UCD Alumni Awards 2020: Watch Back
UCD Alumni Awardees In Focus Webinars
On Thursday evenings throughout the month of November, we invited the global UCD community of alumni, students, staff and the wider public to enjoy the ‘UCD Alumni Awardees In Focus’ conversation series.
Past Events
Conversation IV
COVID-19 has prompted new and lasting approaches to creative innovation.Join us on Thursday, 26 November at 7.00pm for a special episode as we mark the UCD Alumni Awards.
This week we will be joined by UCD Alumni Awardee in Research, Innovation and Impact Dr Sandra Collins – Director, the National Library of Ireland and UCD Alumni Awardee in Engineering and Architecture Róisín Heneghan – Award-winning architect with broadcaster and UCD alumnus Pat Kenny, a long-time friend of the UCD Alumni Awards.


Conversation III
The health of all living things on Earth is connected through the biosphere. ‘One Health’ concerns designing and implementing collaborative programmes, policies, legislation and research for better public health outcomes.Join us on Thursday, 19 November at 7.00pm for a special episode as we mark the UCD Alumni Awards.
This week we will be joined by UCD Alumni Awardee in Health and Agricultural Sciences Professor Delia Grace Randolph – Epidemiologist and food safety expert and UCD Alumni Awardee in Science Dr Cormac Kilty – Biotech entrepreneur in conversation with broadcaster and UCD alumnus Pat Kenny, a long-time friend of the UCD Alumni Awards.


Conversation II
Research shows that the ability to navigate, overcome and recover from adversity is the key ingredient for happiness, success and satisfaction in life.Join us on Thursday, 12 November at 7.00pm for a special episode as we mark the UCD Alumni Awards.
This week we will be joined by UCD Alumni Awardee in Business Mark Pollock – Athlete, explorer, motivational speaker and author; UCD Alumni Awardee in Sport Dr Jack McCaffrey – Dublin GAA football star, and paediatric doctor and UCD Alumni Awardee in Law Sally Hayden – Journalist and photographer focused on humanitarian crises in conversation with broadcaster and UCD alumnus Pat Kenny, a long-time friend of the UCD Alumni Awards.
Proudly supported by Intel.



Conversation I
COVID-19 is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and necessary protections are impacting economic activity. What does this mean for Ireland?Join us on Thursday, 5 November at 7.00pm for a special episode as we mark the UCD Alumni Awards.
This week we will be joined by UCD Alumni Awardee in Social Sciences, Sharon Donnery, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ireland and UCD Alumni Awardee in Arts and Humanities Dalton Philips – CEO, Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) in conversation with broadcaster and UCD alumnus Pat Kenny, a long-time friend of the UCD Alumni Awards.
This conversation reflects UCD’s strategic theme ‘Creating a Sustainable Global Society’ and is proudly supported by RKD.

