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Dublin 22 nd – 24 th June
University College Dublin

UCD – An Overview
UCD is one of Europe’s leading researchi
n t e n s i v e u n i v e r s i t i e s . A t U C D
undergraduate education, master’s and PhD
training, research, innovation and
community engagement form a dynamic
spectrum of activity.
UCD is Ireland’s leader in graduate
education with over 8,000 graduate
students, with almost a quarter being
graduate research students. Over 50% of
UCD undergraduates progress to graduate
studies.
Today UCD is Ireland’s largest and most
diverse university with over 30,000 students,
drawn from approximately 124 countries. It
actively promotes university life as a journey
of intellectual and personal discovery
through its highly innovative and flexible
UCD Horizons undergraduate curriculum
and is the most popular destination for Irish
school-leavers.
UCD is home to over 6,000 international
students and delivers degrees to over
5,000 students on overseas campuses. In
addition, the university places great
emphasis on the internationalisation of the
Irish student experience – preparing all
UCD students for future employment and
life that crosses borders, boundaries and
cultures.

Getting to UCD
Taxi
• Any taxi outside the Arrivals
Dublin Airport
Hall.
• Ask to go to UCD via the Port
Tunnel
• It is the quickest and cheapest
route via taxi.
UCD Campus

Getting to UCD
Aircoach
• Direct bus to UCD from outside the Arrivals Hall of the airport.
• Stops at the entrance to the UCD Belfield campus
• Single ticket for €9 online at www.aircoach.ie
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Select the departure location as 'Dublin Airport' and the destination as
'UCD Slip Road'.
You can also buy a ticket directly at the bus for a little extra. The
journey takes 45-60 minutes.
Dublin Bus &
Aircoach only accept
Euro Cash (coins) if
paying on the bus
Leap Visitor Card.
• €19.50 at the Spar shop in the arrivals hall in T1 or T2, or at the
Travel Information desk in Terminal 1.
• 3 days unlimited access to Dublin Bus, the Luas, the Dart and of
course the Airlink 747 airport bus service.
• To plan your travel, the Transport for Ireland website is very
good as it tells you how to get from A to B and what buses/luas/
dart you need to use. http://www.transportforireland.ie

UCD Campus
O’Brien Centre
Ardmore House
Aircoach Stops on this side of the
flyover – short walk then to UCD
‘Glenomena’
Accommodation

Where the KoM is Being Held

Schedule

Wednesday 22 nd June
Delegates arrive (all day)
19.00 Welcome reception
(Casual Attire)
Ardmore House
(Building 4, Grid C8 on UCD Campus Map)

Thursday 23 rd June
O’Connor Theatre, 2 nd Floor, O’Brien Centre, UCD (Casual Attire)
9.15 Opening - Prof Shane Ward & Isabelle Van Borm, Project Officer
9.30 Short (3 min) presentation by each partner
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Overview of the project - Prof Shane Ward
11.45 Work Package leaders 2 to 9 – overview (5 min each)
12.30 Work Package 1 workshop – all partners in attendance.
13.15 Lunch
14.00 Parallel Work Package workshops – Chairs WP Leaders
WP2 – Room H0.22; WP3 – Room H1.48; WP4 – Room H2.37;
WP5 – Room E3.07; WP6 – Room E4.46; WP6 – Room S1.67;
WP7 – Room S3.56; WP8 – Room E1.19; WP9 – Theatre
15.15 Coffee
15.30 Resume Parallel workshops – Chairs WP Leaders
17.00 Summary
17.30 End
19.00 Dinner – Merchant’s Arch – see next page for map etc.

Merchants Arch Bar & Restaurant
48/49 Wellington Quay, Templebar, Dublin 2

Friday 24 th June
O’Connor Theatre, 2 nd Floor, O’Brien Centre, UCD
9.00 "The potential of the 'circular economy' within the agri-food
industry", presentation by Prof. Shane Ward
10.00 Official Launch of AgroCycle by the European Commissioner for
Agriculture & Rural Development, Mr Phil Hogan
10.30 Reception Coffee & Networking
11.00 Administrative & Financial Matters relating to AgroCycle
11:30 Summary of action points (S. Ward)
13.15 Lunch
14.00 Plenary – Reports by each work package leader from the previous
day (5 minutes per WP Leader)
14:45 Final plan of action including schedule, meetings and general
operational procedures for the conduct of AgroCycle
15:00 Plenary Forum
15.30 END

Work Package Leaders
WP # WP Title
Lead
Partner Lead Contact Details
Agricultural Waste
Value Chain
WP1 Assessment CERTH Tassos Karabelas karabaj@cperi.certh.gr
WP2 Biofuels production EXERGY Rocio Roldan rroldan@exergy.uk.com
WP3 Fertilizer production UGENT Stefaan De Neve Stefaan.DeNeve@ugent.be
WP4
Agricultural
wastewater
exploitation &
treatment CERTH Tassos Karabelas karabaj@cperi.certh.gr
WP5
Biowaste valorisation
into high
value products FHG Matthias Reinelt matthias.reinelt@ivv.fraunhofer.de
WP6
Life Cycle Assessment
and Life
Cycle Costing UCD Nick Holden nick.holden@ucd.ie
WP7
Knowledge platform
and training EUBIA Andrea Salimbeni andrea.salimbeni@eubia.org
WP8
Sustainable value
chains and
business models NNFCC Lucy Hopwood L.Hopwood@nnfcc.co.uk
WP9 Innovation impacts UCD Kev Mcdonnell Kevin.Mcdonnell@ucd.ie
WP10 Project Management UCD Shane/Ger agrocycle@ucd.ie

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