enterprise Ireland

Director of the Horizon 2020 National Support Network 10.30am: Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5

Alison Imrie European Commission

Directorate General for Research and Innovation

11.10-11.30am: Networking Break

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Session-2: Behind the Scene – Focus Areas Parallel Sessions

Room: Gandon Suite North

Session-2a: Waste: A Resource to Recycle, Reuse and Recover Raw Materials Chair: Jonathan Derham, Environmental Protection Agency 11.30am: Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and energy

Efficiency (SPIRE) Public Private Partnership (PPP) Lionel Platteuw

Executive Director of EUnited Vice-President of SPIRE PPP

12pm: European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Raw Materials

Sean McLaughlin European Commission

Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry 12.30pm: Round Table discussion

Room: Gandon Suite South

Session-2b: Water Innovation: Boosting its Value for Europe Chair: Dara Lynott, Environmental Protection Agency

11.30am: Water Joint Programming Initiative (JPI)

Enrique Playan MINECCO

Water Joint Programming Initiative Coordinator 12pm: European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Water

Robert Schroder European Commission

Directorate General for the Environment 12.30pm: Round Table discussion

1.15-2pm: Networking Lunch Lanyons Restaurant & The Boardroom – Ground Floor From 1.30pm: Tea & Coffee available in Gandon Suites North & South

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Room: Gandon Suite South Session-3: Other European Funding Initiatives

Chair: Imelda Lambkin, Enterprise Ireland

2.00pm: COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Rita Ward

Enterprise Ireland National Contact Point for COST

2.20pm: LIFE

Siobhán Nic Thighearnáin Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

National Contact Point for LIFE 2.40pm: Cultural Heritage Joint Programming Initiative

Eimear O'Connell Heritage Council

Cultural Heritage Joint Programming Initiative

3-3.30pm: Networking Break

Room: Gandon Suite South

Session-4: Other European Funding Initiatives - National Support Chair: Siobhán Nic Thighearnáin, DECLG 3.30pm: Climate Joint Programming Initiative

Frank McGovern Environmental Protection Agency

Climate Joint Programming Initiative 3.50pm: Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions

Jennifer Brennan Irish Universities Association

Horizon 2020 MSCA National Contact Point/Delegate 4.10pm: Environmental Protection Agency Support

Brian Donlon Environmental Protection Agency

Horizon 2020 SC5 National Delegate

4.30pm: Close-Out of the Workshop

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Posters Posters will be displayed in the Gandon Suite South (near the Tea/Coffee station).

N. Title Name Organisation

1 ECO-India Mary Manning Tyndall National Institute

2 OPERAs Louise Dunne University College Dublin

3 INTEGRAL Maarten Nieuwenhuis

University College Dublin

4 LCA to Go Anne Galligan Micropro Computers

5 ECO-Finders Olaf Schmidt & Rachel Creamer

University College Dublin & Teagasc

6 GHG Europe Bruce Osborne University College Dublin

7 ZeroWIN Colin Fitzpatrick University of Limerick

8 Atlantic Ocean Energy Alliance

Martina Prendergast National University of Ireland Galway

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Stands Stands will be located in the Gandon Suite North.

N. Title Name Organisation

A Societal Challenge:

Food security, sustainable agriculture

and forestry, marine and maritime

and inland water research, and the

bioeconomy

Dale Crammond Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

B EURAXESS - Researchers in Motion Magdalena Wislocka Irish Universities Association

C North/South Collaboration Simon Grattan & Carrie Small

InterTrade Ireland

D Legal & Financial Catriona Ward Enterprise Ireland

E Societal Challenge:

Health, demographic change and

wellbeing

Kay Duggan-Walls Health Research Board

F Societal Challenge: Secure, clean and efficient energy

Philip Cheasty Enterprise Ireland

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Short Biographies of Speakers

Imelda Lambkin Dr Imelda Lambkin is the National Director for Horizon 2020 at Enterprise Ireland. As the National Director for Horizon 2020 Dr Lambkin ensures that a co-ordinated and coherent approach is adopted across all of the components of Horizon 2020 so that Irish participation in the programme as a whole is optimised. She is the National Contact Point for Eureka, Space, Euratom and the Joint Research Centre. Dr Lambkin is a member of the FP7 ERA-LEARN project, focused on trans-national coordination of research programmes, and she will coordinate the Horizon 2020 NCP Academy project later this year, providing training and best practice for National Contact Points across Europe.

Alison Imrie Alison Imrie, a British national, has worked for the European Institutions in Brussels for over eighteen years. She moved to the European Commission's Directorate General for Research and Innovation in January 2012 after many years working in other departments on industrial policy, the competitiveness of the textile sector, and SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) policy. She is currently work programme coordinator for Horizon 2020's Societal Challenge 5 'Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials' in the Directorate for Climate action and resource efficiency. In this role her main responsibilities involve coordinating the process resulting in Horizon 2020's multiannual work programme for Societal Challenge 5, including dialogues on strategy and drafting details with Member States, external research and innovation stakeholders, and other European Commission services. She also coordinates the Commission's monitoring of expenditure targets for climate action and sustainable development objectives across the whole of Horizon 2020.

Lionel Platteuw Lionel Platteuw is Executive Director of EUnited, the European association with directly affiliated companies from Metallurgy, Robotics, Municipal, Cleaning, Valves and Vehicle cleaning. EUnited is an interface with European Union institutions for machinery and equipment suppliers, a competence centre on trade, competition, innovation and energy issues, as well as regulatory policies. Lionel Platteuw helped establish SPIRE the public private partnership for process industries on energy and resource efficiency. He also participates as a Sherpa in the Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) group. Lionel’s early career was with Atkins consulting on industry projects in Asia, Europe and Africa especially in steel and construction sectors. Lionel Platteuw is a graduate of ESCP-EAP with a Masters in European Business Management, bilingual English French, with spoken German.

