Events

Urban Knights: Monthly Platform for Urban Crusaders and Change Agents Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00 Free - prebooking essential What inspires you to think differently about how we live in the city? And, if you were to transform Dublin, what would you do? Urban Knights is a series of talks that celebrates urban crusaders, innovators and those who are actively changing how we behave, think and engage with the city. Book Here	Health Risk: The Personal Genomics Debate with Futureproof Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 18:00 to 19:30 Free - prebooking essential For under €100, you could have your genome sequenced today. Simply send some saliva in the post to a personal genetics company, and they’ll have a look at your DNA before telling you whether or not you’re genetically predisposed to certain conditions or diseases. Genetic prediction could be revolutionary to healthcare, but a few aspects of the field remain open to intense debate. Book Here	ILLUSION Launch Party Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00 Free to Science Gallery members Join us for a first look at ILLUSION, our shiny new exhibition where nothing is quite like it seems. Curated by author of best selling books like Quirkology and 59 Seconds and Britain's only Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology Richard Wiseman, ILLUSION promises to be fascinating insight into the human mind, bringing together magic with psychology and illusion with science.
SecAppDev - a week-long software security course Monday, July 15, 2013 - 09:00 to Friday, July 19, 2013 - 17:15 This is an externally organised event — see www.secappdev.org/registrations/new for pricing Secure Application Development - a week-long immersion course This will be the first presentation in Ireland of SecAppDev, a series of courses for professional developers on software security, taught by world-class authorities from academia and industry. Organised in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin, DCU, KU Leuven and Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. To book, please go to http://secappdev.org/registrations/new.	Urban Knights: Monthly Platform for Urban Crusaders and Change Agents Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00 Free - prebooking essential What inspires you to think differently about how we live in the city? And, if you were to transform Dublin, what would you do? Urban Knights is a series of talks that celebrates urban crusaders, innovators and those who are actively changing how we behave, think and engage with the city. Book Here	Neuromagic: The neuroscience of magic, with the authors of Sleights of Mind Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 18:00 to 19:15 €7 - prebooking essential A good magician uses some of your brain's most interesting properties against you. To trick your mind, they play upon its strengths and weaknesses - and those strengths and weaknesses happen to be really interesting! Neuroscientists and authors of Sleights of Mind, Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde will come to Ireland for a one-off event about the science of magic, and to talk about the new scientific discipline, neuromagic. Book Here