Conference Organising Team
Subject line - Digital Research Conference
digitalresearchservices@ed.ac.uk
The first Digital Research Conference at the University of Edinburgh will take place on 29th January 2025 at John McIntyre Conference Centre and will bring together researchers and professional staff supporting digital, data-intensive, and computational research.
Its aims are to promote best practices and inspire, encourage collaborations and stimulate discussion across schools, colleges and professional services on a broad range of digital research-related topics.
Themes & Sessions
- Understanding AI and future directions of Digital Research
- Dealing with Sensitive Research Data
- Digital Research Planning & Infrastructure for data transfer, storage, analysis, collaboration, sharing and preservation
- Digital Research Careers & Recognition
- Advancing Digital Research Skills & Training
Call for papers
The call for papers is now closed. Soon the program will be shared and registrations will be open.
Workshops
- Greening Your Digital Research: A Practical Workshop based on the Digital Humanities Climate Coalition Toolkit, led by Dr Lisa Otty (Centre for Data, Culture & Society)
- Social care data: Challenges and opportunities in the care of older people, led by Prof Susan Shenkin (Usher Institute), Dr Atul Anand, Stephen Powell & Pamela Linkstead (Dataloch)
- The Digital One Health session, led by Dr Adrian Muwonge, Bryan Wee, Carys Redman-White, Vesa Qarkaxhija, Gerald Mboowa, Tim Lee (The Digital One Health Laboratory, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies)
- UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration: A Trusted Research Environment for the longitudinal research community, led by Stela McLachlan (Usher Institute)
- Pain in the digital world, led by Dr Alexander Corbishley (Veterinary Clinical Sciences)
- The Future of the Digital Factory, led by Prof Jonathan Corney (School of Engineering)
- Empowering Non-Coders: Teaching Digital Research Skills to the Uninitiated, led by Dr Lucia Michielin (Centre for Data, Culture & Society)
Keynotes
- Professor Kim Graham will deliver the opening keynote.
- Professor Shannon Vallor, Professor Michèle Weiland and Professor Miguel O. Bernabeu will join a closing keynote panel discussion.
Key dates
- May 2024 - Call for papers opens
- July 2024 - Papers abstract submission deadline
- September 2024 - Programme Announcement & Registration for attendees opens
- February 2025 - Deadline for Full Papers (Optional)