BRIGHTON, UK  //  2nd October 2026

Programme

A single day of talks, panels and lightning sessions on the infrastructures behind research. The full schedule will be published here — this is the shape it will take.

Schedule, Friday 2nd October 2026,

TO BE CONFIRMED
09:30
Registration and networking
Coffee/Tea and pastries
Lobby 1st floor, Edward Street Building
10:00
Welcome and opening remarks
Martin Wynne (University of Oxford) & Karina Rodriguez Echavarria (University of Brighton)
Room 105, Edward Street Building
10:15
Digital Research Infrastructure for Language Resources
Megan Bushnell (University of Oxford); Paul Rayson (Lancaster University); Martin Wynne (University of Oxford); William Lamb (University of Edinburgh)
Room 105, Edward Street Building
11:15
Coffee/Tea break
Lobby 1st floor, Edward Street Building
11:30
Digital Research Infrastructures for Arts and Humanities
Dr. Eamonn Bell (University of Durham); Dr. Joan Murphy (Trinity College Dublin); Dr. Barbara McGillivray (King's College London)
Room 105, Edward Street Building
12:30
Keynote: CLARIAH: A View from Other Countries
German Rigau i Claramunt (University of the Basque Country, Spain)
105, Edward Street Building
13:00
Lunch
Lunch provided; poster session in the lobby
Lobby 1st floor, Edward Street Building
14:00
Keynote: UKRI DRI Strategy for Digital Research Infrastructure
Ben Yarnall (UKRI)
105, Edward Street Building
14:30
Panel: Looking to Broader UK and European Research Infrastructures
Simone Gigliotti (Royal Holloway, University of London); More speaker TBC
105, Edward Street Building
15:30
Coffee/tea & Project showcase posters
Chair: Sally Chambers (The British Library); More speaker TBC
Lobby 1st floor, Edward Street Building
16:00
Showcases: Communities and Collaborations across disciplines
Chair: Karina Rodriguez Echavarria (University of Brighton); Various Presenters — more details to be confirmed
105, Edward Street Building
17:00
Close & Reception
Networking
Lobby 1st floor, Edward Street Building