Understanding Ireland Through AI: Potentials and Limitations

Explore how AI can turn complex information into clear, personalised reports in seconds. This interactive activity invites Festival visitors to see how variables from large-scale datasets can be transformed into accessible summaries by selecting variables of interest. Come see what AI can achieve in a short time: tailored reporting, unexpected limitations and how AI can… Continue reading Understanding Ireland Through AI: Potentials and Limitations

Juanita’s Big Problem – A Circus Performance

Juanita the Cleaner has been collecting her rubbish for one whole year. But what can she do with this mountain of plastic? She needs your help. In 45 minutes of hilarious climate-saving clowning, Europe’s leading female clown Angelica Santander tackles plastic pollution with dance, circus and several bin loads of humour.

Juanita’s Big Problem – A Circus Performance

Juanita the Cleaner has been collecting her rubbish for one whole year. But what can she do with this mountain of plastic? She needs your help. In 45 minutes of hilarious climate-saving clowning, Europe’s leading female clown Angelica Santander tackles plastic pollution with dance, circus and several bin loads of humour.

Play-with-AI to Create a Landscape Vision

Test the use of Artificial Intelligence tools as you generate a landscape vision of the future. UCD’s Landscape Architecture department invites you to visit us at the UCD Festival 2025, where you can design your ideal landscape. Be inspired by our students’ work, sketch your own ideas and watch as these ideas are transformed into… Continue reading Play-with-AI to Create a Landscape Vision

Intel Showcase

Located in the O’Brien Centre for Science, the Intel Showcase will feature interactive exhibits designed to inspire curiosity and spark imagination. Discover the incredible world of hands-on science and explore the endless possibilities of the world of science.

SMARTlab XR

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SMARTlab brings the Amazon rainforest, the bee motels of rural Europe, the lotic fauna of Kerry’s Iveragh river, and the world of the Irish boglands to life.  Come along and experience the shift in perspective by ‘being in’ nature through virtual reality and botanical olfactory scent.  The World Sensorium Conservancy, endorsed by UNESCO as a… Continue reading SMARTlab XR

Learn about the UCD Clinical Research Centre

The UCD Clinical Research Centre carries out high quality, world class, patient-centred research. With our hospital partners, we work to improve outcomes for patients. At the UCD Festival, we will invite attendees of all ages to learn more about life-saving clinical trials.

UCD Bikes Lab

Take the chance to test ride your dream bike and compete for prizes in the UCD Festival obstacle course and slow bike race. UCD Bikes, the community bike hub.

Ceoltóirí Craobh Naithí

Come and listen to Ceoltóirí Craobh Naithí play traditional Irish music. Bígí linn le ceol, craic agus cairdeas!