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Sean McLaughlin An engineer by training, he has been an official in the European Commission since 1984 in the fields of Research, and later in Enterprise and Industrial Policy. He has worked on the nuclear fusion research project JET Joint Undertaking, from 1984 to 1998 in the UK. Thereafter he has worked in research activities related to getting SMEs into the EU research programmes, and on Research Infrastructures programmes. Since 2004, he has worked in the Enterprise Directorate General. Since 2008 he has been the Policy Assistant of Gwenole Cozigou, Director in charge of competitiveness issues and EU internal market legislation for several industrial sectors, including chemicals, metals, mechanical and electrical industries; raw materials and bio-tech.

Robert Schroder Robert Schröder works as a seconded national expert in the 'Water Unit' unit of the Directorate General for the Environment of the European Commission. He is responsible for the development and implementation of the European Innovation Partnership on Water. Before joining the European Commission, Robert was representing the Association of Dutch Drinking Water Companies (Vewin) and the Association of Dutch Regional Water Management Authorities (Unie van Waterschappen) at the European Union institutions in Brussels, from 2004 until 2011. From 2001 until 2004 he worked in the European Parliament, as a political assistant to a Dutch member of the European Parliament, working on environmental affairs. Robert has a Masters degree in Political Science – International Relations.

Enrique Playán Enrique Playán is a Research Professor of CSIC at the Aula Dei Experimental Station (Zaragoza, Spain). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (1989), and a PhD in Irrigation Engineering from Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA (1992). With research interests concerning irrigation system analysis and design, irrigation districts and irrigation hydrology, Prof. Playán has performed research and development activities on a number of international and national research projects in the last twenty years, and published dozens of papers in irrigation journals. His technological contributions include the release of management software for irrigation districts and irrigation simulation models. He coordinates a research group on “Irrigation, Agronomy and the Environment”. Prof. Playán has served as Scientific Officer for the European Commission in FP6, and has managed the National Research Subprogramme on Agriculture and Forestry for the Government of Spain He currently serves as President of the European Normalization Committee CEN/TC334 “Irrigation Techniques”. Prof. Playán is the Coordinator of the European Joint Programming Initiative “Water Challenges for a Changing World” on behalf of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, MINECO, Government of Spain.

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Rita Ward Rita Ward is based in the R&I Internationalisation Department at Enterprise Ireland and is the national coordinator for COST (European CoOperation in Science and Technology) since 2005. As the national delegate she sits on the COST Committee of Senior Officials and was a COST JAF Executive Board member (June 2011-May 2014). She also chaired the COST Working Group on International Co-Operation 2010-2012. In addition she is an Executive Working Group member of TAFTIE - European Network of Innovation Agencies since 2009 and is on the Board of TAFTIE since 2012. She obtained a B.Sc (Hons) from UCD and an M.Sc from TCD and has over 23 years representation on EU Framework Programmes including technical committees for - energy (THERMIE), representation and proposal preparation for international cooperation (INCO) and Marie Curie. Previously she was the national coordinator for OPET: Network of Organisations to Promote Energy Efficient Technologies under the THERMIE Programme and also worked on an IEA contract for Biomass Conversion Technical Information Service.

Siobhán Nic Thighearnáin Siobhán Nic Thighearnáin has worked in the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government since 2002, in the areas of Waste Policy; Social Housing Policy; Environment Policy and Awareness; and Environment International. During 2011/2012 she worked in the European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry. She was appointed Ireland's National Contact Point for the LIFE Programme, the EU’s main funding programme in support of environmental and nature conservation projects, in October 2013. Siobhán also co-ordinates on the Department’s environmental research agenda in close co-operation with the EPA.

Eimear O'Connell Eimear O’Connell is Project Manager for European Projects at the Heritage Council of Ireland. As part of her role, she handles the communication and dissemination activities of the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPICH) and is the current Editor of the Heritage Portal website. The Heritage Council of Ireland is a public body working in the public interest. Its priorities are to support jobs, education and heritage tourism in local communities. The Heritage Council was established as a statutory body under the Heritage Act, 1995. It takes an integrated approach to heritage, with responsibilities that include both its cultural and natural aspects. The Heritage Council’s vision is that the value of our heritage is enjoyed, managed and protected for the vital contribution that it makes to our identity, well-being and future.

Frank McGovern Dr Frank McGovern has a Ph.D. in atmospheric physics from the National University of Ireland Galway and has significant research experience in the areas of climate change and air pollution. He joined the Environmental Protection Agency in 2000 and leads on development of Climate Change Research. He is a member of the JPI

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Climate Governing Board. He is a regular delegate to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and meetings of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Jennifer Brennan Dr. Jennifer Brennan is the European Advisor for the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and is based at the Irish Universities Association. Jennifer is responsible for promoting the Actions to researchers and research-active organisations, advising potential applicants and contributing to related policy initiatives in her role as National Delegate to the MSCA Programme Committee. She has a background in research and has worked in academia in the UK, USA and Ireland. Prior to joining the IUA, Jennifer held the post of Scientific Officer at the Irish Research Council, where she co-ordinated two successful proposals for co-funding from the FP7 Marie Curie Actions COFUND Call in 2007 and 2011, each with a value of approximately €5m, the largest amounts leveraged by Ireland from FP7 to-date. She has a strong interest in researcher careers development, and in 2013 was the Programme Manager for the EU Presidency Conference “Researcher Careers and Mobility – Are Researchers Ready for a Knowledge Intensive Europe?”

