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

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 Project

            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  Closing remarks

            Brian Matthews, DAFNI Programme Lead

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Standard Tickets - £50

Student Tickets - £25

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