DAFNI Newsletter, March 2025

Welcome to the DAFNI March newsletter.

We are working hard on the preparation of our conference in September and are delighted to announce our Invited Speakers.

• Professor Richard Kirkham, Principal investigator on Building a Secure And Resilient World: Research and Coordination Hub (SALIENT)
• Rachael Steller, Resilient Infrastructure Lead at the Climate Change Committee
• Professor Nicholas Vasilakos, Professor of Sustainable Business Economics and Public Policy at the University of East Anglia, speaking on CROSSEU
• Oliver (Olly) Tones, Head of Data Sharing and Technology, Department for Science, Innovation andTechnology

Our Invited Speakers will help us explore our theme of ‘Bridging the Gap between Academia, Government and Industry’, offering new perspectives, creative ideas and insights as they share their journeys of innovation, vision and
impact.

On 12th March, we were delighted to hold our DINI-DAFNI showcase event, highlighting the enormous achievements of all our partners’ research. It was fantastic to discuss together what more is needed to support researchers to access and use data, and how we can deliver the impact of research to government, industry and society. Thank you all who attended, and particular thanks to all our speakers: Oliver Tones, Catherine Jones, Gea Mikic, Ceri Stanaway, Clara Diaz and Joanne Leach for their lightning talks, Elizabeth Newbold for use cases, our Champions: Professors Liz Varga and Theo Tryfonas and Dr Giuliano Punzo, and our panel speakers: Professor Varga, Miranda Sharpe and Mark Enzer.

Dr Brian Matthews, DAFNI Programme Lead