Our main event takes place in the Barbirolli Room and Circle Foyer of The Bridgewater Hall with breakouts in the Charles Halle Room. Please see our agenda below for more details.
| Time & Place | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
08:30 – 09:30 Circle Foyer | Registration, coffee and networking | n/a |
| 09:30 – 10:00 Barbirolli Room | Welcome and scene-setting: Digital Science in 2026 | Claire Turner VP, Academic Markets, Digital Science |
| 10:00 – 10:25 Barbirolli Room | The Future University: Making sense of a shifting landscape | Miguel Garcia Digital Science |
| 10:25 – 10:50 Barbirolli Room | Symplectic Elements: Introducing Version 8 | Manya Buchan Principal Product Manager, Symplectic |
| 10:50 – 11:10 Circle Foyer | Break | n/a |
| 11:10 – 11:55 Barbirolli Room | AI-assisted profile curation | Claire Turner VP, Academic Markets, Digital Science & Speaker TBC |
| 11:55 – 12:40 Barbirolli Room | Symplectic item evaluation module update | Manya Buchan Principal Product Manager, Symplectic & Dave Jones REF Manager, University of Sheffield |
| 12:40 – 13:00 Barbirolli Room | Open Access Monitor | Speaker TBC |
| 13:00 – 14:00 Circle Foyer | Lunch | n/a |
| 14:00 – 14:20 Barbirolli Room | Supporting REF 2029 with Symplectic Elements | Manya Buchan Principal Product Manager, Symplectic |
| 14:00 – 14:20 Charles Hallé Room | BREAKOUT #1: Altmetric product update and roadmap | Miguel Garcia Digital Science |
| 14:20 – 15:10 Barbirolli Room | Symplectic: REF – Facilitated discussion | Manya Buchan Principal Product Manager, Symplectic & Dave Jones REF Manager, University of Sheffield |
| 14:20 – 15:10 Charles Hallé Room | BREAKOUT #2: Using Altmetric for impact reporting | Dominika Smithson Research Support Librarian Sheffield Hallam University & Yusuf Ozkan Research Outputs Analyst Imperial College London |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Break | n/a |
| 15:30 – 16:10 Barbirolli Room | Discovery Module 20 min product update + 20 min client story | Owen Praeger Lead Developer, Digital Science & Speaker TBC |
| 16:10 – 16:20 Barbirolli Room | Closing remarks | Claire Turner VP, Academic Markets, Digital Science |
| 16:30 – 18:30 Junction Bar | DRINKS RECEPTION Junction Bar, opposite Bridgewater Hall. Canapes and drinks. | n/a |
| Time & Place | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
08:30 – 09:30 Circle Foyer | Registration, coffee and networking | n/a |
| 09:30 – 09:40 Barbirolli Room | Welcome back and day two overview | Claire Turner VP, Academic Markets, Digital Science |
| 09:40 – 10:10 Barbirolli Room | Defending the value of your research infrastructure | Ann Campbell Director of Research Impact & Comparative Analytics, Digital Science |
| 10:10 – 10:40 Barbirolli Room | Pathways to Impact | Catherine McElhone Research Impact Facilitator University of Technology Sydney |
| 10:40 – 11:00 Circle Foyer | Break | n/a |
| 11:00 – 11:50 Barbirolli Room | Figshare item type metadata: How it works & planning for your migration | Francesca Dickins Product Manager, Figshare |
| 11:00 – 11:50 Charles Hallé Room | BREAKOUT #3 Dimensions Research Strategy | Miguel Garcia Digital Science |
| 11:50 – 13:00 Barbirolli Room | Client Stories: Figshare for open research and institutional reporting | Jitka Stilund Hansen Snr Executive Research Data Management Officer, DTU Library Technical University of Denmark & BIll Ayres Strategic Lead for Research Data Management The University of Manchester Library & Speaker TBC |
| 11:50 – 12:20 Charles Hallé Room | BREAKOUT #4 Exploring the data behind research performance, visibility and academic reputation | Ann Campbell Director of Research Impact & Comparative Analytics, Digital Science |
| 12:20 – 13:00 Charles Hallé Room | BREAKOUT #5 Dimensions Research Security | Miguel Garcia, Digital Science |
| 13:00 – 14:00 Circle Foyer | Lunch | n/a |
| 14:00 – 14:20 Barbirolli Room | Figshare Product update and Roadmap | Francesca Dickins Product Manager, Figshare |
| 14:00 – 14:20 Charles Hallé Room | BREAKOUT #6 Dimensions Client Story | Mani Tajaddini Data Scientist, Research Analytics Team TU Delft library (Introduced by Ann Campbell, Digital Science) |
| 14:20 – 15:00 Barbirolli Room | Figshare Product Workshop | Francesca Dickens Product Manager, Figshare |
| 14:20 – 15:00 Charles Hallé Room | BREAKOUT#7 Dimensions & the REF | Ann Campbell Director of Research Impact & Comparative Analytics, Digital Science |
| 15:00 – 15:20 Circle Foyer | Break | n/a |
| 15:20 – 15:50 Barbirolli Room | Overleaf: Writing workflows and AI tools | Andrew Stalker Institutional Sales Manager, Digital Science |
| 15:50 – 16:00 Barbirolli Room | Closing remarks and thanks | Claire Turner VP, Academic Markets, Digital Science |
| 16:00 | EVENT ENDS |