Exploring National Experimentation Facilities - JOINER & SONIC Labs

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When: 11 July 2025, 09:30 - 14:00

Where: Digital Catapult 101 Euston Road London NW1 2RA

Cost: Free

This workshop is designed to provide a clear overview of our state-of-the-art JOINER and SONIC Labs facilities, outlining the capabilities users can leverage to support product development, and then mapping the types of potential users, the industries they sell to, and unique user requirements. Based on your expertise in the field, we will also explore engagement needs and brainstorm innovative models for interacting with these facilities in the future.

Following on from the JOINER Industry Launch event being held in Bristol on 24 June, UKTIN are delighted to be hosting this follow-up workshop for potential users of the exciting new capabilities offered by both the JOINER and SONIC Labs at-scale testbed infrastructures. These complementary and connected facilities are unique to the UK and offer significant value to a broad range of sectors that rely on future networks, as well as a broad range of different technologies and applications.

This workshop is designed to provide a clear overview of the JOINER and SONIC Labs facilities, outlining the capabilities users can leverage to support their R&D thinking and product development. We are interested in hearing from a wide range of potential users, from industry, both large and small, and academics developing new products. We want to capture what you might want to use these testbeds for and your specific user requirements, so that we can offer innovative and appropriate models for user engagement.

You do not need to have attended the JOINER Industry Launch event to register for this follow-up workshop, but those who have and been inspired are equally welcome. This is your opportunity to input and help shape the way these facilities evolve into the future.

Agenda

9:30 - 10: 00 Arrival & Registrations

10:00 - 10:05 Welcome

10:05 - 10:30 Introduction to JOINER

10:30 - 10:50 Introduction to SONIC Labs facilities

10:50 - 11:30 Explore users & use-cases (40 mins)

11:30 - 11:45 Break

11:45 - 12:50 Explore engagement needs & models

Part 1: Ideate at tables using use-case ideas as reference (35 mins)

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Part 2: Discuss on tables (30 mins)

(present some examples, then group discussion)