Alumni engagement and philanthropy



FIRST TEDx EVENT AT QUEEN’S TO TAKE PLACE TODAY!  

23 May 2019

Queen’s University – with event corporate partner PwC – is to host an independently organised TEDx event at Riddel Hall today, where participants will include current staff and students of the University, along with a number of graduates.

TED is an organisation that aims to bring together bright minds to give talks that are idea-focused, and on a wide range of subjects, to foster learning, inspiration and wonder – and provoke conversations that matter.

Events tagged as TEDx are independently organised but licensed by TED that share ideas in communities around the world. The long-awaited TEDxQueensUniversityBelfast comes to the University’s Riddel Hall campus today, Thursday 23 May 2019.

'OUTSIDE | IN' will feature speakers representing each of the University's faculties - Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering and Physical Sciences, and Medicine, Health and Life Sciences along with a number of notable graduates and individuals connected to the University.

The event, which is open to the public, is an exciting opportunity to hear more about ‘ideas worth spreading.’

Speakers will include:

  • Talented members of the Queen’s student body
  • Notable alumni, including Emer Maguire
  • Leading cyber security expert, Professor Máire O’Neill – a UK Female Inventor of the Year, youngest Irish Academy Fellow, and youngest-ever engineering professor at Queen’s
  • Dr Jackie Redpath MBE, CEO of the Greater Shankill Partnership
  • Performance by the award-winning graduate trio The Priests

Speaking when the event was announced earlier this month, Professor Ian Greer, the University’s President and Vice-Chancellor, said: “Queen’s is a hub for innovative and inspired ideas. This important event provides a platform for our students, staff, alumni and partners to share their ideas and speak about topics that matter to them, and that are relevant to society today.

“I am also delighted that PwC will be Corporate Partners of the event.”

Ian McConnell, Partner responsible for Operate, PwC’s operational delivery arm, said: “At PwC we aim to build trust in society and solve important problems. Sponsoring TEDx at Queen’s gives us an opportunity to do just that.

“Innovation, open dialogue and ideas worth spreading are important to us and they are what TED is all about, making this an ideal partnership.”

Media enquiries to Jemma Greenlees at Queen’s University Communications Office, tel: +44 (0)28 9097 3087.

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