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: 21st Dec 2025, 03:12:21pm GMT
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Session Overview |
| Date: Tuesday, 17/Feb/2026 | |||
| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Welcome: Conference welcome Location: Emerald Ballroom Chair: Kevin Ashley, Digital Curation Centre A welcome to the 20th International Digital Curation Conference, with essential information about the next two days. |
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| 9:30am - 10:15am |
Keynote 1: Opening keynote Location: Emerald Ballroom |
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| 10:15am - 11:00am |
Poster presentations: One-minute poster presentations Location: Emerald Ballroom Each poster presenter will have one-minute to address the conference. |
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| 11:00am - 11:30am |
Tuesday coffee: Coffee break |
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| 11:30am - 1:00pm |
Session A: AI/ML: Curation challenges and opportunities: I Location: Emerald Ballroom Paper session. |
Session B: Sensitive and complex data Location: Istanbul Suite Paper session. |
Session C: Contemporary curation challenges: I Location: Venice Suite Paper session. |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch: Lunch break |
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| 2:00pm - 3:15pm |
Session D: Communities for curation support and development Location: Emerald Ballroom Lightning Talk session. |
Session E: AL/ML in research support Location: Istanbul Suite Lightning Talk session. |
Session F: Contemporary curation challenges: II Location: Venice Suite Lightning Talk session. |
| 3:15pm - 4:15pm |
Poster: Poster exhibition with coffee break A chance to look at conference poster submissions, with coffee and tea. |
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| 6:30pm - 9:30pm |
Dinner: Conference dinner Location: Garden Brewery and Taproom |
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| Date: Wednesday, 18/Feb/2026 | |||
| 9:30am - 11:00am |
Session G: Curating complex data Location: Emerald Ballroom Paper session. |
Session H: Discoverability Location: Istanbul Suite Paper session. |
Session J: Sustainability Location: Venice Suite Paper session. |
| 11:00am - 11:30am |
Wednesday coffee: Coffee break |
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| 11:30am - 12:45pm |
Session K: Data stewards Location: Emerald Ballroom Lightning Talk session. (Note: this session has four scheduled presentations) |
Session L: Creating communities and developing tools Location: Istanbul Suite Lightning Talk session. |
Session M: AI/ML: Curation challenges and opportunities: II Location: Venice Suite 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. |
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| 1:45pm - 2:45pm |
Session N: Data sovereignty and trusting people Location: Emerald Ballroom Paper session. |
Session O: Next generation DMPs Location: Istanbul Suite Paper session. |
Session P: Developing curation tools and services Location: Venice Suite Paper session. |
| 2:45pm - 2:50pm |
Transition: Transition time Five minutes to move into the closing conference sessions.. |
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| 2:50pm - 3:35pm |
Keynote 2: Closing keynote Location: Emerald Ballroom |
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| 3:35pm - 3:45pm |
Awards: Best paper and best poster awards Location: Emerald Ballroom 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. |
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| 3:45pm - 4:00pm |
Closing: Closing remarks Location: Emerald Ballroom Chair: Kevin Ashley, Digital Curation Centre A thank you and farewell to IDCC26. |
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| 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. |
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