Festival of Curiosity

29 July, 2015

We were delighted to recently host the special “Festival of Curiosity” production at our Dublin Venue. The festival which took place on Friday the 24th July in our large banquet hall was hosted by RTE’s Rick O’Shea. The Festival of Curiosity production explores the top curious minds in the world by hacking the world of fashion, design, genetics and technology.

The Round Room is Dublin’s much loved and favourite venue complete with top class banqueting facilities. If you are looking for the best exhibition space Dublin has to offer, an event hosted at the Round Room, Mansion House is guaranteed to be like no other.  One of the best unique venues Dublin has to offer, the venue itself is steeped in history, built in 1821 to receive King George IV as it was deemed that there was no other room grand enough in Dublin to receive such royalty. 

The Festival of Curiosity featured a range of special guests on the night including;

Miranda Wang & Jeanny Yao (TED Speakers) At just 19 they identified new bacteria which can break down plastics in the ocean. Both have recently launched a venture named BioCellection, based at the IndieBio Accelerator in Cork.

Another popular guest featured on the night- Jack Horner, Science Advisor and inspiration behind the world famous Jurassic Park Films. Jack Horner is also a famous palaeontologist, who found his first dinosaur bone at just 8 years of age.

Amy Congdon also spoke at the event. Amy is a designer and she was involved with Biocouture, which is the world’s first bio creative consultancy. Additionally Alok Jha, a former Guardian reporter also spoke at the festival. He is now a science correspondent for ITV news and has recently published, “The Water Book: The Extraordinary Story of Our Most Ordinary Substance”.

Alex Rothera, a designer and inventor who focuses on the intersection of future technologies and contextual design was also a special guest on the night. He has worked as an imaginer for Walt Disney Company Research Division and he is also a founder of humane engineering.

Lastly Aoife Mc Lysaght was also a special guest at this great festival. Aoife is the Director of the Molecular Evolution Laboratory in Trinity College Dublin. Aoife has spoken at TEDxDublin as well as Ignite.