Dublin City Council's Public Art Programme, in association with the Geographical Society of Ireland and Cultúr Lab UCD, is delighted to announce an evening of talks to mark the launch of a new public art commission Flood, which invites proposals for public artwork(s) that respond to the work of the OPW and DCC in creating flood defences along the river Dodder. This work has been undertaken in response to flooding caused by extreme weather events over many decades and is timely given recent major weather events.

PROGRAMME

6pm Ruairí Ó Cuív, Public Art Manager Welcome and Introduction

6.05pm DR EUGENE FARRELL (School of Geography and Archaeology, NUI Galway) - Beaches: friends with benefits

6.20pm PROF MICHAEL BRUEN ( School of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, UCD) - "Flood Types - Warning and Protection Implications."

6.35pm DR EOIN O’NEILL (School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, UCD) - Perception, adaptation and flood risk management

6.50pm VAARI CLAFFEY (Independent Curator, Director of Gracelands, writer and lecturer) - Embracing the Unpredictable

7.05pm Q&A with speakers

7.20pm Refreshments (and exhibition of the entries to the Geographical Society of Ireland photo-competition ‘An Exploration of Water’

7.40pm Geographical Society of Ireland Photo Competition prize-giving

7.50pm GERALD FLEMING (Met Eireann) – Water: understanding the enemy, that we may become friends

8.25pm Networking and drinks