This month DIRDI & Coltraco moved into our new offices and laboratories at Explorer2 at The North East Technology Park – NETPark. We are proud to be based in the …
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The Institute’s strength will continue to lie in the people gathered at our dinners and events: curious, generous with their expertise, and open-minded enough to consider new perspectives. This year’s …
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On 15–16 July 2026, DIRDI’s National Strategic Research Group (NSRG) co hosted The “Future Science and Technology: The Ten–Fifteen Year Big Bets” conference with Dr Rob Johnson of the Changing …
DIRDI’s third annual Impact & Invention Conference took place on 26th of March 2026 in the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics (West), Durham University. The theme of the conference was …
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On 2nd of December, DIRDI hosted our first London Fellows dinner of the 2025/6 year, gathering scientists, economists, industrial leaders and Visiting Fellows from Whitehall under the warm lights of …
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DIRDI entered the 2025/2026 academic year with our first dinner held in the Fellows’ Dining Room at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Hosted by Dr Gareth Conduit FDIRDI, a Fellow …
As part of DIRDI’s Easter Term calendar, we hosted two dinners at The Polish Club, Ognisko, in London. Both events were well attended by a diverse group of Members and …
On the 27th of March 2025, DIRDI’s Impact and Invention Conference returned to Durham, held at Durham University’s Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics. We welcomed delegates from 8 different universities: …
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Thursday 13th February saw DIRDI host Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Andrew Burns CB OBE FDIRDI at our laboratory in Durham. We were honoured to host the Admiral as part of his …
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DIRDI Kicked off the New Year with a Dinner in our “Spiritual Home” at Hatfield College, Durham on 16th January 2025. Senior academics from Durham, and other Universities including Cambridge …