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Harnessing Neurodiversity in the Modern Workplace - Thursday 27th March

27/03/2025 13:00 - 14:00
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Autism Acceptance Festival

DCU, NCI and ATU Sligo are, respectively, the first, second and third HEIs in Ireland to receive AsIAm designation as Autism Friendly HEIs. In 2024, CCT and DkIT both received their designations. NCAD are continuing the work in preparation for application.

In 2025, we six higher education institutes are proud to work together again to host the Autism Acceptance Festival. Now in it's 4th year, this festival hosts a series of public-facing events that centre autistic people and promote autism acceptance.

Learn more about the speakers in this event and find more events in this series by visiting our Festival Hub.

Harnessing Neurodiversity in the Modern Workplace

Time: 1-2pm
Date: Thursday 27th March

NCI’s Dave Cormack, programme director of the new Certificate in Harnessing Neurodiversity in the Modern Workplace microcredential programme at NCI, will talk to employers and employees (including current students) about their experiences and discuss what can be better, to fully realise the potential of neurodivergent people in the workplace, to everyone’s benefit! 

Our Panelists

Speakers at Harnessing Neurodiversity in the Modern Workplace event

Bios for our panelists can be found at the end of the page.

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Other Autism Acceptance Festival Events

If you are interested in finding out more about our other events, please visit our Festival Hub to check out what is happening.

More information on our panelists

Dave Cormack

Dave Cormack is a lecturer in the school of business and also programme director for both the BA (Hons) in Business Management part time degree and the Certificate in Harnessing Neurodiversity in the Modern Workplace microcredential programme. Dave completed his MBA at the Open University Business School in 1996 and is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management and a long-standing Member of the Marketing Institute in Ireland.

Prior to joining NCI Dave spent over thirty years in the technology industry most recently with the EMC Corporation and prior to that with Telecom Éireann, holding senior positions at both. While working in industry Dave also served as an associate lecturer at NCI and a number of other third level institutions.

Dave’s enthusiasm for learning combined with his ability to use real world examples to illustrate key concepts and his belief in his students ability makes him an engaging lecturer who works with students to enable them to achieve their potential.