Name: PSDI & Royce Materials Data Summit
Start: 2026-07-29T10:45:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-31T17:30:00+01:00
Location: Nancy Rothwell Building, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Monday, 27 July 2026
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
Wednesday, 29 July 2026

10:45 Registration

10:45 - 12:00
12:00 Room 1 Tutorials
12:00 - 18:00
Room: 2A.034
Contributions

12:00 Data analysis workflows, reproducibility and sharing with RO-Crate in Materials Galaxy

15:00 Automated nanoparticle segmentation of TEM images and generation of synthetic databases with TEMPOS - Andrew Stewart (University College London)
Room 2 Tutorials
12:00 - 18:30
Room: 2B.002
Contributions

12:00 Querying remote materials data sources

15:00 How to use CrystaLLM-pi to predict crystal structures
Room 3 Tutorials
12:00 - 18:00
Room: 2B.003
Contributions

15:00 From Data Silos to Linked Research Workflows: Hands-on with OpenSemanticLab and OO-LD
14:00 Registration

14:00 - 15:00

14:30 Break
Break
14:30 - 15:00
Thursday, 30 July 2026

09:00 Registration & morning coffee

09:00 - 10:00
Room: 2B.020

10:00 Conference Opening

10:00 - 10:15
Room: 2B.020
10:15 Keynote talk: Keynote talk 1
Keynote talk 1
10:15 - 11:00
Room: 2B.020
Contributions

10:15 Machine learning for materials science: A bittersweet lesson - Keith Butler
11:00 Break
Break
11:00 - 11:25
Room: 2B.020
11:25 Invited talks: Thursday session 1
Thursday session 1
11:25 - 12:55
Room: 2B.020
Contributions

11:25 Introduction to the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure - Brian Matthews

11:55 Introduction to segmenting TEM images via machine learning and synthetic data - Andrew Stewart (University College London)

12:25 Large Language Model Agents for Materials Research Workflows
12:55 Poster lightning talks: Thursday lightning talks
Thursday lightning talks
12:55 - 13:25
Room: 2B.020

13:25 Lunch
Lunch
13:25 - 15:40
Room: 2B.020

Poster Session

13:25 - 15:40
Room: 2B.020

13:55 Advanced Metals Processing Facilities Tour
Advanced Metals Processing Facilities Tour
13:55 - 14:15
Room: 2B.020
15:40 Invited talks: Thursday session 2
Thursday session 2
15:40 - 16:40
Room: 2B.020
Contributions

15:40 TBA - Christoph Eberl

16:10 A Whole New Lab: Exploring ELNs and Digital Transformation
16:40 Break
Break
16:40 - 17:10
Room: 2B.020

17:10 Forum: Thursday forum
Thursday forum
17:10 - 17:55
Room: 2B.020

19:25 Conference Dinner: Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:25 - 21:25
Friday, 31 July 2026

09:00 Registration & morning coffee

09:00 - 10:00
Room: 2B.020

10:00 Welcome to day 2

10:00 - 10:10
Room: 2B.020
10:10 Keynote talk: Keynote 2
Keynote 2
10:10 - 10:55
Room: 2B.020
Contributions

10:10 People are infrastructure: the strategic case for open simulation science.
10:55 Invited talks: Friday session 1
Friday session 1
10:55 - 11:20
Room: 2B.020
Contributions

10:55 (StC) Digital transformation at Royce - Stuart Kitney
11:20 Break
Break
11:20 - 11:50
Room: 2B.020
11:50 Invited talks: Friday session 2
Friday session 2
11:50 - 12:50
Room: 2B.020
Contributions

11:50 TBA - Robert Quarshie

12:20 TBA - Jesper Friis
12:50 Poster lightning talks: Friday lightning talks
Friday lightning talks
12:50 - 13:20
Room: 2B.020

13:20 Lunch
Lunch
13:20 - 15:00
Room: 2B.020

Poster Session

13:20 - 15:00
Room: 2B.020

14:00 Photon Science Institute Laboratory Tours
Photon Science Institute Laboratory Tours
14:00 - 14:45
Room: 2B.020
15:00 Invited talks: Friday session 3
Friday session 3
15:00 - 16:00
Room: 2B.020
Contributions

15:00 Multimodal AI for Materials Design

15:30 ICAT: metadata cataloguing for scientific facilities - Patrick Austin (STFC)
16:00 Break
Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: 2B.020

16:30 Forum: Friday forum & closing remarks
Friday forum & closing remarks
16:30 - 17:30
Room: 2B.020