Trevor Boland is an experienced Assistive Technology Officer working in Higher Education supporting Students with disabilities. He previously lectured in the Access programme for non-traditional students in TU Dublin.

Trevor was previously the Digital and eLearning Officer in AHEAD and has been involved in the National rollout of the UDL Badge with UCD and the Teaching and Learning Forum. 

Ann Burns is a visual artist from North Cork, specializing in socially engaged practice, materiality, and digital media. She is currently part of the XR Labs residency at Digital Art Studios Belfast. Ann holds a Master's in Art and Environment from TU Dublin and a B.A.V.A. from Sherkin Island.

Her work has been showcased at the first XR Festival in Belfast and a digital festival in Potsdam, Germany. She was also an artist in residence for the Kinship Project with Cork City Council and Creative Ireland.

Ann's current projects explore the virtual space's haptic and plastic qualities, using time and sound as materials. She engages participants in collaborative digital and physical sculptural forms often utilising local clay and other environmental elements, fostering community co-production.

Additionally, Ann works as an Active Inclusion Support Advisor for the Cork Education and Training Board, promoting VR as an educational tool for isolated groups and enhancing teaching methods.

Siobhan Nolan B.Ed, M.A. Graduated in 1996 with a teaching qualification in Home Economics and Biology. Completed a Masters in Digital Media, Technology in Education. Taught for 25 years, in College of Commerce as further Education Teacher. Tutor in Higher Education. 

Dr. Rebekah Brennan is an experienced and widely published qualitative independent and postdoctoral researcher. She is the lead researcher on the SOAR project at UCC which seeks to improve access to higher education for underserved groups. Dr. Brennan is a lecturer/board member at Adult Continuing Education (ACE) on Level 7 Substance Use and Addiction Studies Diploma at University College Cork (UCC) and also Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Responding to Problem Gambling for Addiction Counsellors QQI Level 8. She is also a lecturer at An Cosan Higher Education, Tallaght, Dublin 24, who use a transformative education model for teaching and learning on the Level 7 Applied Addiction Studies and Community Development BA degree, where she also performs programmatic review and strategic planning for the development of the Higher Education team. She is an external panel lecturer in addiction at Ballyfermot Chapelizod Partnership, Dublin 10. Dr. Brennan holds a PhD by research in drug sociology from Waterford Institute of Technology (graduated October 2018). She is a former Irish Research Council Scholarship awardee (2013). She holds a BA (Hons) in Addiction Counselling (1.1). She has been a podcast guest for EPIC (Empowering People in Care) and her research has featured on RTE Brainstorm and the Irish Examiner. Her research interests include: substance use; community development; underserved groups and human rights. 

Claire is an occupational Therapist and Disability Officer who joined the Disability Service in November 2017. Clare graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a B.Sc. in Occupational Therapy in 2014 and has since worked in a range of healthcare areas including Adult Intellectual Disability, Acquired Brain Injury and Mental Health. Clare is the Disability Service lead on Pre-Entry to First Year Experience Activities and has also worked on initiatives to promote student partnership with the Disability Service, including leading the Disability Student Ambassador Programme and collaborating with the Trinity Ability Co-Op.