Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 5th Mar 2026, 10:45:09am GMT
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Session Overview |
| Date: Tuesday, 17/Feb/2026 | |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Welcome: Conference welcome Location: Emerald Ballroom Session Chair: Kevin Ashley, Digital Curation Centre A welcome to the 20th International Digital Curation Conference, with essential information about the next two days. |
| 9:30am - 10:15am | Keynote 1: Opening keynote Location: Emerald Ballroom Session Chair: Kevin Ashley, Digital Curation Centre Dr. Antica Čulina Antica is an evolutionary ecologist and meta-scientist at the Ruđer Boskovic Institute, with expertise in evidence synthesis, open science, and social bond dynamics. At the Institute she leads the project on empowering ecological research via open science and meta-research. |
| 10:15am - 11:00am | Poster presentations: One-minute poster presentations Location: Emerald Ballroom Session Chair: Agnes Jasinska, Digital Curation Center Each poster presenter will have one-minute to address the conference. |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Tuesday coffee: Coffee break |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Session A: AI/ML: Curation challenges and opportunities: I Location: Emerald Ballroom Session Chair: Jared Lyle, ICPSR, University of MIchigan Paper session. |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Session B: Sensitive and complex data Location: Istanbul Suite Session Chair: Olga Churakova, University of Bern Paper session. |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Session C: Contemporary curation challenges: I Location: Venice Suite Session Chair: Pedro Príncipe, University of Minho Paper session. |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Lunch: Lunch break |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Session D: Communities for curation support and development Location: Emerald Ballroom Session Chair: Ingrid Dillo, DANS Lightning Talk session. |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Session E: AI/ML in research support Location: Istanbul Suite Session Chair: Lynda Kellam, University of Pennsylvania Lightning Talk session. |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Session F: Contemporary curation challenges: II Location: Venice Suite Session Chair: Mikala Narlock, Indiana University Lightning Talk session. |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Poster: Poster exhibition with coffee break A chance to look at conference poster submissions, with coffee and tea. |
| 6:30pm - 9:30pm | Dinner: Conference dinner Location: Garden Brewery and Taproom |
| Date: Wednesday, 18/Feb/2026 | |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Session G: Curating complex data Location: Emerald Ballroom Session Chair: Allison Tyler, UK Data Service Paper session. |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Session H: Discoverability Location: Istanbul Suite Session Chair: Robin Rice, University of Edinburgh Paper session. |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Session J: Sustainability Location: Venice Suite Session Chair: Hilary Hanahoe, Research Data Alliance Paper session. |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Wednesday coffee: Coffee break |
| 11:30am - 12:45pm | Session K: Data stewards Location: Emerald Ballroom Session Chair: João Aguiar Castro, INESC TEC Lightning Talk session. (Note: this session has four scheduled presentations) |
| 11:30am - 12:45pm | Session L: Creating communities and developing tools Location: Istanbul Suite Session Chair: Marcel Ras, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Lightning Talk session. |
| 11:30am - 12:45pm | Session M: AI/ML: Curation challenges and opportunities: II Location: Venice Suite Session Chair: Federico Grasso Toro, University of Bern Lightning Talk session. |
| 12:45pm - 1:45pm | Poster lunch: Lunch and poster session voting Lunch, with a chance to view and vote on the best conference poster. |
| 1:45pm - 2:45pm | Session N: Data sovereignty and trusting people Location: Emerald Ballroom Session Chair: Shanmugasundaram Venkataraman, DANS Paper session. |
| 1:45pm - 2:45pm | Session O: Next generation DMPs Location: Istanbul Suite Session Chair: Rory Macneil, Research Space Paper session. |
| 1:45pm - 2:45pm | Session P: Developing curation tools and services Location: Venice Suite Session Chair: Samantha Pearman-Kanza, University of Southampton Paper session. |
| 2:45pm - 2:50pm | Transition: Transition time Five minutes to move into the closing conference sessions.. |
| 2:50pm - 3:35pm | Keynote 2: Closing keynote Location: Emerald Ballroom Session Chair: Kevin Ashley, Digital Curation Centre Dr. Lynda Kellam and Mikala Narlock |
| 3:35pm - 3:45pm | Awards: Best paper and best poster awards Location: Emerald Ballroom Session Chair: Laurence Horton, University of Glasgow Recognising the best paper submission at the conference as identified by the programme committee, and the best poster as voted for by conference attendees. |
| 3:45pm - 4:00pm | Closing: Closing remarks Location: Emerald Ballroom Session Chair: Kevin Ashley, Digital Curation Centre A thank you and farewell to IDCC26. |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Networking coffee: Closing coffee break and informal networking The conference programme may be over, but there's one more chance for a coffee or tea and network with conference attendees. |