2007
Fission impossible? A discussion on climate change and energy
The 2007 Spring Weekend Meeting was held 30 March - 1 April 2007 in the County Arms Hotel, Birr, Co. Offaly. The topic was energy and climate.
Fission Impossible? Programme and abstract booklet
Presentations from the weekend are available to download below. Copyright remains with the author. The presentation may be downloaded for private use. For any other use please contact webmaster@iop.org.
 | Climate Change Prediction: The Big Crunch Prof Peter Lynch, University College Dublin | |
 | Global Warming: What About Hurricanes? Mr Ross Reynolds, University of Reading | |
 | Antarctica, recent observations of change Mr Hugh Corr, British Antarctic Survey | |
 | Ireland's Energy Outlook Mr Larry Staudt, Director, Centre for Renewable Energy, Dundalk IT | |
 | Nuclear Fission Today and Tomorrow Prof Peter Mitchell, University College Dublin | |
 | The Path to Fusion Power Prof Sir Chris Llewellyn-Smith, Fusion Director Culham, UKAEA | |
 | Wind Energy - The Next 50 Years Mr Brian Hurley, Chief Scientist, Airtricity | |
 | A Renewable Reality for Ireland - Can They Deliver? Dr Andy McCrea, Director Action Renewables | |
 | The Challenge for Ireland of European Energy and Environment Policies Dr Owen Wilson, Group Health, Safety and Environment Manager, ESB |
Related Links (British Antarctic Survey):
- BAS Statement about Channel 4 programme "The Great Global Warming Swindle"
- Information on global warming issues
Spring Weekend 2006
The 35th Spring Weekend Meeting of the IOP in Ireland was held 31 March - 2 April in the Great Northern Hotel in Bundoran, Co. Donegal. The topic was Physics Education, A New Wave. A full report can be found in the May 2006 Newsletter.
Downloads:
The organisers regret that the following abstract was accidentally omitted:
"Development of a multi-analyte integrated optical sensor platform for indoor air-quality monitoring" Orla McGaughey, Dorota Wencel, Aisling K. McEvoy, Colette McDonagh and Brian D. MacCraith (Dublin City University)
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