We warmly invite you to attend the ICAT Retreat 2025.
The Retreat will be held in the Grand Hotel Malahide on the 27th & 28th of November 2025.
Event programme at a glance
Thursday 27th November
Meeting room: Tara Suite
09:45 Coffee available
10:20 Welcome address
Professor David Williams, ICAT Director, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
10:30 Session 1 - Pre-PhD Fellow talks
PhD proposal development talks by the Year 1 ICAT Fellows
- Dr Adrien Da Silva, Dr Shahd Elamin, Dr Lauren Madden Doyle, Dr David Synnott
- Chaired by
11:20 Comfort break
11:50 Session 2 - Pre-PhD Fellow talks
PhD proposal development talks by the Year 1 ICAT Fellows
- Dr Aine Varley, Dr Brian Maloney, Dr Niamh Dhondt, Dr Alice Talbot
- Chaired by
12:20 Lunch
13:20 Session 3 - Invited talk
14:10 Comfort break
14:20 Session 4 - Research Blitz 1 & Parallel Session
Fast-paced research session, 3-minute talks from the ICAT Fellows
- Dr Clodagh McDermott, Dr Lisa Kiely, Dr Michael Duggan, Dr Nicholas Stefanovic
- Chaired by
Parallel session: Small group mentoring session for final year fellows and alumni in the adjacent boardroom.
15:00 - Working coffee break - Small group research discussions
Themed research discussions will be facilitated in the meeting room, with attendees encouraged to join two or three discussion groups during the session.
15:45 Session 5 - Research Blitz 2 & Parallel Session
Fast-paced research session, 3-minute talks from the ICAT Fellows
- Dr Eithne Nic an Ríogh, Dr Saied Ali, Dr Margaret Brennan, Dr Nicola Raftery, Dr John Mark O’Leary
- Chaired by
Parallel session: Small group mentoring session for pre-PhD fellows in the adjacent boardroom.
16:25 Comfort break
16:35 Session 6 - Research Blitz 3
Fast-paced research session, 3-minute talks from the ICAT Fellows
- Dr Vincent Healy, Dr Louise Kelly, Dr Oana Deac, Dr Brian O’Mahony, Dr Owen Killian
- Chaired by
17:15 Session 7 - Invited talk
18:05 Reception
Friday 28th November
Meeting room: Tara Suite
09:30 Session 1 - Research Blitz 4
Fast-paced research session, 3-minute talks from the ICAT Fellows
- Dr Laura Graham, Dr Alison Lee, Dr Yvonne Fahy, Dr Catherine Duane, Dr Sophie Duignan
- Chaired by
10:10 Coffee break
10:30 Session 2 - Final year ICAT Fellow talks
Talks from the ICAT Fellows in their final PhD year
- Dr Brian Woods, Dr Rachel MacCann, Dr Michael Corr
- Chaired by
11:10 Session 3 - Invited talk
11:50 Light lunch
12:30 Session 4 - Final year ICAT Fellow talks
Talks from the ICAT Fellows in their final PhD year
- Dr Louise Rabbitt, Dr Maria Tomkins, Dr James Curneen
- Chaired by
13:10 Prizes
13:20 Meeting close
Invited speakers
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Constructive feedback for ICAT fellow talks
Feedback on the fellow talks is welcomed and will be shared with the fellows after the Retreat.
We would be grateful if you could please provide feedback by answering the following short questionnaire for each speaker