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Date Thu 9th — Fri 10th July 2026
Time Day 1: 12pm — 5pm
Day 2: 11am — 4pm
Venue Quadram Institute, Norwich

AboutWhat we'll do

A two-day workshop discussing FAIR practices and impacts at facilities in UK life science institutes

Lunch, tea and coffee are provided.

WhereLocation & directions

Quadram Institute Rosalind Franklin Rd
Norwich NR4 7UQ
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By Taxi

The local taxi service is Veezu.

By car

The Quadram Institute has its own guest carpark (access via Rosalind Franklin Rd). Get in contact with Sam to confirm a space.

By bus

Route 26 goes from the Norwich Train station to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Quadram is about a 5 minute walk from the hospital. PLEASE NOTE the 26A does not go to the hospital!

ScheduleItinerary

Day 1

Thursday 9 July

Arrival & Lunch

Sign in, enjoy lunch, meet the other participants.

Welcome

Keynote

Dr Philipp C. Münch - FAIR sequencing-data management with SeqDesk

Round table

Current UK Life Science Data Landscape

Break

Talk

Dr Nishadi De Silva - Introduction to BioFAIR.

Round table

Obstacles in producing FAIR data

Day 1 Closing Remarks

Dinner

Day 2

Friday 10 July

Talk

IBM Sponsored Talk - FAIR Research Data Management with IBM

Round table

Measuring FAIR Impact.

Lunch

Flash Talks

Talk

Dr Karim Gharbi and Dr Felix Shaw - Gold in gold out: connecting data brokers with core facilities to improve FAIR compliance

Round Table

Creating a FAIR road map

Workshop Closing Remarks

Coffee and network