Public event: Celebrating Euan's Legacy

A picture of Euan MacDonald facing the camera and smiling

Public event: Celebrating Euan's Legacy

Location |
John MacIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh, Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Rd, Edinburgh, EH16 5AY

A public, afternoon event celebrating the legacy of Euan MacDonald MBE.

Euan MacDonald MBE, who lived with MND for over 20 years, died in 2024. The Centre that Euan founded, with his businessman father Donald MacDonald CBE, continues to flourish and brings together >250 MND researchers across Scotland.

We are delighted to host a public session to honour and build upon Euan's legacy, showcasing Euan's many achievements.

Everyone is welcome at this friendly event where there will be a chance to hear about MND research as well as Euan's other achievements, chat to researchers and ask questions, and enjoy refreshments. You're welcome to attend the whole afternoon if you can, or instead choose just the talks that you are most interested in.

For those not able to attend in person, the event will be recorded, and the recording made available on our website after the event. Please email us on EMC_admin@ed.ac.uk if you'd like to be sent the link to the recording when it's available.


Programme

14.00 - Arrivals and Introduction

14.20 - Euan's Guide: award-winning disabled access charity, founded by Euan with his sister Kiki

14.40 - SpeakUnique: digital technology speech technology company, spin out from a research project initiated by Euan

15.00 - MND research projects: hear about cutting-edge research direct from early-career researchers

15.20 - break, and browse research stands, talk to researchers

16.00 - MND-SMART clinical trial, and MND research infrastructure in Scotland

16.30 - public lecture on the future of MND research by Prof Siddharthan Chandran

17.00 - reception and another chance to browse research stands and chat to researchers

18.30 - close


Cost

The cost is £20 for attendance at the 'Celebrating Euan's Legacy' public session plus reception.

A 100% discount code is available to enable free attendance for:

  • members of the Euan MacDonald Centre and invited guests (including donors and fundraisers)
  • people living with MND and their families/carers

Please contact us on EMC_Admin@ed.ac.uk to obtain the code. The code should be entered at the Eventbrite checkout.


Registration

Registration is essential. Please register on Eventbrite at

https://tribute-euan-macdonald-symposium-2025.eventbrite.co.uk

and choose "Euan's Legacy public session" at the checkout.

Registration will close on Monday 22nd September at 9am. Full refunds are available for cancelled places until this time, but refunds cannot be offered after this date as numbers will have been confirmed with the venue.


Venue, accessibility, parking and travel

The John MacIntyre Centre is on the University's Pollock Estate, approximately 30 minutes from Edinburgh Waverley train station by bus or on foot.

There is some free parking available on the estate on a first-come-first-served basis, but as this is very limited we recommend using public transport.

View a full accessibility and travel guide on Accessable.co.uk (external website)

Downloadable PDFs:


Academic Symposium

This public event is part of the 1.5-day "Tribute to Euan MacDonald" academic symposium, featuring academic talks on MND research from high-profile researchers in the UK and beyond.

If you are looking for that instead, click here for further information on the academic symposium.

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