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The Ryan Institute for Environmental, Marine and Energy Research in collaboration with the College of Engineering and Informatics at NUI Galway is hosting a one-day conference for public and private sector planners, decision makers, engineers, technology entrepreneurs, SMEs and start ups on Planning for Smart Cities & Regions of the Future. 

More than 500 marine mammal biologists from around the world will gather in Galway in the coming days for the 26th annual conference of the European Cetacean Society, hosted this year by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWD).

Ireland’s oceans are an extraordinary natural resource with massive potential yet to be tapped, according to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, who was speaking at a national marine economy conference held in Malahide, Co Dublin, on Tuesday last.

Schools around the west will be able to get caught up in the excitement and drama of the Volvo Ocean Race through the Ocean Explorers programme being overseen by the race finale organisers.

Tomás Breathnach was elected chairman of the Association of Irish Regions at its recent annual general meeting. The association comprises the eight regional authorities in the country and the two regional assemblies. Each of these bodies is represented by its chairperson and its director.

Former Mayo county manager Des Mahon has been appointed as chairman of the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) governing body.

Some 10,000 visitors descended on Salthill last Friday for Ireland’s first participation in European Researchers Night. Billed Sea2Sky by organisers NUI Galway, the celebration of science and research ran in parallel with events across 320 cities in Europe. The Galway event was visited by European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.

Showcasing science on a grand scale, the Irish event, Sea2Sky, takes place in Salthill, Galway on September 23.

Volunteers are being sought to support Sea2Sky, a free, family-oriented event taking place in Salthill on Friday, September 23.

Galway is to be the venue for Ireland’s first participation in the European Researchers Night which takes place in 800 venues across 320 cities on Friday, September 23.