Brian Donlon Dr. Brian Donlon is research manager with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is based in the EPA Cork office. Brian has a BSc in Biotechnology (DCU), PhD in Microbiology (NUIG). He worked for 2 years in Wageningen, Netherlands researching and developing methods for the biological treatment (anaerobic, aerobic) of textile and chemical industry wastewaters. He also worked for NUIG as a PhD student and Post-Doc researcher on treatment of industrial (distillery and pharmaceutical) and agricultural wastewaters primarily using anaerobic treatment methods. He joined the EPA in Feb 1996 and worked in Waste and IPC licensing and enforcement until Feb 2005. Since March 2005 he has been research manager of the EPA Research programme. Brian is the National Delegate for the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5 (Climate Action). He is an Executive Board member of the EC-funded Water Joint Programming initiative and a task force member of the European Innovation Partnership on Water.

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Abstracts – Speakers

Session-1: Setting the Scene - Introduction to Horizon 2020

Title: Horizon 2020 in Ireland Speaker: Imelda Lambkin

Following a busy first year of the Horizon 2020 programme, it's an appropriate time to review progress. The presentation will include a short introduction to Horizon 2020 and some of the lessons learned during the first Call series of Work Programmes 2014-2015 with a focus on the new parts of the programme. The latest European Commission data illustrating Ireland’s track record in European Framework Programmes, particularly in FP7, will be presented. It will compare Ireland's higher education institutions and private enterprise sectors and provide an indication of the scale and critical mass achieved through R&D projects in Ireland. Ireland will be compared to other EU Member States as a benchmark of performance. Current approaches to support Ireland’s applicants to Horizon 2020 will be described, providing an update on the activities of the National Contact Points and Delegates for the programme.

Title: Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5 Speaker: Alison Imrie

Alison Imrie will present the 2015 research and innovation funding opportunities offered by the 'Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials' (Societal Challenge 5) part of the European Commission's Horizon 2020 programme. The overall objective of this part of the funding programme is to help achieve a resource – and water – efficient and climate change resilient economy and society, the protection and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems, and a sustainable supply and use of raw materials, in order to meet the needs of a growing global population within the sustainable limits of the planet's natural resources and eco-systems. The calls in the 2014-2015 multiannual work programme focus on helping to build a green economy, i.e. a circular economy in sync with the nature environment. The presentation will outline the 2015 opportunities in the calls 'Waste: a resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw materials', 'Water Innovation: boosting its value for Europe' and 'Growing a low carbon, resource efficient economy with a sustainable supply of raw materials', as well as highlighting those opportunities relating to climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials in other parts of the Horizon 2020 work programme, including the in calls 'Disaster resilience: safeguarding and securing society, including adapting to climate change' and 'Blue growth: unlocking the potential of seas and oceans'.

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Session-2a: Waste: A Resource to Recycle, Reuse and Recover Raw Materials

Title: Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and energy Efficiency (SPIRE) Public Private Partnership (PPP) Speaker: Lionel Platteuw

EUnited is a European association of machinery & equipment suppliers representing companies, organised in six sectors which are Cleaning, Metallurgy, Municipal Equipment, Robotics, Valves and Vehicle Cleaning. EUnited is a founder member of SPIRE, which represents industry as a partner in the Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency (SPIRE) Public-Private Partnership (PPP). Launched as part of the Horizon2020 framework programme (signed in December 2013), SPIRE represents more than 90 industrial and research process industry stakeholders from over a dozen countries spread throughout Europe. The sectors represented are chemical, steel, engineering, minerals, non-ferrous metals, cement, ceramics, and water. SPIRE is about cooperation to improve resource efficiency especially from the process industry point of view. The emphasis is on value chains and much more cooperation across sectors and regions. It is also about cooperation with policy makers and the stimulus provided by optimal innovation and other policies. The latest calls for proposals from SPIRE are:

SPIRE-05-2015: New adaptable catalytic reactor methodologies for Process Intensification

SPIRE-06-2015: Energy and resource management systems for improved efficiency in the process industries

SPIRE-07-2015: Recovery technologies for metals and other minerals SPIRE-08-2015: Solids handling for intensified process technology

Title: European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Raw Materials Speaker: Sean McLaughlin

Following the European Commission's communications from 2008 and 2011 regarding the importance of Raw Materials for security of supply to ensure growth and jobs in Europe, EC adopted in 2012 the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials. European Innovation Partnerships (EIP) were launched to accelerate the market take-up of innovations which address key challenges for Europe. Thus, the ultimate aim of the EIP on Raw Materials is to contribute to the overall raise industry's contribution to the EU GDP to around 20% by 2020. The aim is to do this by ensuring the sustainable supply of raw materials to the European economy whilst increasing benefits for society as a whole. The Partnership targets non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials. Horizon 2020 is a seven-year programme (2014-2020) through which the objectives of the EIP on Raw Materials can also be implemented. It reflects the policy priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy and addresses major societal challenges shared by citizens in Europe and elsewhere. More specifically, the Societal Challenge 5 regards "Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials" and has a

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budget of around 3 billion euros. For the first work programme of Horizon 2020 (2014-2015) the main calls related to raw materials, which mobilize around 140 million euro, appear under the topic "Ensuring the sustainable supply of non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials" and under the Focus Area "Waste: A Resource to Recycle, Reuse and Recover Raw Materials".

Session-2b: Water Innovation: Boosting its Value for Europe

Title: Water Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Speaker: Enrique Playán

The Joint Programming Initiative “Water Challenges for a Changing World” was endorsed by the European Council in 2010. Today, this initiative counts with nineteen partner countries and five observer countries. It aims at tackling the ambitious grand challenge of “Achieving Sustainable Water Systems for a Sustainable Economy in Europe and Abroad”. Horizon 2020 and Joint Programming Initiatives are key tools for European Research and Innovation. While Horizon 2020 is a Programme directly funded by the European Commission, Joint Programming Initiatives coordinate the variety of national (and sometimes regional) programmes dealing with a specific societal challenge. In this presentation, the relation between Horizon 2020 and the Water JPI will be discussed in the light of Societal Challenge 5. The Water JPI has established a dialogue with Horizon 2020 on thematic priorities. The European Commission is a partner of the Water JPI and regularly attends its management meetings. The Water JPI is represented at the Advisory Group on Horizon 2020 and in the European Innovation Partnership on Water. In addition, Horizon 2020 has been funding the development of the Water JPI since 2013. A Coordination and Support Action (WatEUr) is currently on-going, and an ERA-NET Cofund will start early in 2015. An additional ERA-NET Cofund could be operative early in 2016. These bidirectional connections help define priorities in Europe, exploiting synergies among funding programmes and avoiding duplications of efforts. In the years to come, it is expected that researchers and technologists will find relevant funding opportunities in the Water JPI. This will lead to a strong coordination of the European National funding programmes for water.

Title: European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Water Speaker: Robert Schroder

The European Commission has initiated the European Innovation Partnership to facilitate the development of innovative solutions to deal with water challenges; create market opportunities and demand for such innovations; and support the implementation of EU water policy with innovative solutions. The EIP Water is a bottom-up, stakeholder driven initiative, seeking the active participation from water and innovation actors from all over Europe and beyond. The EIP Water does not

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have direct funding, but is linked to the existing European funding mechanisms, such as Horizon 2020. A Water Innovation focus area in Challenge 5 of H2020 is directly linked to the EIP water and provides funding opportunities for demonstration projects and other water innovation activities. A new work programme of Challenge 5 for 2016-2017 is under development, with some of the outlines of the approach being presented at the conference.

Session-3: Other European Funding Initiatives

Title: COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Speaker: Rita Ward

COST is an intergovernmental framework for European CoOperation in Science and Technology, allowing the coordination of nationally-funded research on a European level. COST has a very specific mission and goal. It contributes to reducing the fragmentation in European research investments and opening the European Research Area to cooperation worldwide. Currently the membership comprises of 35 member countries plus Israel and is open to international participation. COST does not fund research itself, but provides support for networking activities carried out within COST Actions. The Actions are open to all researchers (industrial and academic) in all domains and typically run for 4 years. The networking activities are: meetings; workshops; conferences; short term scientific missions; training schools; and publications. COST is a unique means for European researchers to develop jointly their own ideas and new initiatives across all scientific disciplines through trans-European networking of nationally funded research activities (COST Actions). Through its inclusiveness COST supports integration of research communities, leverages national research investments and addresses issues of global relevance. COST has been formally inscribed into Horizon 2020 (with a budget of 300M euro) and is expected to contribute in particular to the ‘Societal Challenges’ and ‘Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation’ pillars of the Horizon 2020 strategy. COST invites researchers throughout Europe to submit proposals for research networks and use this unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and to embark on new European perspectives.

Title: LIFE Speaker: Siobhán Nic Thighearnáin

The LIFE Programme 2014-2020 is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value. This

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presentation will give an overview of the Programme; its structure and budget; the types of projects that can be funded, including co-financing rates; as well as looking at the ‘project topics’ contained within the LIFE Multi-Annual Work Programme 2014-2017 and the indicative timetable for the calls for proposals in that period. Finally, while not a research programme, given the interrelationship between the environment, climate action and other policy areas, there is still a certain overlap in scope between LIFE and other EU financing programmes, in particular, Horizon 2020. This presentation aims to highlight some of the key elements of LIFE, and of some of its components, in order to help applicants identify the most suitable potential source of funding for their project proposals.

Title: Cultural Heritage Joint Programming Initiative Speaker: Eimear O'Connell

Joint Programming is a bottom-up process whereby Member States agree, in partnership and voluntarily, on common visions and Strategic Research Agendas (SRA) to address major societal challenges. This includes the pooling of national research efforts in order to make better use of Europe’s public R&D resources. The Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPICH) was launched in 2011 in order to address the particular challenges posed to Europe’s cultural heritage assets in an era of rapid social, economic, environmental and technological change. The JPICH published its Strategic Research Agenda in February 2014. This Strategic Research Agenda, the first of its kind for European heritage, is the result of an extensive consultation and development process that saw national consultation panels convened in 16 European member states (Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and UK) in order to provide feedback on what they saw as heritage research priorities both nationally and internationally. To date, the JPICH has launched two transnational calls for research proposals, and is currently finalising an Action Programme that will identify concrete tasks and collaborative projects aimed at implementing the priorities contained in the SRA.

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Session-4: Other European Funding Initiatives - National Support

Title: Climate Joint Programming Initiative Speaker: Frank McGovern

Climate change remains a key and urgent global challenge. Research and innovative solutions are an essential part of the response to the array of complex issues and questions posed climate change. These encompass fundamental sciences, technologies and socio-economic solutions. These solutions are needed to inform policy and actions to mitigation emissions of greenhouse gases which are the key drivers of climate and to address emerging and ongoing impacts of climate change, in order to increase resilience and reduce risks of impacts. The JPI process recognises that greater and improved outcomes can be obtained through sharing resources and expertise to progress understanding and achieve the required outcomes. The JPI Climate's Strategic Research Agenda focuses on four interconnected research themes:

1. Moving towards Reliable Decadal Climate Predictions 2. Researching Climate Service Development and Deployment 3. Sustainable Transformations of Society in the Face of Climate Change 4. Improving Tools for Decision-Making under Climate Change

The presentation will review the objectives and structure of JPI Climate, learning from the first Joint Call in which Ireland participated and consider plans for its major initiative on climate services which is linked to Horizon 2020 call in 2015.

