DIT Bolton Street

This afternoon,  I gave a guest lecture via the  kind invitation of Mike Murphy of DIT to about 350 engineering students at DIT Bolton Street.  I spoke briefly about my own career,  and then addressed the importance of Chartered Engineering status,   and the role of Engineers Ireland.   We had a pretty lively Q&A afterwards,  with people interested in entrepreneurship,  Chartered status,  Jobseekers,  and the transition in 2013 to Masters level for Chartered Engineers.

Irish Property & Facility Management Association Conference "Seeing Through the MUD"

At the kind invitation of the Irish Property and Facility Management Association (IPFMA),  I attended their conference in Croke Park this morning,  with the intriguing title of "Seeing Through the MUD".

The MUD in question is the Multi-Unit Development bill 2009,  currently before the Oireachtas.  The Law Reform Commission made recommendations on the regulation and legislation pertaining to the Property Services industry,  and in particular to the role of management operating companies for apartment complexes.   The IPFMA have been extensively engaged throughout the process,  and the main purpose of today's conference is to consider a number of issues with the current draft legislation,  with a view to making a further submission to the Departments of Justice, Equality and Law Reform;  and of the Environment.

Quality of Life Exhibition, Design Thinking in Sweden and Ireland

At the invitation of DIT and the Swedish Embassy this evening I attended the opening of the Quality of Life exhibition at DIT Bolton Street,  together with a seminar on Design Thinking in Ireland and Sweden.