DAFNI Conference 2021
Virtual Event, 5 July 2021
09:00 – 16:00 BST
Following 4 years of intense development effort, we are delighted to unveil to the wider community the exciting advancements within the facility and how it will relate to and revolutionise infrastructure business and research nationwide.
What is DAFNI?
DAFNI will become the National Platform to satisfy the computational needs in support of data analysis; infrastructure research; and strategic thinking for the UK’s long term planning and investment needs. The platform will support academic research that is aiming to provide the UK with a world leading infrastructure system that is more: efficient, reliable, resilient and affordable. It will achieve this by enabling the research community to conduct research that is able to generate new insights at a higher level of detail and accuracy than ever before.
DAFNI is funded by EPSRC as part of the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities.
DAFNI Showcase – Speakers
For more information, click on the speakers’ names.
UKRI Chief Executive
Chair of DAFNI Governance Board, University of Oxford
University of Edinburgh, Deputy Convenor of UKCRIC
DAFNI Project Lead, STFC
Head of adaptation at the Committee on Climate Change (CCC)
Head of Digital Twins at EPSRC
Head of UCL’s Infrastructure Systems Institute
University of Oxford
UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment and DAFNI’s Role
Director, Tyndall Centre, University of East Anglia
OpenCLIM – Modelling services at your fingertips
Head of ACSE Department, University of Sheffield
DAFNI, STFC
DAFNI Visualisation Capabilities
DAFNI, STFC
DAFNI Modelling service
DAFNI, STFC
DAFNI Data discovery
Marion Samler
DAFNI, STFC
Partnership Manager
Agenda
DAFNI Launch Event
The programme below may be subject to alteration
| Time | Session |
| 09:00 |
Welcome and introduction DAFNI the Facility – bridging the physical and digital divide Professor Jim Hall, Chair of the DAFNI Governance Board, University of Oxford |
| 09:15 |
Keynote Presentation UKRI Transforming Technologies: The context in which DAFNI sits Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, UKRI Chief Executive |
| 09:45 |
Meeting the UK’s Infrastructure investment agenda Professor Gordon Masterton, University of Edinburgh, Deputy Convenor of UKCRIC |
| 10:00 | 10 mins comfort break |
| 10:10 |
The DAFNI Facility: Opening Introduction to DAFNI Dr Brian Matthews, DAFNI Project Lead , STFC |
| 10:25 |
DAFNI Facility Demonstration: Data Discovery: Alex Kemp, DAFNI, STFC |
| 11:00 |
Q&A panel session Chaired by Professor Jim Hall |
| 11:40 |
Introduction to the afternoon session Professor Jim Hall, Chair of DAFNI Governance Board |
| 11:50 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 |
Welcome back and introduction to the afternoon session Dr. Brian Matthews, DAFNI Project Lead, STFC |
| 13:05 |
Keynote Presentation Climate Change Modelling and DAFNI’s role in the OpenCLIM Project Kathryn Brown, Head of Adaptation at the Committee on Climate Change |
| 13:25 |
OpenCLIM Project – Modelling services at your fingertips Professor Robert Nicholls, University of East Anglia |
| 13:40 | Q&A Session |
| 13:50 |
UKRI and Digital Twins Mark Gaskarth, Head of Digital Twins, EPSRC |
| 14:05 |
Data Ontology for Digital Twins – supporting research and operations Professor Liz Varga, UCL |
| 14:20 | 10 mins comfort break |
| 14:30 |
Digital Twin and Urban Observatories – how DAFNI is supporting the national Digital Twin Agenda Professor Daniel Coca, University of Sheffield |
| 14:45 |
UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment and DAFNI’s Role Professor David Wallom, University of Oxford |
| 15:00 |
Questions and Panel session Chaired by Professor Jim Hall Panel: |
| 15:40 |
Closing Remarks Professor Jim Hall, Chair of DAFNI Governance Board |
| 15:50 | Close of the event |
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