Title: Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions Speaker: Jennifer Brennan

"The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in Horizon 2020 represent a significant opportunity for researchers at all stages of their career to secure "bottom-up", non-thematic funding, including the opportunity to collaborate with commercial and non-commercial organisations. The MSC Actions fund all areas of research from science, engineering and technology through to social sciences, humanities and business. This talk will summarise the various funding streams under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, helping researchers to identify the best funding for their needs, whether they are a Principal Investigator seeking to build research networks with Europe and the wider world or wishing to attract talented early-career or established researchers to their group, or a researcher interested in an individual fellowship.”

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Title: Environmental Protection Agency Support Speaker: Brian Donlon

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supporting Ireland’s engagement with Horizon 2020 (H2020) through its participation in the Advisory Group of Experts for SC5, as National Delegate and National Contact Point for this Challenge, and as a member of the H2020 National Support Network led by Enterprise Ireland. In addition, the EPA is participating in both the Climate and Water Joint Programming Initiatives, and as task force members on two European Innovation Partnerships (Water and Raw Materials), which could offer potential opportunities for increased engagement with Horizon 2020. The EPA Director General (Laura Burke) is the Chairperson of the Advisory Group of Experts under SC5. The EPA provides significant support to the research community via a number of means. We have established a H2020 SC5 National Working Group that meet quarterly to discuss & provide feedback on the work programme. We facilitate partner search requests and have established a web-based catalogue of Irish experts and promote H2020 on the EPA webpages, social media and newsletters, etc. In addition, the EPA reviews proposals, facilitates queries, meets with researchers (academics, SMEs and industries) presents at regional roadshows and hosts an annual event on SC-5 with invited national and international speakers. The presentation will outline the key supports that the EPA offers to the research community in support of Horizon 2020.

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Abstracts – Posters

Poster: 1 Project: ECO-India Presenter: Mary Manning

As the population of India continues to expand, the country’ water resources become increasingly strained. Heavy pollution from open sewers is common place in urban areas and arsenic contamination of groundwater continues to threaten the health and well-being of local communities. India is defined as a ‘water stressed’ country and innovative methods to provide cost-effective water treatment to communities are a crucial requirement if growing populations are to be sustainable. The overall aim of ECO-India is to design and develop innovative cost-effective solutions for community-based water and wastewater treatment systems. These systems will be deployed at pilot sites in arsenic-affected water-stressed regions in India. The two consortia, Indian (DST) and European (FP7) will establish pilot schemes for:

Catchment area and reservoir management Surface water supply schemes Arsenic removal (including monitoring using UFZ’s field-tested Arsolux arsenic

sensor) Disinfection treatment for potable water based on Trustwater’s CE-certified

mixed-oxidant generation systems Online monitoring of water quality Water distribution network, together with online/offline water quality

monitoring programmes Sewerage and wastewater treatment.

In addition, prototype energy-efficient modules for water deionisation and heavy metal removal will be developed. A feasibility study will be performed to assess the potential for energy harvesting from sludge. www.eco-india.eu

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Poster: 2 Project: OPERAs Presenter: Louise Dunne

Ecosystems provide humankind with a wide range of resources, goods and services. Yet the rate at which we consume and exploit these is increasing so rapidly that many of the major ecosystems are threatened with loss of function, which is required to support the existence of humanity. Ecosystem services and natural capital provide guidance to better manage and preserve our ecosystems. The ecosystem services and natural capital concepts have been adopted in high-level policy frameworks; however, there is a wide gap between the wealth of ecosystem science and the practical application of this knowledge in policy and decision-making practice. The OPERAs project is exploring whether, how and under what conditions these concepts can move beyond the academic domain towards practical implementation in support of sustainable ecosystem management. The OPERAs Project aims to bridge the gap between ecosystem science and practice. The OPERAs team comprises scientists, researchers and practitioners from many disciplines, working together to establish what constitutes good governance of ecosystems and is focused on ecosystem services and natural capital science and on enabling stakeholders to apply these concepts in practice. OPERAs will continue to work very closely with stakeholders throughout the project, to ensure that we are producing valuable, cutting edge ecosystem science for policy and practice. http://operas-project.eu/

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Poster: 3 Project: INTEGRAL Presenter: Maarten Nieuwenhuis

Future-oriented integrated management of European forest landscapes Maarten Nieuwenhuis, Áine Ní Dhubháin, Edwin Corrigan and Nana Bonsu UCD Forestry, School of Agriculture & Food Science, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 The FP7 project ‘Future-oriented integrated management of European forest landscapes’ identified a requirement for effective policy responses to the challenges in multifunctional, sustainable forest landscape management. Land-use management commonly encounters conflicting objectives at all levels – local, national, EU and global. The INTEGRAL project focuses on new management approaches needed to take into account the social, economic and environmental aspects of multifunctional forests, and 20 EU landscapes in 13 countries were selected to investigate specific land-use related discourses. In Ireland, the Western Peatlands in Mayo and the Newmarket area in Cork were chosen to investigate how these forested landscapes can accommodate the conflicting societal demands. The study focuses on the concept of ecosystem goods and services, and identifies implementable policy instruments that deliver multifunctional ecosystem goods and services. The biophysical ranges of the good and services are first determined using mathematical models. Subsequently, using social sciences methodologies, the key social, ecological and economic factors are mapped and analysed, to determine the main influences on the landscape over the next 30 years. A decisive role is given to stakeholders and they are actively involved, via interviews and workshops, in the determination of potential futures and desired outcomes. Scenarios are then developed to explore these futures and to consider the policy routes from these futures to the desired outcomes. This exploration is carried out using goal programming and multi-objective optimisation approaches. This poster focuses on the interactions between the social science element and the modelling element, and identifies the information exchange between them. www.integral-project.eu

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Poster: 4 Project: LCA to Go Presenter: Anne Galligan

