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Annual Conference 2025

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This year’s DAFNI (Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure) Annual Conference is being held at The Edge, University of Sheffield, S10 3ED on Thursday 11th September 2025.

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The theme of the 2025 conference is ‘Bridging the gap between Academia, Government and Industry.’

Including the sub-themes:

– Climate Resilience

– Security and Trusted Research

Please see below for our outline agenda for the day including our exciting keynote speakers, invited speakers and panellists!

Further information will be updated here soon!

Tickets – £50 standard, £25 for students

Agenda

09:00 Arrival – Breakfast networking
09:30 Welcome, Introduction and DAFNI Fellows announcement
09:45

Keynote presentation

Juliet Mian, ARUP
10:15 Update on DAFNI
Bethan Perkins, DAFNI
10:35 Networking Break
11:00

INVITED SPEAKERS SESSION

SALIENT

Dr Richard Kirkham, University of Manchester

Climate Change Committee

Rachael Steller, Climate Change Committee

CROSSEU

Professor Nicholas Vasilakos, University of East Anglia
12:00 Networking lunch, poster session and demonstrations
13:30 Keynote presentation
Sarah Hayes, Connected Places Catapult
14:00 DSIT Pilot Project Outputs
Olly Tones, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
14:20 DINI Project results and recommendations
Dr Brian Matthews, DAFNI Programme Lead, Scientific Computing, STFC
14:50 Networking Break
15:15

Trusted Research Panel
Emily Jefferson, Health Data Research UK

Jason Feehily, University of Nottingham

David Batho, Jisc

Fourth panel member to be announced shortly! 
16:05 Ofwat
Paul Hickey, Ofwat
16:30 Conference closing remarks 
Dr Brian Matthews, DAFNI 
16:45 Close of Conference

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