IAI Conference 2025

The annual IAI Conference 2025 will take place on Friday 4th to Saturday 5th April at the Connacht Hotel in Galway City H91K5DD. The annual AGM will be held on Friday 4th at 4pm.

Call for Papers

This year’s theme is Fragmented Past: Letting in the Light.

The call for papers is now open and will close on Friday 10th January 2025. If you would like to submit a presentation or poster, please contact the conference organiser Elaine Lynch ([email protected]) with a title and abstract of no more that 200 words. Presentations should be between 15 and 20 minutes in length (no longer than 20 minutes).

All persons with a successfully accepted presentation will get free admission to the conference.

Posters

We are also accepting posters for the conference. If you wish to propose a poster, please submit a short abstract (max 80 words) on the poster topic by Friday 10th January 2025. There will be time allocated during the conference to discuss poster presentations with the attendees. During this time poster authors should attend their posters and attendees will have an opportunity to view the posters and discuss their research with them.

Student Submissions Presentations/Posters

We are offering three travel bursary’s covering up to the value of €150 (vouched) for students who are successful in making the presenters list for the conference. Preference will be given to students who are travelling.

There are three €50 one4all vouchers up for grabs for three successful student poster submissions (all poster submissions must be accompanied by the student).

All submissions for presentations and posters must be submitted to the conference organizer by Friday 10th January 2025. Please indicate in the email that you are a student and which college you are associated with.

The Conference

The conference will be a two-day event full of exciting recent archaeological projects and research. The annual AGM will be held on Friday at 4pm after the guest speaker. The annual quiz night with spot prizes will be held on the Friday at 8.00pm.

Hotel Booking

The Connacht Hotel is giving a promotional discount to conference attendees booking a night with the hotel. Please ring 091 381200 and quote this number 817451. Rooms at this discount rate are limited and will end on 31st January 2025. If you don’t want to miss out, book early.

Booking Conference Tickets

Eventbrite has been set up if you would like to purchase your conference tickets in advance. Lunch and tea/coffee breaks will be included with all ticket purchases.