Tellus - Half Way There
06/11/2017 09:30
06/11/2017 13:30
Geological Survey Ireland, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin D4 K7X4
Geological Survey Ireland
Event Attendance Instructions
Registration is now closed. The event is fully booked.
The event will present an overview of the survey to date and outline future plans of the Tellus Programme as it reaches the 50 % survey completion milestone. In addition, the event will also focus on the different applications of the data, which to date have been used by a wide range of stakeholders, including mineral exploration, environmental management, agriculture, human health and third level researchers.
Programme:
09.00 Registration & Refreshments
09:30 Opening Remarks
- Koen Verbruggen, Director Geological Survey Ireland
09:35 Tellus Update, Review & Future Plans
- Ray Scanlon, Head of Programme, Future Plans
- Dr James Hodgson, Senior Geologist, Survey Operations & Findings 2015 - 2017
- Mairéad Glennon, Product Development Manager, Product Development
10.15 Questions & Answers – Panel Discussion
10:30 Coffee Break
11.00 Tellus Data - Use and Applications
Dr Jennifer McKinley, Queens University Belfast, Current and future potential use of Tellus data within the health Sector
Richard Turley, Geological Survey Ireland, Improving radon risk prediction from observations in water, earth and from the air
Dr Julian Menuge, University College Dublin, Stream sediment geochemistry and the search for rare earth pegmatites in south Leinster
Russell Rogers, Geological Survey Ireland, Re-mapping Ireland's geology, based on Tellus geophysics
Dr Nancy Riggs, Fulbright US Scholar, Trinity College Dublin /Geological Survey Ireland, Using Tellus data to investigate tectonics in Connemara, South Mayo
Dr Duygu Kiyan, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Geophysics Imaging the Earth's near surface using the Tellus Airborne Electromagnetic Data
13:00 Closing Remarks and Lunch