Coast-R Webinar – Sharing and building on climate adaptation solutions using DAFNI

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2-3pm, Weds 25 February 2026, online

Join us for the next in our webinar series, where Dr. Tom Kirkham and Dr. Kyle Stevenson of the STFC will introduce the DAFNI (Data Analytics for National Infrastructure) platform, explain how it is already being used in the field of climate adaptation, and highlight opportunities to get involved.

The webinar will be chaired by the Coast-R Network’s Prof Stuart McLelland. Stuart is Deputy Director of the Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull and Professor of Water Science, conducting research focused on the experimental modelling of rivers and coasts, and particularly understanding how climate change impacts on these environments.

The webinar will take place via teams. To book your place, please complete the short registration form via this link:

Meet the speakers

Dr Tom Kirkham

Tom is the Science Lead for DAFNI. He works across the programme, building on his previous roles at the Hartree Centre and Innovate UK to develop partnerships and collaborations. His background is in distributed computing and integrating complex data into digital twins.

Dr Kyle Stevenson

Kyle is the DAFNI User liaison lead and is a computer scientist with background in particle physics. Kyle has worked across national labs for a number of years and has significant experience in computational modelling. Kyle leads the DAFNI teams work in supporting users of the platform when port data and computational models to the infrastructure.