Conference Aims Celebrate the academic achievements of IOT STEM graduates. Opportunity to publish your undergraduate research in an expertly reviewed, open access, online undergraduate multi-disciplinarian scientific journal.

Conference Aims Provide a multi-disciplinary scientific forum through which undergraduate research outputs can be disseminated to students, researchers, academic professionals and industry. Provide new final year students with an opportunity to understand the range of research topics available and what can be achieved In an undergraduate project. Outline the career opportunities that exist for graduates in scientific disciplines.

Conference details Date: 28th September 2018 Presenters Audience Oral and poster presentations: current final year undergraduate students (2017/18) keynote oral presentations: successful graduates in industry and academia Career workshops: Research & Industry for all participants (audience and presenters) Audience Current (2017/18) penultimate year students who are entering final year research project stage in September 2018 Academc Staff Industry Representatives

Hosts and Visiting IoT’s Athlone Institute of Technology Athlone Institute of Technology; Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology; Limerick Institute of Technology; Institute of Technology, Sligo Waterford Institute of Technology Carlow Institute of Technology Cork Institute of Technology Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin Institute of Technology; Institute of Technology, Tallaght; Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown; Dundalk Institute of Technology

How Do I enter? Step 1: Complete your Research Step 2: Write your abstract! Step 3: Submit your abstract online by 15th May 2018 Abstracts for consideration for poster and oral presentations to be submitted centrally to the National Programme Committee. Information will be provided on the SURE Network website http://sure-network.ie/ Resources to assist with preparation of oral and poster presentations will be available on the conference website

Dates For your diary! Abstract submission Call for abstracts on 24th April 2018 15th May for final year projects completed by May 2018 Extended submission to June for later finishing projects by arrangement with the Programme Committee (mary.deasy@it-tallaght.ie) Option for oral presentation and/or poster presentation Notification of acceptance and feedback Mid June 2018 Preparation workshop will be provided for all successful for oral presenters Early September 2018

Awards & Certificates All presenters (poster and oral) will be included in the official conference proceedings, and a link will be provided for student CVs All presenters will receive a digital badge A prize for Best Science Communicator and Best Poster will be awarded at each conference venue Oral presenters will be invited to consider authoring a paper a SURE undergraduate research Journal. Details will be available on the conference website: http://sure- network.ie/