Calendar - HPC-SIG

12:00	Arrive and lunch
13:00	Welcome and Chair’s Business
13:30	Opening Session with Hartree Kate Royse: Director, Hartree Centre
14:00	Contributed Talks
14:30	Coffee break
15:00	Contributed Talks and Lightening Talks
16:45	Notices and close

Optional social evening

On 22nd October there is a option for meeting at The Waterside in Warrington from 6pm

Address: 1430 Park Boulevard, Centre Park Square, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1PR

Website: https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/cheshire/waterside

Day 2: Thursday 23rd October Morning

9:00	Refreshments
09:30	Quantum-Centric Supercomputing at The Hartree Centre Dr Stefano Mensa – Advanced Computing and Emerging Technologies Lead, Hartree Centre
10:00	Contributed Talks and Lightening Talks
10:45	Assemble for Hartree Tours
11:00	Hartree Tours Tour 1: Campus Technology Hub (CTH) – Introduction to Incubation @ STFC Tour 2 : Hartree Centre Visualisation Demos
11:45	Back for final session – contributions
12:30	Close and lunch
13:30	End

Day 2: Thursday 23rd October – PM

Optional half-day workshop on the UKRI Federated AI Application Container Platform/Registry project – further details to follow.

Tours

On Day 2 there will be a choice of two tours. Sign ups for these will be on Day 1.

Tour 1: Campus Technology Hub (CTH) – Introduction to Incubation @ STFC

Prototyping: How we can help to prototype your product using AM,VR-AR
Digital support: Visualise your product in VR/AR, use our 5G platform to test and visualise data connection
Facilities: Use the CTH space to work on your product and service with labs, electronic lab, CAD suite
Finance: Access to finance via STFC grant, INNOVATE UK grant and regional financial support
The Business Engagement Team is “your best BET” for growing your business.

Tour 2: Visualisation tour: Hartree Centre Visualisation Demos

The Hartree Centre visualisation team offers powerful visualisation capabilities aimed at transforming raw data into intuitive, interactive, and comprehensible forms. These demos showcase how immersive visualisation, VR/AR, and advanced computational techniques are used across multiple industries—from healthcare to design and beyond.

Hotels

We recommend hotels in Warrington if you would like to join us for the social on Wednesday evening at The Waterside.

Directions

By road: Daresbury Laboratory is 5 miles south west of Warrington and 5 miles east of Runcorn, immediately to the west of the A56 near the village of Daresbury. It is located 1 mile down the A56 from junction 11 of the M56 motorway, which connects to the national motorway network via the M6 (6 miles east).
By Air: Manchester and Liverpool international airports are both located within a thirty minute drive of Daresbury Laboratory. Taxis are available from outside the main arrivals hall at both airports. It is also possible to travel by train from both airports to stations in Warrington and Runcorn.
By train: There are frequent inter-city train services to both Runcorn and Warrington Bank Quay stations. There are also local services from Warrington Central. Details may be obtained from any British Rail enquiry office. Local enquiry offices are at Liverpool and Warrington.
By taxi: From the train station in Warrington it is about a 15 minute journey to the laboratory.
By bus: Three bus services run to the Daresbury laboratory campus. Timetables below are for guidance only, please check for any updates.
- 200 Runcorn Station – Murdishaw – Runcorn Employment Sites timetable – https://www3.halton.gov.uk/Pages/publictransport/pdf/BusTimetables/Timetable200.pdf
- X30 Warrington – Halton Lea – Chester via Daresbury – Beechwood – Sutton Weaver – Frodsham. – http://www.stfc.ac.uk/files/x30-arriva/
- 62A Warrington Bus Station -Chester Rd- Daresbury Expressway-Keckwick Lane turning at Sci-Tech, then as the 62 route to Widnes. – https://www3.halton.gov.uk/Pages/publictransport/pdf/BusTimetables/Timetable6262ANEW.pdf

SC 2025

Nov 16 – Nov 21 all-day

https://sc25.supercomputing.org/

CIUK 2025

Dec 3 – Dec 5 all-day

http://www.ukri.org/CIUK