Please see below the outline agenda for the two-day in person event being hosted at Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow on Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd October. The event is free, lunch and refreshments will be provided!

The event is all about bringing together researchers, academics, and industry folks from across Scotland to see how we can collaborate.

Lightning talks from universities on aspects of infrastructure research from energy, water, transport, flooding, cyber security resilience, net zero...

Please note you can register for one or both days of this in-person event!

Day 1: 09:30 - 16:45 - Tuesday 22nd October, Roadshow Event - Open to all!

09:30 - 10:00 Networking Breakfast

10:00 - 10:25 Opening talk, Professor Mathew Williams, Chief Scientific Adviser, Environmental, Natural Resources and Agriculture, at the Scottish Government

10:25 - 10:50 DAFNI Introduction, Dr Brian Matthews, DAFNI Programme Lead

10:50 - 10:55 DCC Introduction, Digital Curation Centre

10:55 - 11:15 DAFNI Technical Demonstration, Dr Jens Jensen, DAFNI Team Lead

11:15 - 11:45 Break

11:45 - 12:35 Lightning Talks

• Professor Berk Canberk, Edinburgh Napier, speaking on 'Digital Twins for Transport Systems'
• Dr Ji-Eun Byun, University of Glasgow, speaking on 'ClimaTracks'
• Dr Desen Kirli, University of Edinburgh, speaking on 'Resilience using EV's during extreme weather'
• Professor Peter Hunter, University of Stirling, speaking on 'Forth-ERA: A digital environmental observatory for the Forth Valley and Scotland'
• Dr Enrico Tubaldi, University of Strathclyde, speaking on 'Improving models for the impact of floods on transport infrastructure assets'

12:35 - 13:45 Lunch Break

13:45 - 14:05 Professor Campbell Booth, Vice Dean Research at the University of Strathclyde - ENergy System dIGital twIN (ENSIGN)

14:05 - 14:25 Professor David Flynn, Head of Research Division at the University of Glasgow - TransIT Research Hub - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation

14:25 - 14:45 Break

14:45 - 15:35 Lightning Talks

• Professor David Jenkins, Heriot-Watt University, speaking on - 'Using data to describe buildings within energy systems and policy'
• Dr Eky Febrianto, University of Glasgow speaking on 'Resilience of Railway Infrastructure through physics and data analytics'
• Professor Sean Smith, University of Edinburgh, speaking on 'Combining complex national buildings data for regulatory and compliance purposes'
• Dr Connor McGarry, University of Strathclyde - 'Leveraging data in translating heating and transport energy demand futures into electricity system impacts'
• Dr Tahir Mahmood, University of the West of Scotland, speaking on 'Exploring the Connection between AVCN and DAFNI'
• Dr Zhiwei Gao, University of Glasgow, speaking on 'Data-enhanced landslide modelling and prediction'

15:35 - 16:30 Networking / Collaboration

16:30 - 16:40 Close of event, Dr Brian Matthews, DAFNI Programme Lead

The second day will be focused on a workshop regarding the ‘Challenges and Barriers of Data Sharing’. This is in relation to funding the DAFNI programme has received from the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

DSIT are undertaking a pilot initiative to address the barriers and opportunities to data sharing. The overall objective of this activity is to test and understand the need for a national research cloud through a series of pilot studies, including ours.

The results of these pilots will inform a future funding case for further investment by government. We are looking to collect evidence within this workshop and would love for Scottish academics and industry partners to be involved. DSIT will be in attendance too.

This workshop is going to being facilitated by the Digital Curation Centre. Please come and join us and have you opinions heard!

Day 2: 09:30 - 15:00 - Wednesday 23rd October, Workshop - Target Audience:

Researchers, Government, Industry, Policy Makers, Data Sharing Experts, Infrastructure, Engineering Community across Scotland

09:30 - 10:00 Networking Breakfast

10:00 - 10:30 Welcome and Programme Overview, Dr Brian Matthews, DAFNI Programme Lead

10:30 - 10:50 DSIT Programme Overview, Olly Tones, Head of Data Sharing and Technology 

10:50 - 11:20 Break

11:20 - 12:35 Workshop Part 1: Moderated discussion on current data sharing culture, approaches and benefits

12:35 - 13:35 Lunch Break

13:35 - 14:20 Workshop Part 2: Moderated discussion on data sharing challenges and opportunities / solutions

14:20 - 14:35 Break

14:35 - 14:50 Summary of key messages from discussion groups and prioritisation for DAFNI-DINI.

14:50 - 15:00 Options for continuing engagement with DAFNI-DINI project

15:00 Close

We look forward to seeing you there!