Two-day workshopFree · 30 places

FAIR 4 Facilities

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

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This workshop is free thanks to the generous support of:

AboutWhat we'll do

A two-day workshop discussing obstacles and sharing best-practices in producing FAIR data and sharing FAIR workflows at facilities within UK life science institutes.

For research technical professionals working at facilities within UK life science institutes.

Whether you are a data producer (lab technician at a sequencing/mass spec/microscopy/other facility), data handler (data steward/data scientist/bioinformatician/other), or facility manager we want your voice and experience heard.

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!

DinnerThe Georgian Townhouse

18:30 Thursday 9th July

30 – 34 Unthank Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 2RB

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HotelTravelodge Central

14 Queens Rd, Norwich NR1 3PR

There are two Travelodges in Norwich! Please do not go to the Riverside.

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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 Talk

Marie Held - Rolling the Boulder: A Camus Mindset for the FAIR Microscopy Revolution

Flash Talk

Oliver Williams - How Cefas support FAIR marine biodiversity data publishing at a local, national and global level.

Flash Talk

Ene Goktan - From ELNs to high level reporting - the Tree of Life’s approach to wet lab data integration

Flash Talk

James Lazenby - Image Data Management in the QIB Advanced Microscopy Facility

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