Pictured at the Inorganic Ireland Symposium, held in the College on 11th December 2014 is P(l-r back) Professor Martin Albrecht (UCD), Dr Nick Fletcher (QUB), Professor Michael McGlinchey (UCD), Dr Matthias Tacke (UCD), Professor Celine Marmion (RCSI), Professor John Kelly (TCD), Mrs Rita Brown (Professor Brown’s wife), Dr Kenneth Glass (UCD), Dr Noel Fitzpatrick (UCD) and (l-r front) is Professor Annie Powell (Universität Karlsruhe, Germany) and recipient of the inaugural David Brown lecture award and Ms Elizabeth Brown (Professor Brown’s daughter)