The Innovation Dublin Festival starts today, and celebrates and showcases innovation and creativity in Dublin.

Now in its fourth year the festival has grown to become a platform for bootcamps, conferences and workshops, tours, exhibitions, and performances – on all kinds of topics related to innovation and creativity.

Most events are free although booking is necessary for some events.

Follow the Festival on twitter @InnovationDub or #IDub12.

Selected Events:

• The Long Debate: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1493/
• The Dublin Adventure Way:http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1461/

• DCEB’s Your Business Day: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1385/
• Dublin Talks :http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/dublintalks/

• Turn Your Website Into A Sales Machine: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1387/
• IBM Smartcamp Kickstarthttp://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1596/

• Designing The Person Back In: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1544/
• Graduates Creating New Business Opportunities: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1471/
• Tools to Grow Your Own Businesshttp://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1449/

• Patents Office Briefing: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1497/
• Collaborate to Innovatehttp://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1411/

• Digital piracy: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1398/
• Cyberpsychology: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1397/

Culture:

• Sencity: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1462/
• Sounds of Europe: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1360/

Conferences :

• Dublin Web Summit http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1599/

• Measuring the Public Value of Arts and Humanities Research http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1570/

• Fusion : A Future Global Energy Source http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1431/

 

Events aimed at start-ups:

• Come With A Pencil, Leave With A Start Up Idea: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1543/
• Does Your Start Up Idea Have Legs? http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1579/
• Practical Marketing Tips For Start-Ups: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1459/

Events with an Education focus:

• Open Innovation Transnational Students http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1458/

• The Thesis In Three Competition: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1588/
• Bizworld Ireland Student Showcase: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1533/
• It’s My Business Junior Achievement: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1440/
• Innovative Solutions To Poverty: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1399/

Exhibitions:

• Students Learning With Communities Exhibition: http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1425/
• Innovation Dayhttp://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1443/

• Meitheal Adhmaidhttp://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1502/

• Art and Design at DIT http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1556/

Tours:

• Ingenious Dublin Inventions http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1477/
• Dublin Mail Centre Tour http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1580/
• Elephant and Earthquakes http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/view_event/ID1475/

Photo of Dublin used under the Creative Commons license and courtesy of Frozman on Flickr.