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RBSS Programme 2013


Robert Boyle Summer School Schedule 4th – 7th July Presentations (incl. discussion) are of 1 hour duration unless otherwise stated. Venue: Lismore Heritage Centre unless otherwise specified
Thursday 4th	INTRODUCTION TO BOYLE AND LISMORE
9:30 – 10:00	Screening of audio visual presentation: The Lismore Experience (30 mins)
10:00 – 10:30 / 11:30 - 12:00	"The Boyle Show", Eoin Gill, Waterford Institute of Technology
11:30 – 12:30	Walking Tour of Lismore
Evening Lecture 7:00pm	"Robert Boyle: Getting to know the man from Lismore: genius, polymath and eccentric", Prof Jim Malone, Robert Boyle Foundation
Friday 5th	HISTORY AND CONTEXT
9:30 – 10:00 am	Registration at Lismore Heritage Centre
10:00 am	"On the Boyle: Robert Boyle (1627–1691) and early modern English science", Dr Anna-Marie Roos, University of Lincoln
11:00 am	Tea and coffee sponsored by Lismore House Hotel and Lismore Heritage Centre.
11:30am	"Boyle in Ireland 1652-1654: medicine and the mechanical philosophy", Dr Bill Eaton, Georgia Southern University
3:30 pm	"Valentine Greatrakes, Ireland and the Boyles: the making of an early modern miracle healer", Dr Peter Elmer, University of Exeter
4:45 pm	Screening of audio visual presentation: The Lismore Experience (30 mins)
7:00 pm	Barbecue in Lismore Castle Upper Stables
	Guest of Honour: Mr Sean Sherlock TD *Minister for Research and Innovation* Featuring: a re-enactment of some famous experiments of Robert Boyle Traditional music by Sonas, food by NudeFood *(Wine sponsored by Ballyrafter House Hotel and Lismore House Hotel)*
Saturday 6th	BOYLE’S SCIENCE IN ACTION
10:00 am	"For the Glory of God, and for the Relief of Man's Estate" Dr Allan Chapman, University of Oxford
11:00 am	Tea and coffee sponsored by Lismore House Hotel and Lismore Heritage Centre.
11:30 am	"The impact of global ageing", Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Trinity College Dublin
3:30 pm	"Plants for the 21st Century", Professor Liam Dolan FRS, University of Oxford
5:00 pm	Tour Of Lismore Castle Gardens
8.00 pm	Dinner at Lismore House Hotel (With some entertainment devised by Jim Malone and Liam Convery)
10:00pm	Panel Discussion at Lismore House Hotel
Sunday 7^th	RELAXATION AND REFLECTION
12:00pm- 2:00pm	Guided Coach Tour of West Waterford sites of interest and outstanding natural beauty. Guided by Donald Brady, author of "Waterford Scientists"
Events held at the Lismore Heritage Centre unless otherwise stated.