DxD26: Infrastructure+Intelligibility | LSBU Digital x Data Research Centre

The second annual conference of the Digital x Data Research Centre at LSBU

How do infrastructures shape what becomes knowable? How do computational systems redefine intelligibility? What are the limits of machine-readable worlds? What critical literacies are necessary?

Join us for annual conference of the Digital x Data Research Centre at London South Bank University, where speakers will address these questions & more...

Infrastructure + Intelligibility | 01 - 02 July 2026

The conference is FREE, and open to all. It unfolds over two days exploring some of the core themes of the Digital x Data Research Centre. The second day is co-organised with the Building Future Communities Research Centre.

Confirmed speakers include: Rizal Sebastian (The Hague University of Applied Science), Luís Cruz (TU Delft), Tenesha Caton & Danielle Strydom (THUAS), Annet Dekker, Ofri Cnaani & Noa Roei (University of Amsterdam), Abouzar Estebsari & Chika Udeaja (LSBU), Ben Garside (Raspberry Pi Foundation), Ozan Kamiloglu (LSBU), Kasra Kassai (LSBU), Mariana Marangoni & Shinji Toya (UAL), Valerie Veatch (independent), Daniel Wing Hang Tang (LSBU/Bartlett)… and more to be announced soon.

Full details on the event, schedule and speakers can be found on the dedicated website.

DAY 1 | 01 JULY

The first day begins with a keynote and inaugural lecture by Prof Rizal Sebastian, and proceeds to explore how infrastructures organise the conditions under which the world becomes intelligible. We explore this through interdisciplinary presentations that engage with digital twins and smart cities, and green infrastructures. More details can be found here.

FILM SCREENING + Q&A | 18:00 - 20:30

A special event organised by Digital x Data Research Centre and the Creative & Responsible AI Lab at London South Bank University.

Watch the trailer below...

DAY 2 | 02 JULY

The second day, Engaging Critical Literacies, is organised in collaboration with the Building Future Communities Research Centre. It turns our attention to questions of literacy, focusing on the wider socio-technical conditions that shape intelligibility, explainability and action.

Presentations are derived from an open call, and we will be joined by guest speaker Ben Garside (Raspberry Pi Foundation), and the day will conclude with a session led by Partnership for Young London.

Full schedule to be announced soon.

PLEASE NOTE | You can let us know whether you'll be attending both days or individual days - as well as the film screening - via the online registration form where you'll also be able to inform us about your access & dietary requirements.