Over the past year, CaSDaR has been working to strengthen recognition of the role of Data Steward and build a connected UK-wide community. This residential conference on the 17th-18th November 2026 provides an opportunity to reflect on progress and contribute to what comes next.
Day one will focus on data stewardship in practice whereas Day two will highlight CaSDaR’s activities to date and allow delegates to have an impact in CaSDaR’s future plans and deliverables through engaging in parallel breakout sessions. A fuller agenda is provided below and on our website.
We’re keen to support in-person attendance of practitioners, such as librarians, archivists, data managers, and technical staff, through providing bursaries of up to £320pp for travel and accommodation at CaSDaR’s Data Steward Conference on the 17th-18th November 2026 at the Midland Hotel in Manchester.. Our bursaries were undersubscribed last year so we’d fully recommend people applying for these. We will handle all of the administration of booking – all you need to let us know are your requirements.
Availability is limited and bursaries will be allocated in chronological order, however there will be a lightweight review process to ensure that bursaries are allocated to areas that have been under-represented at previous events. We will only be able to support requests where we are able to book hotel rooms and travel for the attendee, and unfortunately we are unable to process retrospective requests ie the travel and accommodation has already been purchased by your organisation. The deadline for applications is the 26th October 2026, however applications will be reviewed periodically, therefore we aim to inform successful applicants within three weeks of their application.
More information is on the application form and if you have any questions then please email casdar@soton.ac.uk