20/04/2026
Excited to share that I will be speaking at the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists Conference in Edinburgh next week.
Bringing my love of gaming and my experiences of attempting to record data with dyslexia together to explore what programmable peripherals can do to assist with accuracy and standardisation of data.
A week of firsts lays ahead: My first trip to Edinburgh, this will be the first time I'm speaking as my own business and also the first time I've built a presentation with my own branding!
🚨 CIfA Conference 2026 – Session Spotlight
We’re generating more archaeological data than ever before… but are we actually future-proofing it?
IMSIG, in collaboration with AAG, is delighted to be convening the session “Future-Proofing Archaeological Data: Lessons Learned, Innovation and Better Practice” at CIfA Conference 2026 - and we’ve got an incredible range of papers lined up.
This session brings together perspectives from across the sector, tackling some of the biggest challenges in archaeological data today – from infrastructure and governance to accessibility, interoperability and innovation.
A huge thank you to our speakers:
🔹 Katie Green (Archaeology Data Service) – INGEST: resilient infrastructure for large-scale data preservation
🔹 Jay Carver (4AD Consultants Ltd) – controlled vocabularies & future data exchange formats
🔹 Yingying Yan & Matthew Jones (Historic England) – developing the Marine HER for England
🔹 Anthony Lee (National Museums Scotland) – improving access to Scottish Treasure Trove data
🔹 Martin Newman (Historic England) – applying data governance in legacy organisations
🔹 Finnegan Pope-Carter & Paul Johnson (Magnitude Surveys) – tackling the “geophysical data swamp”
🔹 Claire Boardman (University of York) – speculative redesign in archaeological practice
🔹 Andrew Hutt (Berkshire Archaeological Society) – digital tools for excavation recording and interpretation
🔹 Adam Jarvis (Horus ARSIMI) – gaming, accessibility & remote sensing innovation
🔹 Peter McKeague (Historic Environment Scotland) – interoperability & inclusive data visualisation
We are particularly proud of the breadth of topics and organisations represented here – this is exactly the kind of cross-sector collaboration we need to build more sustainable, accessible and future-ready data practices.
This is undoubtedly one of the most exciting sessions IMSIG has had the privilege to put together, and we’re really looking forward to the discussion.
Come and join us!
