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Additional Speakers

In addition to our keynote addresses, there will be a number of presentations including;

Senior Lecturer in Marine Archaeological Geophysics, University of Ulster

"Submerged archaeological landscapes off the north coast of Ireland"

Rory Quinn is a Senior Lecturer in Marine Geoarchaeology at the University of Ulster with research interests in the application of geological and geophysical techniques to the identification, evolution and reconstruction of submerged archaeological sites and landscapes. He has a BSc in Geology from University College Cork, an MSc in Geophysics from Durham University and a PhD in Marine Geophysics from the National Oceanography Centre, Southhampton. He is an Adjunct Professor and Coracle Research Fellow in Submerged Landscapes with Memorial University (Newfoundland) and sits on the editorial board of the Journal of the North Atlantic.

Dr Stephen Newton, Senior Conservation Officer, BirdWatch Ireland

“Irish seabirds: what we know, what we don’t know, and opportunities”

Dr Newton has worked at BirdWatch Ireland (BWI) since 1996, being principally responsible for seabird research, monitoring and colony management. This includes overseeing the conservation effort at Rockabill, Europe’s premier Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii colony just off the Dublin coast. Stephen also oversees the long-tern Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax research programme and his remit includes input to BWI work on upland habitats and their birds, including birds of prey, especially Hen Harrier and Red Grouse, Golden Plover, Dunlin and Ring Ouzel. He is a member of the all-Ireland team responsible for the ‘Birds of Conservation Concern’ process which reviews the Red, Amber and Green lists for Ireland and is a member of the Irish Rare Breeding Birds Panel. In his ‘spare time’ Stephen looks after the BWI Library and is editor of the journal Irish Birds.