LCA to go is a Seventh Framework Programme led by the Fraunhofer Institute. It aims to boost Life Cycle based Assessment within Small and Medium Sized Enterprises by developing a Life Cycle Based Assessment webtool for seven sectors; bio-based plastics, industrial machinery, electronics, photovoltaics, printed circuit boards, sensors and smart textiles. All products have life cycles with interlinked stages that include supply chains, production, distribution, use and disposal. Every product has positive and negative environmental impacts along its life cycle. These environmental impacts are influenced by decisions made within each company involved in the product’s lifecycle. LCA to go uses Life Cycle Based Assessments to quantify these environmental interactions and relate them back to a company’s decisions. The results from Life Cycle Based Assessments can be used to identify environmental and commercial performance improvements. These improvements can be in the form of reduced environmental pollutants, reduced energy consumption, improved product quality or increased use of environmentally responsible resources. The LCA to go tool evaluates the options of replacing, repairing or reusing electronics compared to buying a new product. Such a comparison benchmarks the reuse concept with a conventional product. To sign up to the LCA to go webtool or support package please visit www.LCA2go.eu.

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Poster: 5 Project: EcoFINDERS Presenter: Olaf Schmidt & Rachel Creamer

Soil biodiversity across Europe Dote Stone1, Rachel Creamer1*, Tom Bolger2, Olaf Schmidt2, Philippe Lemanceau2, José Paulo Sousa4, 5, Niels Bohse Hendriksen6, Emilia Hannula7, Robert Griffiths8

1 Teagasc, Johnstown Castle Research Centre, Ireland 2 Schools of Biology & Environmental Science and Agriculture & Food Science, University College Dublin, Ireland 3 Agroécologie, AgroSup/INRA/uB, Dijon, France 4 Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, Portugal 5 ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, Flörsheim am Main, Germany and Department of Animal, Plant and Ecological Biology, University of A Coruña, Spain 6 Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark 7 Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands 8 Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK * rachel.creamer@teagasc.ie

Biodiversity is linked to ecological sustainability and the provision of ecosystem services. Therefore, the assessment and monitoring of soil biodiversity is intrinsic to policy development for soil sustainability. Standardised methods are required for the assessment of soil biodiversity and ecological function that are fit for purpose and facilitate comparable monitoring across the European Union. One work package of the FP7 EcoFINDERS project (Ecological Function and Biodiversity Indicators in European Soils) was to assess such methods using a transect of 81 sites across Europe. Three agricultural land-uses (tillage, grassland, forestry) were included, covering a range of soil properties. Measurements of soil biodiversity indicators and a range of ecological functional assays produced a snapshot of the current situation and an estimation of the Normal Operating Range (NOR) of the indicators tested. This poster presents an overview of the sampling campaign, summarising the knowledge gained in the areas of soil biodiversity indicators and assessments of ecological function in European soils.

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Poster: 6 Project: GHG Europe Presenter: Bruce Osborne

The GHG Europe Project: Greenhouse Gas Management in European Land Use Systems Bruce Osborne, UCD Earth Institute and UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4. Bruce.Osborne@ucd.ie Most of the European land use surface is impacted by man through urbanisation and its utilization for agriculture and forestry. Although the EU area is thought to be a net carbon sink the magnitude of this is influenced by management interventions, soil and climate. Furthermore, management activities can also influence the net global warming potential, through modifications in trace gas emissions (N2O and CH4) but this is associated with considerable uncertainty. The objective of the GHG Europe project was to provide improved quantification of the impact of different land uses and management practices on carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions. The research focused on under-represented ecosystems and regions, including those thought to be the source of enhanced greenhouse gas emissions as well as those associated with activities likely to impact on carbon sequestration. Finally, projections were made of the likely impact of climate change on carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions and their interactions with management activities.

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Poster: 7 Project: ZeroWIN: Towards Zero Waste in Industrial Networks Presenter: Colin Fitzpatrick

Waste reduction through cooperation Reducing industrial waste is as much about changing mindsets as it is about developing new technologies and processes. This is exactly what the EU-funded ZEROWIN project sought to encourage. The aim of this project was to move from a traditional industrial model, in which waste is considered the norm, to integrated systems where everything has its use. This involved regional collaboration among companies from traditionally separate sectors, which then exchange by-products, energy, water and materials in such a way that waste from one industry becomes raw material for another. The project, which involved academic, research and industrial partners from across Europe and one partner in Taiwan, was able to integrate all this expertise in order to trial several new approaches to waste. Four industry sectors were targeted for collaboration: the electrical and electronic equipment sector, the automotive sector, the photovoltaic (PV) sector and the construction sector. By focusing on the automotive, construction, electronics and photovoltaic industries, the project consciously addressed nearly 3 million companies (of which 80% are SMEs) that employ more than 20 million employees. Together, these industries create about 40% - more than 400 million tons – of industrial waste each year, and use as much as 50% of all the materials extracted from the earth´s crust. Project demonstrations: One project demonstration involved the recycling, reuse, repair and refurbishment of laptops. An industrial network consisting of end of life IT asset management firms, repairers and component manufacturers established supply chains to create new uses for waste. A similar thing was achieved in the photovoltaic sector, where the creation of an industrial network ensured that many of the high tech components used in the sector were recycled and reused. In construction, an industrial network of suppliers and disposal options has helped to reduce the sector’s consumption of resources. The network consists of producers of materials and components, owners, architects, waste managers and other stakeholders, all helping to reduce the energy and material intensity of this industry. In addition, certain selected construction projects – such as the refurbishment of Deutsche Bank's Head Office in Berlin – were serviced by such industrial networks. The project also demonstrated that is was possible to use by-products from cars in other sectors. ZEROWIN demonstrated that its approach could enable targeted sectors to meet at least two of the following objectives: a 30% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, a 70% overall re-use and recycling of waste and a 75% reduction of fresh water use. The results of these case studies were immediately taken into the day-to-day business of the involved industrial partners. In most cases, the chief economic benefits were found to lie in cost reductions from reducing waste fees, cheaper (recycled) material and a better environmental image. And this is just the beginning; through the dissemination of project results and the success of the industrial demonstrations, the project is likely to have a significant long term economic and environmental impact on some of Europe’s key industrial sectors.

