Early Bird Registration Open for the World Community Development Conference

Participation, Power and Progress: Community Development Towards 2030.

Join us for IACD’s 65th anniversary conference celebrating community development around the world.

Please contact info@wcdc2018.ie  to register

 

Submit a Proposal

WCDC2018 will feature both submitted and invited sessions that address community development and its concerns for academics, practitioners, policy makers and stakeholders at all levels of experience.

The organising group of WCDC2018 welcomes abstracts and proposals for oral presentations, practice workshops, poster presentations, film screenings and visual arts responses which are reflective of the overall conference focus and related to one of the conference themes.

Proposals should relate to community development practice, processes and problems. If proposals are developed from disciplines other than community development, a clear connection must be made with community development. WCDC2018 encourage submissions from a wide range of perspectives and participants, both globally and thematically.

The working language of the conference will be English. If participants require language assistance please note this in your proposal.

The deadline for submission of all proposals is 17.00 GMT, September 30th 2017.

In order to facilitate maximum time for preparation, the peer review group is committed to informing applicants of the outcome of the peer review process as soon as possible after that date.

Arts and cultural events

WCDC 2018 hope to offer conference attendees with a broad range of cultural activities and arts events throughout the duration of the conference. Ireland is renowned for our vibrant arts and culture and we hope to provide you with a rich snapshot of what our country has to offer, including;

  • Music
  • Literature
  • Visual arts
  • Design
  • Politics
  • History

Please bear with us while we update the list of arts and cultural events.

Location and Travel

The World Community Development Conference 2018 will be hosted in the National University of Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland. Maynooth University is located in the heart of the historic town of Maynooth, which is Ireland’s only university town.

National University of Ireland Maynooth
Maynooth
Co Kildare
Ireland

NUI Maynooth website: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/

View the campus in more detail here

Travelling from Dublin Airport

Maynooth lies just 33km south-west of Dublin Airport, around 40 minutes travel time by car.

Over 50 airlines operate from 170 destinations to Dublin Airport, with up to 600 flights per day.

Visit the Dublin Airport website for flight details.

The Airport Hopper is a daily shuttle bus service to and from Dublin Airport. For further information and timetables access their website.

By car

Maynooth is situated 25km from Dublin city centre. Take junction 7 (signposted Maynooth/Straffan/Naas) off the M4 and follow the signs to Maynooth.

Turn left in the centre of the town and the gates to the South Campus are directly ahead of you. To reach the North Campus, take the left in the centre of the town, then turn right, take the next left and the entrance is on your right.

By bus

Dublin Bus

Maynooth is served by two Dublin Bus routes – the 66 and the 67. Both of these buses depart from Merrion Square in Dublin and run frequent services to the town. The 66x is an express service.
Both bus routes are the same until they reach Lucan; from here the 66 travels to Maynooth via Leixlip, and the 67 via Celbridge​.

See the Dublin Bus website for full details.

Bus Éireann

Bus Éireann operates daily services from: Athlone, Ballina, Galway, Longford, Mullingar, Sligo, Tuam and Westport.

See the Bus Éireann website for more details.

By rail

Maynooth lies on the Western Suburban railway line which serves the four Dublin city centre stations (Pearse Station, Tara St, Connolly Station and Docklands) as well as twelve other suburban stations; Drumcondra, Broombridge, Ashtown, Navan Rd. Parkway, Castleknock, Coolmine, Clonsilla, Hansfield, Dunboyne, M3 Parkway, Leixlip Confey and Leixlip Louisa Bridge, making it a quick and convenient way to get to Maynooth University.

This railway line also serves: Sligo, Collooney, Ballymote, Boyle, Carrick-on-Shannon, Dromod, Longford, Edgeworthstown, Mullingar, Enfield, Kilcock.

The South Campus is approximately five minutes walk from Maynooth train station and the North Campus approximately ten minutes walk.

Visit the Irish Rail website for train times.

Journey Plan App

The National Transport Authority announced that its Journey Plan App, has seen close to 300,000 downloads (288,554) since its 2012 launch. The free App gives users instant access, on their smartphone or tablet, to timetable and map information for all licensed public transport providers across all of Ireland, with Real Time travel information for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann services. Journey Plan is Ireland’s only one-stop travel planning App, providing bespoke plans for trains, buses, trams, ferry, and taxi services across Ireland and combining them into easy-to-read journey plans. The App provides door-to-door route plans and has information about scheduled departures and trips near any current location and from any specified point.

Features include:

  • Interactive and fully integrated Trip Planner
  • Real time departure information for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann services
  • All Ireland coverage including rural locations as well as cities such as Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford
  • All licensed public transport operators included
  • All modes of public transport including trains, buses, and trams from transport providers such as Dublin Bus, Luas, Bus Éireann, DART, Commuter Rail, AirCoach, Swords Express, GoBe, Matthews Coaches etc
  • Displays stops “near you”
  • Dynamic zoom and scroll mapping
  • GPS using “my location”
  • Updating maps “on the go”
  • Saves favourite locations and recent journeys
  • Email and In calendar functions

The Journey Plan App is available in the App Store (Apple), the Play Store (Google), and the Windows Store.