ADR UK Conference 2025 - full programme now available
16/09/2025 - 18/09/2025
Categories: Events, Conferences, ADR Wales, ADR UK Partnership
16 September 2025
From records to research: Harnessing administrative data to enhance lives
Join us for the opportunity to engage with others about administrative data research. The conference will be hosted by ADR Wales and take place in Cardiff from 17-18 September 2025, with pre-conference workshops on the 16 September.
From crime and justice, to education, social care, health and economic outcomes, this conference will welcome discussion on a broad range of research, as well as methods, public engagement and ethics.
Conference programme
The full programme is now available to view and assist you with planning your visit. It details the packed schedule of fascinating sessions planned over the conference period. The conference will feature five distinguished keynote talks, a ministerial address, 257 oral presentations, and 23 poster presentations.
Ministerial address
The Right Honourable Mark Drakeford MS (Member of Senedd), Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, will deliver a ministerial opening address on the second day of the ADR UK Conference 2025.
Keynote speakers
We are delighted to be joined by five fascinating keynote speakers:
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Dr Nisha de Silva - Programme Director, Data First & BOLD (Better Outcomes through Linked Data)
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Tom Emmery - Executive Director, ODISSEI (Dutch National Infrastructure for Social Science)
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Helena Benes Matos da Silva - Epidemiologist, Nutrition Group at Cidacs
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Professor Emily Jefferson - Chief Technology Officer of Health Data Research UK and Interim Director of DARE UK
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Fergus McDonald - Deputy Director, DARE UK
Early bird ticket registration closing soon
Early Bird registration for the conference will close on Friday 30 May. Secure you tickets now to take advantage of the limited time pricing.
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Presenter only Early Bird ticket: £390.00
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Group ticket for pre-conference workshops and main conference (groups of five or more): £415.00 per delegate
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Main conference only: £420.00
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Pre-conference workshops only: £120.00
Join us for Data Collision: Where social meets health
Hosted by ADR Wales and Datacise, Data Collision will take place on 15 – 16 September. This exciting datathon is designed to spark innovation and create powerful synergies between social data and health data.
- Datathon Early Bird ticket: £80.00
Sponsors
We are pleased to welcome this year's sponsors DARE UK, HDR UK, Research Data Scotland and UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration.
Read the blog from platinum sponsor DARE UK on why they are looking forward to this year's conference.
