The Computing Insight UK 2025 exhibition will be open on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th December at Manchester Central. There is a set-up day on Wednesday 3rd December (between 8am and 5pm) and all exhibits MUST be set-up on this day. We do not allow setting up in the exhibition during the conference on 4th and 5th December.

How to register:

Step 1 – register your company here.

Select CIUK 2025 Exhibitor as your registration type and you will be directed to the exhibitor registration path.

Register you company as normal. Exhibition staff can be registered in step 2.

Step 2 – register your exhibition staff here.

Select CIUK 2025 Delegate as your registration type and you will be directed to the delegate registration path.

Select the registration type ‘Exhibition Staff’ when prompted.

You should have received a discount code for the free entry of 3 of your staff in your company registration confirmation email. Redeem the discount by entering the code at on the payment page.

As with previous years we have five different exhibitor packages available – Standard, Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Each package includes different options. You can download a copy of the package information sheet from here and you will select your package via the online registration form.

During registration you will also select your stand. A copy of the floorplan is available here for reference . If your preferred stand is not showing as an option on the form when you register then it has already been selected by another company.

Payment of exhibitor fees can be made by credit card at the time you submit your registration or we can send you an invoice. If you choose the invoice option then you MUST upload a purchase order when you register. We cannot issue an invoice without a relevant PO.

Any questions should be directed to the conference mailbox – CIUK@stfc.ac.uk. The main contact for the CIUK exhibition is Georgia Lomas.

We look forward to welcoming you back to Manchester Central in December.

The CIUK Exhibitor manual for 2025 can now be found here.

​The CIUK exhibition is covered by our conference Terms and Conditions. These include the cancellation policy for the event that will be adhered to at all times with one exception. By submitting your registration to exhibit you are confirming your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

Sterling Event Group​ will be providing AV support for CIUK 2025. They can also provide exhibitors with equipment such as screens, laptops, iPads, PA systems and microphones. Download an order form here​. All completed forms to be returned to Sterling at exhibitions@sterlingeventgroup.co.uk​. If you need equipment not listed on the order form please contact Sterling directly on 0161 436 4444 to discuss your requirements.

As with last year, badge scanner are availbale for hire to all exhibitors. Full details are available here. 

We are currently accepting applications to speak as part of the main programme at Computing Insight UK 2025 at Manchester Central on 4-5 December 2025 here.

The theme for this year’s conference is Computing Unites with sub-themes including The Power of Community, Sustainable, Energy-Efficient Computing, Engaging with Industry and Cyber Security. Topics of interest also include, but are not limited to, all forms of advances in high performance computing, storage, networking, big data analysis, quantum computing, and software development.

If you would like to be part of the CIUK conference and can present on one of the topics above then please submit your application via the link on this page. We are specifically looking for technical presentations that identify a real-life problem and highlight how using HPC and associated software and technology helped to create a solution.  We want to hear about the benefits of using HPC to your project or research. What have you been able to do that you wouldn’t have been able to do without the latest technology?

Successful applicants will be allocated a thirty minute slot on the CIUK programme and will be included in the official, published conference proceedings. We welcome applications from all areas including academic, research and industry, as well as hardware and software providers.

Important deadlines:

· Friday 12 September – deadline of submission of abstracts

· w/c Monday 15 September – applications considered by CIUK Programme Committee

· w/c Monday 6 October – applicants informed of panel decision

Please note that we will be taking photos during the event and will be recording presentations to add to our CIUK YouTube playlist. If selected to present and you prefer not to be featured in event photos or videos please let a member of the organising team on the registration desk know.

The CIUK 2025​ Research Zone will allow all EPSRC Tier-2 Centres, and other sites with significant size computing facilities, the opportunity to join the CIUK exhibition and update attendees on their progress. Delegates can visit them in the exhibition hall to find out about their systems, discuss potential projects and discover how to get access.

