Mairead McGuinness, the outgoing European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, and the former First Vice President of the European Parliament, speaking at the conference.

Writer-in-residence 2025, Sarah Gilmartin, and Scríbhneoir Cónaithe 2025, Réaltán Ní Leannáin (Photo: Mark Steadman) / Scríbhneoir Cónaithe Béarla 2025, Sarah Gilmartin, agus Scríbhneoir Cónaithe Gaeilge 2025, Réaltán Ní Leannáin (Grianghraf: Mark Steadman)

From left: Dr Monica Ward, Dean of Teaching & Learning; Prof Lisa Looney, Vice President for Academic Affairs; Saeeda Khalil, third-year Physics with Biomedical Science student; Dr Susan Hegarty, Institutional Lead for DCU Futures; Malha Muhammed, fourth-year BioProcessing Engineering student; Dr Dorota Kamińska from Lodz University of Technology, Poland.

Credit: Kyran O'Brien

Dr Louise Hopper will co-ordinate DCU's contribution to the five year project. Credit: Kyran O'Brien

Prof Colum Kenny Photo Kyran O'Brien