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Poster: 8 The Atlantic Ocean Energy Alliance Presenter: Martina Prendergast

The Atlantic Ocean Energy Alliance (AOEA) is an alliance of industry, academic and policy stakeholders which was formed to maximise the Irish economic, social and environmental benefits of the emerging Ocean Energy Industry. The AOEA focuses on delivering these benefits along the Western seaboard region of Ireland. The alliance will achieve its goals by:

Promoting the development and implementation of policy concerning all aspects of Ocean Energy including Offshore Wind, Wave and Tidal.

Strengthening the individual members by promoting the alliance as an integrated solution provider for the development of Ocean Energy Technologies and project developers.

Promoting investment and research in the Ocean Energy Industry. The AOEA recognises the unique opportunity afforded to Ireland with its exceptional marine energy resources. As Europe moves towards becoming an electricity-powered economy, Ireland must capitalise on its ocean energy resource potential and position itself at the forefront of electricity supply to the European market. The vast majority of our potential ocean energy resource lies off the west coast of Ireland and the challenge lies in the successful National exploitation of this precious natural resource. Overall Aim: The overall aim of the AOEA is to maximise the economic, social and environmental benefits for the Irish Western Region from the emerging Ocean Energy Industry. 3-Point Action Plan: Our 3-point action plan:

Promotes the development and implementation of policy concerning all aspects of Ocean Energy including offshore wind, wave and tidal.

Promotes the alliance as a cohort of experienced and project developers and integrated solution providers for the development of ocean energy technologies.

Promotes investment and innovation in research.

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Online Catalogue of Irish Expertise in Environmental Research

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Registration List Registration List (as of 22/09/2014)

First Name Surname Organisation

Caroline Barry Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland

Alan Blair Colleges Northern Ireland

Paul Bolger University College Cork

Denise Bonass Environmental Protection Agency

Nana Bonsu University College Dublin

Aoife Braiden University College Dublin

Caterina Brandoni University of Ulster

Jennifer Brennan Irish Universities Association

Brian Broderick Trinity College Dublin

Ena Brophy National University of Ireland Galway

Yvonne Buckley Trinity College Dublin

Craig Bullock University of College Dublin

Laura Burke Environmental Protection Agency

Charles Butler Ozone Industries Ireland Ltd T/A RainSafe Water

Stefan Buzoianu Teagasc

Conor Cahalane National Centre for Geocomputation

Nicolas Cardozo Trinity College Dublin

George Carroll To.Mediate.com

Mary Carter Geological Survey of Ireland

Philip Cheasty Enterprise Ireland

Michael Clancy FDT Consulting Engineers

Siobhan Clarke Trinity College Dublin

John Cleary Dublin City University

Tadhg Coakley Clean Technology Centre, CIT

E Coleman SCFI

John Coll National University of Ireland Maynooth

Bernadette Connolly Cork Environmental Forum

Lorna Cooper T.E Laboratories

Peter Cox International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) International Scientific Committee on Energy and Sustainability (ISES)

Catherine Coxon Trinity College Dublin

Linda Coyne Environmental Protection Agency

Dale Crammond Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food

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First Name Surname Organisation

Peter Croot National University of Ireland Galway

Claire Cullen University College Dublin

Susie Cullinane Waterford Institute of Technology

Lorraine Currivan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Radiological Protection (ORP)

Bebhinn Daly Ozone Industries Ireland Ltd T/A RainSafe Water

Anna Davies Trinity College Dublin

Victoria De Anselmo -

Jonathan Derham Environmental Protection Agency

Dave Dodd Environmental Protection Agency

Brian Donlon Environmental Protection Agency

Ian Donohue Trinity College Dublin

David Dowling Institute of Technology Carlow

Kay Duggan-Walls Health Research Board

Martina Duignan Irish Water

Karen Dunne KD Accounting Consulting Ltd

Louise Dunne University College Dublin

Damien Fahey Environmental Protection Agency

Eugene Farrell National University of Ireland Galway

Eugene Farrell National University of Ireland Galway

Damaris Fernandez Trinity College Dublin

Kevin Fitzgibbon Nimbus Cork Institute of Technology

Colin Fitzpatrick University of Limerick

Lorna Fitzsimons Dublin City University

Cruz Fuertes Crosscare

Karen Gallagher Irish Water

Anne Galligan Micropro Computers Limited

Kieran Germaine Institute of Technology Carlow

Colum Gibson Clean Technology Centre

Tracey Giles NVP Energy

Robert Gill Mental health

Mike Gormally National University of Ireland Galway

Simon Grattan The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment Northern Ireland (DETINI) / InterTradeIreland

Michelle Green Macroom E

Maryann Harris Dublin City Council

Maria Hayes Teagasc

Susan Hedigan University College Dublin

Austin Herron Complete Community Cultivation

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First Name Surname Organisation

Anthony Hickey Irish Water

Anne-Louise Holloway Dublin City University

Taly Hunter Williams Geological Survey of Ireland

Alison Imrie European Commission

Tim Irwin Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland

Edel Jennings The Telecommunications Software & Systems Group

Christopher Johnston The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

Mike Jones Trinity College Dublin

Lisa Rose Jones SPMHS

Michael Jones Bridge Ltd

Emily Kavanagh Irish Water

Serena Keane Irish Water

Denis Kearney Tsunami Ltd

Karen Keaveney University College Dublin

Brian Kelleher Dublin City University

Seán Kelly Trinity College Dublin

Patrick Kelly Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation

Brendan Kennedy Tyndall National Institute

M. Ibrahim Khalil Green Sustainability International

Thomas Knape Applied Intelligence Analytics Ltd.

