Tech Events by Royal Irish Academy

with Dr Heather Tewkesbury (President 2026-27, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications)

The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Presidential Address, hosted by the Royal Irish Academy on Dawson Street. Dr Heather Tewkesbury, the IMA's 2026-27 President, gives the lecture; she is former CEO and now Chief of Strategic Relationships at the Smith Institute, and has served on the Executive Board of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences and as a Trustee of the Operational Research Society. A panel of Ireland-based speakers follows, not yet named. The lecture starts at 18:00 with a reception from 19:30. Free. Note the Eventbrite listing gives an end time of 19:30 while naming a 19:30 reception on the same page. Why go: Tewkesbury's working life is getting mathematics out of research and into industry decisions, which is the useful version of this talk. Good for data and modelling people who want the argument for their own work, and for anyone hiring quantitative researchers.

A Royal Irish Academy and ALLEA workshop on what generative AI is doing to research practice, bringing ALLEA's Research Ethics and Integrity Council together with invited experts. Daniel Carey, RIA president, and Maura Hiney MRIA open at 10:00. Professor Jeroen de Ridder of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, who chairs the drafting committee for the Dutch Code of Conduct for Scientific Integrity, gives the keynote on the Dutch experience. Short presentations follow on academic freedom, trust in science and the risk of declining research standards, then a panel with de Ridder, Deborah Oughton and Krista Varantola on whether existing codes still hold. Closes at 13:00 with lunch. Why go: this is where the rules for AI-assisted research are being written, not just discussed. Best for researchers, research managers and anyone drafting institutional AI policy.

The Royal Irish Academy is pleased to announce that the 2026 Hamilton Lecture will be delivered by Fields Medallist Professor James Maynard.

A Royal Irish Academy public session on historical mapping, population data and genomics.

The Royal Irish Academy examines Ireland's critical raw materials potential and what it means for Europe's green transition — geology, supply chains and policy.