2026 Programme

Day 1 (19th May) Smart Data Research UK

9:00–10:00 am	Registration and breakfast networking
10:00–10:15 am	Welcome remarks - Joe Cuddeford, SDR UK Director
10:15–10:45 am	Live data donation – interactive session with Smart Data Donation Service (SDDS)
10:45–11:30 am	Keynote address by Professor Amy Orben - Locked out: reclaiming data access in the digital age
11:30 am–12.00 pm	Coffee break and networking
12:00–12:45 pm	Data tools for impact – panel discussion with Healthy and Sustainable Places Data Service (HASP)
12:45-1:30 pm	Storytelling with smart data - presentation from Geographic Data Service (GeoDS)
1:30–2:30 pm	Lunch
2:30–3:15 pm	Making satellite imagery more useful – presentation from Data Service for Imagery (Imago)
3.15–4:00 pm	How data collaboration can help us better understand fuel poverty – panel discussion with Financial Data Service (FINDS) and Smart Energy Data Service (SENSE)
4–4:15 pm	Live data donation feedback – interactive session with Smart Data Donation Service (SDDS)
4:15–4.30 pm	Closing remarks
4.30 pm	Depart

Day 2 (20th May) International Society for the Study of Digital Footprints

9:00–9:30 am	Registration and Coffee
09:30–09:45 am	Opening remarks with Michelle Morris and Anya Skatova
09:45–10:15 am	Plenary 1: Mark Green - Professor of Health Geography, University of Liverpool
10:15–11:00 am	Academic Speed Dating - for ECRs (and everyone)
11:00–11:30 am	Networking coffee break
11:30 am–13:00 pm	Workshop session 1: Data quality workshop Practical Tools for Using Supermarket Data in Population and Planetary Health Research A Community Dialogue on the Increasing Challenge of Data Quality in Digital Footprint Data
1:00–1:40 pm	Networking lunch
1:40–2:00 pm	Lunchtime live Q&A with Metadata Works
2:00–3:00 pm	Flash talks 1
3:00–3:30 pm	Plenary 2: Vahé Nafilyan OBE - Health Statistician at the Office for National Statistics
3:30–5:00 pm	Poster tour 1
6:45–10:00 pm	Conference Dinner

Day 3 (21st May) International Society for the Study of Digital Footprints

9:00–9:30 am	Registration
9:30–9:35 am	Day 2 opening remarks
9:35–10:05 am	Plenary 3: Fran Pontin - Senior Research Fellow, University of Leeds
10:05–11:00 am	Poster tour 2
11:00–11.30 am	Break
11:30 am–12:30 pm	Flash talks 2
12:30-1:00 pm	Plenary 4: Heather Wardle - Professor of Gambling Research and Policy, University of Glasgow
1:00–1:40 pm	Networking Lunch
1:40–2:00 pm	Lunchtime live Q&A with HASP
2:00–3:30 pm	Workshop session 2: Reimagining Data Donation – The Data Donation Project for Climate Change (CDat and Beyond) How can we better engage the public in Digital Footprints research? Showcasing the Priority Places for Food Index among end-users
3:30–4:00 pm	Plenary 5: Thomas Knights - Social Impact Partnerships, Strava
4:00–4:30 pm	Prize giving and closing remarks
4:30–5.30 pm	Networking
5:30 pm	Depart