Events
DAFNI Conference 2026
Updated on May 21 2026
This year’s DAFNI (Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure) Annual Conference will be held at Rhodes House, University of Oxford on Thursday 10th September 2026.
The conference will be structured around two core themes.
The morning session will focus on:
Climate and Security Resilience
The afternoon session will explore:
Government Industrial Strategy, with a focus on Clean Energy
Standard Tickets – £50
Student Tickets – £25
Our annual conference provides an opportunity to showcase our projects across Government, Academia and Industry from the past year and to share the latest updates from the DAFNI platform. The programme will feature keynotes, invited talks and interactive sessions, providing a forum to discuss the sheer breadth of scientific areas that DAFNI engages in.
Agenda:
09:00 Networking Breakfast
09:30 Keynote
Margaret Read, National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA)
10:00 Technical Talk
DAFNI Team
10:30 Lightning Talks
DAFNI Fellows
11:10 Networking Break
11:40 Invited Speakers
UrbanAIR Project, Professor Femke Vossepoel, TU Delft
CReDO + Programme, James Daniel, UK Power Networks and Elliot Christou, Connected Places Catapult
ENSIGN Projest, Professor Campbell Booth, University of Strathclyde
12:40 Networking Lunch
13:45 Keynote
Professor Jim Hall, University of Oxford
14:15 Clean Energy Introduction
14:30 Networking Break
15:00 Government Industrial Strategy, Clean Energy interactive session
EPSRC’s Supergen hubs and Industry Partners
16:30 Close
Brian Matthews, DAFNI Programme Lead
Further details will be announced here and on our social media as they are confirmed.
We look forward to seeing you there.
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