The Connective Detective Exhibition

The Academy of the Near Future is delighted to invite you to the inaugural Connective Detective Exhibition on 9th & 10th May at Trinity College Dublin, featuring smart city prototypes from the next generation of innovators—and much more!

‘The Connective Detective’ programme is a free, creative and engaging workshop series designed for 5th and 6th class primary school students. Through hands-on activities, they explore telecommunications, connectivity, and smart cities in a fun and interactive way. The programme runs since early 2024 and so far we have engaged with 12 schools and over 450 students in the wider Dublin area.

We are incredibly proud and impressed by the work of our young innovators, and we wanted to share it with the wider public—to inspire both the next generation and experienced innovators alike. That’s why we’ve created ‘The Connective Detective’ Exhibition.

At the exhibition, you’ll discover how telecommunications infrastructure, connectivity, and smart city technologies work and how they are used in Dublin. You’ll also get to see smart city prototypes designed by our young innovators during the workshops.

But that’s not all! Visitors are invited to share their ideas, design their own with smart city designs out of Lego and recycling materials, and explore the evolution of telecommunications.

We can’t wait to welcome you to our very first ‘The Connective Detective’ Exhibition!

Location:

Regent House, Trinity College Dublin

Opening Hours:

9th May | 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM
10th May | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Free entry, but registration is required - open from the 1st of April.

Academy of the Near Future is a smart communities education programme in partnership with CONNECTand Dublin City Council