Workshops

1.30-2.20pm: Extended Reality (XR) workshop lead by Alice Wroe and Richard Smith

All ticketholders are welcome to join Alice Wroe, XR Lead for Atlantic Institute and Richard Smith, XR Specialist for Atlantic Institute, for a session on extended reality as they create a 360 video.

2.40-3.30pm: We have a choice of four interactive workshops that attendees can join.

*Please choose ONE workshop from the list below that you wish to attend. You must book your ticket for your chosen workshop, your ticket allows you to attend this workshop only.*

Workshop 1:  Theatre workshop facilitated by Karen Meenan, co-hosted by Gabrielle Breathnach

Participants will join Karen Meenan, dementia communicator, playwright, radio presenter and producer for this workshop and Gabrielle Breathnach, actor and facilitator and writer of the dementia inclusive play Fragments.

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Workshop 2: Theatre workshop facilitated by Dr. Nicholas Johnson

The session will be facilitated by Dr. Nick Johnson, Associate Professor and Head of Drama at Trinity College Dublin, where he acts as the arts and health lead for the Global Brain Health Institute and co-directs the Trinity Centre for Beckett Studies.

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Workshop 3: Dance with Dr. Anusha Yasoda-Mohan

Dr. Anusha Yasoda - Mohan, is an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute, and Program Manager for a National Research Programme EMERALD - Lewy. Dr Yasoda - Mohan is also a trained Indian classical and Bollywood dancer, and will lend this accessible workshop, suitable for seated participants. 

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Workshop 4: Nutrition for Optimum Brain Health led by Richelle Flanagan

Join dietician Richelle Flanagan, co-founder of the Women’s Parkinson’s Project and My Moves Matter, as she facilitates this workshop about nutrition and the importance of diet for optimum brain health.