BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.psdi.ac.uk
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/London
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20250330T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20251026T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20260329T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20261025T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20270328T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20271031T010000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260729
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260801
DTSTAMP:20260629T085516Z
CREATED:20260518T131804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260629T085516Z
UID:37432-1785283200-1785542399@www.psdi.ac.uk
SUMMARY:PSDI & Royce Materials Data Summit
DESCRIPTION:📅 Dates: 29th -31st July 2026📍 Location: Nancy Rothwell Building\, University of Manchester\, Manchester\, M13 9PL🤝 Organised by: The Henry Royce Institute & the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Overview\nThe Henry Royce Institute and the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI) are pleased to announce the PSDI & Royce Materials Data Summit\, which will be held from 29th to 31st July 2026 at the University of Manchester. \nThis event aims to bring together professionals working on digitalisation in materials science\, giving them the opportunity to share their work\, learn about recent developments\, and build collaborations. \nTopics in scope for the event include\, but are not limited to\, the following (in the context of materials): \n\n\n\nData standards\, metadata quality\, ontologies\, and semantic interoperability\nDigital research tools\, including workflow automation frameworks and electronic laboratory notebooks\nCommunity databases and curated data collections\nData-driven applications of AI\nAutonomous laboratories and digital twins\n\n\n\nWe welcome participants from a wide range of backgrounds\, e.g. experimentalists\, computational scientists\, industry\, software engineers\, data engineers\, data stewards. \nFormat\nThe event will be split into two parts: \n1. The 29th July will be dedicated to hands‑on training sessions where participants will be given the chance to try bleeding-edge digital tools. This training day will run from 1100-1845. \n2. The 30th and 31st July will have the format of a traditional conference\, featuring invited talks from leaders in the field and a poster exhibition. Participants attending this part of the event will be invited to submit abstracts for the poster exhibition. The conference will run from 0900-1800 on 30th July\, and 0900-1730 on 31st July. Moreover\, we hope to provide a optional conference dinner on the evening of the 30th July (1925-2125 to be confirmed)\, and tours of the host institution’s laboratories during the conference days. \nParticipants can register for one or both parts of the event (see below for link). At registration participants can specify their interest in\, e.g. the conference dinner and lab tour. Note that this event will be free to attend\, but requires registration. The exception is the optional conference dinner\, which will have a cost to be determined. \nNote that this event is in-person only for participants. \nA detailed timetable for the event (both parts) will be published at PSDI & Royce Materials Data Summit (29th-31st July 2026): Timetable · STFC Indico. \n\nParticipate\n\n\n\n\n\nThe link to register to attend (one or both of the training day and conference) is PSDI & Royce Materials Data Summit (29th-31st July 2026): Registration · STFC Indico. At registration participants can express interest in the conference dinner and laboratory tours for the conference.\nTo submit poster abstracts the link is PSDI & Royce Materials Data Summit (29th-31st July 2026): Call for Abstracts · STFC Indico.\n\n\n\n\nMotivation\n\nThis event builds on the success of the 2025 PSDI Materials Community Workshop\, hosted at the Royce Institute\, which attracted strong interest from researchers across the UK and Europe. That workshop became a catalyst for ongoing cross‑community dialogue on digital approaches in materials research. \n\n\nWhile numerous specialised meetings exist – for example\, on computational simulation\, data curation\, AI\, semantic interoperability\, or experimental data analysis – these events typically focus on their own technical domain rather than on materials as a unifying theme. As a result\, communication across the materials community remains fragmented\, slowing the development of coherent\, multi‑aspect digitalisation strategies. \n\n\nConversely\, broad materials‑research conferences (such as the UK’s Materials Research Exchange) include digitalisation as one topic among many\, but their generalist audiences limit the depth and continuity of discussions around digital technologies. \n\n\n‘PSDI & Royce Materials Data Summit’ aims to close this gap by offering a dedicated and inclusive forum for a holistic\, multi‑faceted conversation about materials digitalisation. \nFurther information\n\n\nFor specific enquiries please contact: \n\n\n\n\n\nStavrina Dimosthenous (stavrina.dimosthenous@manchester.ac.uk)\nTom Underwood (tom.underwood@stfc.ac.uk).\n\n\n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The call for abstracts is open\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				You can submit an abstract for reviewing. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Submit new abstract\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Registration\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Registration for this event is currently open. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Register now \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				29th-31st July 2026
URL:https://www.psdi.ac.uk/event/psdi_royce_materials_data_summit/
LOCATION:University of Manchester
CATEGORIES:Large Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.psdi.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/PSDIROYCEheader5-2048x1171-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR