The Judges for the 2024 award were
Karlin Lillington, Irish Times tech journalist & columnist
Anne Mulvihill, sister of Mary Mulvihill
Dr. Abeba Birhane, Senior Fellow in Trustworthy AI at the Mozilla Foundation and Adjunct
Professor in the School of Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin.
Dr Birhane also presented the award to the winners
Past Judges
The judges for the 2023 award were:
Karlin Lillington, Irish Times tech journalist & columnist
Nigel Monaghan, Keeper, National Museum of Ireland – Natural History
Anne Mulvihill, Sister of Mary Mulvihill
Nigel Monaghan
Keeper, National Museum of Ireland – Natural History
Hannah Daly, professor of Sustainable Energy and Energy Systems Modelling at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Professor Daly also presented the 2023 award to the winners.
The judges for the 2022 award were:
Karlin Lillington, Irish Times tech journalist & columnist
Nigel Monaghan, Keeper, National Museum of Ireland – Natural History
Anne Mulvihill, Sister of Mary Mulvihill
Fiona Reagan
Professor in Chemistry, Dublin City University, & Director of the DCU Water Institute.
The judges for the 2021 award were:
Ellen Byrne, Creative director and founder, Festival of Curiosity
Karlin Lillington, Irish Times technology journalist and columnist
Nigel Monaghan, Keeper, National Museum of Ireland – Natural History
Anne Mulvihill, Sister of Mary Mulvihill
Cliona O’Farrelly, Professor of Comparative Immunology, Trinity College Dublin.
The 2021 award was presented by Professor Cliona O’Farrelly.
The judges for the 2020 award were:
Ellen Byrne, Creative director & founder Festival of Curiosity
Karlin Lillington, Irish Times tech journalist & columnist
Nigel Monaghan, Keeper, National Museum of Ireland – Natural History
Anne Mulvihill, Sister of Mary Mulvihill
The 2020 award was presented by Lynn Scarff, Director of the National Museum of Ireland.
The judges for the 2019 award were:
Ellen Byrne, Creative director & founder Festival of Curiosity
Karlin Lillington, Irish Times tech journalist & columnist
Nigel Monaghan, Keeper, National Museum of Ireland – Natural History
Anne Mulvihill, Sister of Mary Mulvihill
The 2019 award was presented by Ann O’Dea, founder of Inspirefest and co-founder and CEO of Silicon Republic.
The judges for the 2018 award were:
Karlin Lillington, Irish Times tech journalist & columnist
Nigel Monaghan, Keeper, National Museum of Ireland – Natural History
Anne Mulvihill, Sister of Mary Mulvihill
Ann O’Dea
CEO, Silicon Republic, founder of Inspirefest
The 2018 award was presented by Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell
The judges for the 2017 award were:
Orla Hardiman, Professor of Neurology, Trinity College Dublin & Consultant Neurologist, Beaumont Hospital Dublin.
Ann O’Dea, CEO & co-founder Silicon Republic, founder Inspirefest.
Anne Mulvihill, Sister of Mary Mulvihill.
Fiona Ross, Founding director Epic Ireland Museum.
The 2017 award was presented by Jane Grimson, Professor of Health Informatics, Trinity College Dublin.