Andrii Kovalchuk Google Developers Group Warsaw

Aoife Kyne Cork Institute of Technology

Imelda Lambkin Enterprise Ireland

Sujie Lane University College Dublin

Sujie Lane University College Dublin

Noreen Layden Dublin Institute of Technology

Emma Leahy University of Limerick

Brian Lee Athlone Institute of Technology

Owenroe Lemass Technology Centre for Biorefining and Bioenergy

Teresa Lennon Office of Innovation University of Ulster

Richard Linger Cork Institute of Technology

Maria Long Trinity College Dublin

Orla Lynch University College Dublin

Dara Lynott Environmental Protection Agency

Seán Mac an tSaoir The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

Colm Mac Suibhne Inter Essen

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First Name Surname Organisation

Andy Maguire Dublin Institute of Technology

Paul Maher MicroPro Computers

Mary Manning Tyndall National Institute

Gill Marmelstein Dundalk Institute of Technology

Ana Martinez -

Marina Mc Garvey EMS Marina

Ray Mc Grath Met Éireann

Mark McConnell ECOS Limited

Ciaran McEvoy Trinity College Dublin

Damian McFerran National Museums Northern Ireland

Frank McGovern Environmental Protection Agency

Kevin McGuigan Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Dominic McLarnon University of Ulster

Sean McLaughlin European Commission

Philip McMurray Department of Environment for Northern Ireland

Sophia Meeres University College Dublin

Eamonn Merriman Environmental Protection Agency

Suzanne Miller-Delaney Irish Universities Association

Bruce Misstear Trinity College Dublin

Eva Mockler University College Dublin

Sonia Monteiro University College Cork

Xavier Monteys Geological Survey of Ireland

Anne Maria Mullen Teagasc

Michael Murphy Enterprise Ireland

David Murphy AquaTT

Brian R. Murphy Trinity College Dublin

Susan Murphy Trinity College Dublin

Abigail Murphy Environmental Protection Agency

Michael Murray NVP Energy

Samantha Murren Aurivo

Siobhan NicThighearnain Department of the Environment (DOE) Community and Local Government

Maarten Nieuwenhuis University College Dublin

Francesco Noci Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

Kay Nolan University College Dublin

Jerome O Connell University of Leeds

Breda O Dwyer Institute of Technology Tralee

Moira O'Byrne Dublin Institute of Technology

Sean O'Callaghan Cygnum Timber Frame Limited

Eimear O'Connell The Heritage Council of Ireland

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First Name Surname Organisation

Nessa O'Connor Queen's University Belfast

Ian O'Connor Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

Niamh O'Dowd Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Rick Officer Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

John O'Flaherty The National Microelectronics Applications Centre Ltd

Olivia O'Hare Office of Innovation University of Ulster

Sharone O'Loughlin University of Limerick

Queen C Onyia Skye Bank Plc

Elizabeth O'Reilly Marine Institute

Elizabeth O'Reilly WEEE Ireland

Olga Ormond Dublin City University

Bruce Osborne University College Dublin

Jose Ospina MicroPro Computers

Patrick O'Sullivan International Business Machines Corporation

Ian Packham University College Dublin

Paul Phelan Paul Phelan Consultants

Francesco Pilla Trinity College Dublin

Lionel Platteuw EUnited (European Engineering Industries Association)

Enrique Playan Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

Martina Prendergast National University of Ireland Galway

Ciarán Prunty Queen's University Belfast

Mary Pryce Dublin City University

Niall Quinlan Urban Water Engineering

Declan Redmond University College Dublin

Fiona Regan Dublin City University (DCU) Water Institute

Kim Reilly Teagasc

Mark Roddy Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG)/Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)

Miriam Ryan National University of Ireland Maynooth

Pamela Ryan Bord na Móna

Olaf Schmidt University College Dublin

Robert Schroder European Commission

Eddie Shaw Carr Communications Limited

Gavin Shorten International Business Machines Corporation

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First Name Surname Organisation

Michelle Starr The National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning

Dorothy Stewart Environmental Protection Agency

Ken Stockil Central Solutions Ltd

Mark Sweeney Enterprise Ireland

Mary Toohey Contract QP/RP Services

Caroline Treacey University College Dublin

Jane Wall Dublin City University (DCU) Water Institute

Lorna Walsh Athlone Institute of Technology

Rita Ward Enterprise Ireland

Catriona Ward Enterprise Ireland

Paul Webb Praxis Care

Alice Wemaere Environmental Protection Agency

Pauline Whittley Complete Community Cultivation

Jean Wilson Trinity College Dublin

Gerard Wilson Department of Environment for Northern Ireland

Magdalena Wislocka Irish Universities Association

Kevin Woods Environmental Protection Agency

Evelyn Wright Dublin City Council

Jon Yearsley University College Dublin

Xinmin Zhan National University of Ireland Galway

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Posters

N. Title

1 ECO-India

2 OPERAs

3 INTEGRAL

4 LCA to Go

5 ECO-Finders

6 GHG Europe

7 ZeroWIN

8 Atlantic Ocean Energy Alliance

Stands

N. Title N. Title

A Societal Challenge:

Food security, sustainable agriculture

and forestry, marine and maritime

and inland water research, and the

bioeconomy

E Societal Challenge:

Health, demographic

change and wellbeing

B EURAXESS - Researchers in Motion F Societal Challenge: Secure, clean and efficient energy

C North/South Collaboration

D Legal & Financial

Word Cloud of Titles and Acronyms of

2007-2013 FP7-Environment Projects with Irish participants