The 2025 National Final will take place on Thursday 20 November and Friday 21 November.
The programme on Thursday will take place online from 7.00 p.m. For more information on the speakers and their talks please follow the Read more links. To view the talks please click on the icon in the View column. Talks will be available for viewing on Thursday 20 November.
On Friday, The SciFest National Final 2025 takes place in the Marino Conference Centre, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9. The Awards Ceremony will be streamed live on this platform here and on YouTube. The Friday programme is shown below.
Thursday 20 November
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Time
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Speaker |
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View |
| 7.00 p.m. |
Philip Smyth, Broadcaster and Science Communicator |
Welcome to the SciFest 2025 National Final
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| 7.05 p.m. |
Dr. Pinar Arpaçay, Project & Education Programme Manager Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany |
From Research to Society: Skills that Shape a Scientist's Journey |
Read more |
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| 7.30 p.m. |
Prof. Luke O'Neill, School of Biochemistry and Immunology (TCD), Author, Entrepreneur and Science Ambassador |
Will We Cure All Diseases by Targeting Inflammation? |
Read more |
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| 7.55 p.m. |
Joan McCann, Founder & STEM Educator at The Code Lab |
From Curiosity to Creativity: How Kids Learn to Code |
Read more |
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| Friday 21 November |
Time
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| 8.00 a.m. |
Arrival and set up of projects |
| 9.40 a.m. |
Opening of Exhibition |
| 9.45 a.m. |
Judging and viewing of projects (9.45 - 11.00 – Judges only) |
| 11.00 a.m. |
Judging and viewing of projects (exhibition hall open to invited guests, parents and teachers) |
| 1.00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2.00 p.m. |
Awards Ceremony |
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Introduction: Philip Smyth
Tracey Nolan
Maura Moore-McCune
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Broadcaster and Science Communicator
Alumni Events Manager at UCD Foundation and Member of the SciFest Board
SciFest STEM Champion 2024
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| 2.30 p.m. |
Presentation of Awards |
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Details of the awards being presented may be viewed here
- SciFest Achievement in STEM Awards
- Boston Scientific Achievement in STEM Awards
- EirGrid Achievement in STEM Awards
- SciFest Junior Technologist of the Future Award
- SciFest Junior Scientist of the Future Award
- ISTA Award
- TUA Award
- SciFest Life Sciences Award
- SciFest Social Sciences Award
- SciFest STEM Outreach Video Award
- Regeneron ISEF Awards (2 Awards)
- Berlin Long Night of Science Award
- Keenova STEM Excellence Award
- Intel Technology Award
- EirGrid Cleaner Climate Grand Award
- Boston Scientific Medical Devices Grand Award
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3.30 p.m.
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3.45 p.m.
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SciFest STEM Champion 2025
Teacher of Excellence Award
Photographs
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