A NEW LOOK CLUSTER CHALLENGE FOR CIUK 2025… over recent years we have seen massive growth in the CIUK cluster challenge. From 3 teams in our first competition to 16 teams last year the challenge is proving to be very popular amongst University students. We have now become victims of our own success and the previous format of the competition is no longer sustainable. So we are making some positive changes…

The CIUK2025 Cluster Challenge will see the introduction of a qualifying round. We are partnering with three Universities – The University of Edinburgh, UCL and Durham University. These Universities will be hosting a series of online challenges for the teams. Team members will also be required to complete the ARCHER2 driving test before commencing the challenges.

At the conclusion of these online challenges the top 8 teams will qualify to attend CIUK2025 at Manchester Central in December, with all travel and accommodation costs covered by CIUK. Once at CIUK2025 the qualified teams will complete a series of in-person challenges working with our partner companies Alces Flight and OCF as in previous years to crown the overall CIUK2025 Cluster Challenge Champions 🏆

Our champion team will then go forward to represent CIUK in the online version of the ISC’26 cluster challenge competition in June 2026.

Team applications for this years challenge are now open. 

Not sure what the cluster challenge is all about? Check out this video from last years competition… https://youtu.be/uY6dEjFeOMo?si=nEAICZ2Q4zh99GIY.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Deadline for applications 10am on Friday 3 October
• Selected teams confirmed on Monday 6 October
• ARCHER2 Driving Test to be completed before Friday 10 October
• Challenge materials (x3 – 1x EPCC, 1x Durham, 1x UCL) sent out Monday 13 October
• Challenges x3 to be completed by Friday 31 October
• Team presentations between Monday 3 and Friday 7 November
• Qualified teams confirmed by Wednesday 12 November
• Teams travel to Manchester Wednesday 3 December
• In-Person challenges at Manchester Thursday 4 and Friday 5 December (treasure hunt Thursday am, 1x challenge Thursday pm Alces, 1x challenge Friday am OCF)
• Winning team announced Friday 5 December pm

NOTE: the cluster challenge is limited to undergraduate and postgraduate students from “taught degree courses”. There is also a limit of 2 teams per institution.

We are now accepting applications to use the breakout room during CIUK 2025 on Thursday 4 and Friday 5 December. If you have a session that you feel would be suitable and attractive for the attendees at the conference then please submit an application online here. These sessions could be user meetings, project updates, hands-on training courses, product updates or anything similar. We will be offering slots of 1 hour, 2 hours or 4 hours. All applications will be assessed by the CIUK Scientific Advisory Committee who will allocate time slots on the programme to the sessions they feel best suit the conference themes and attendee profiles.

This is your opportunity to be part of the CIUK 2025 programme and enjoy the benefits that go with that, including advertising of your session alongside the other parts of CIUK 2025. There will be no charge to use the room for those that are selected. The room will be set-up theatre style for 100 people with a presentation stage and full AV support. The only stipulation is that all attendees to your session MUST be registered for CIUK in order to gain access to the building. This means, of course, that they can also enjoy all the other sessions at CIUK 2025, including the main programme of presentations, the exhibition and the other breakout sessions, plus the evening reception on Thursday 4 December.

Deadline for applications:

· Friday 12 September – deadline for applications

· w/c Monday 15 September – applications considered by CIUK Programme Committee

· w/c Monday 6 October – applicants informed of panel decision

We are currently accepting nominations for the CIUK 2025 Jacky Pallas Memorial Award here.

In 2019 we lost an incredibly important member of the CIUK Scientific Advisory Committee with the sudden and unexpected passing of Jacky Pallas at the age of just 54. Jacky was head of e-Research at King’s College London and for the previous three years had been an active and vocal member of the CIUK Scientific Advisory Committee, helping to shape the direction our event has taken and pushing through many positive changes, whilst championing diversity and the inclusion of young researchers.

In her memory, and in recognition of her passion for our conference, we introduced an annual award that will highlight the high impact work of an early career researcher and will allow the award winner a slot in the main programme at CIUK.  Researchers will be nominated by their supervisors and we are looking for nominations that highlight the impact of a project that early career researchers have been working on, or have completed.

Previous winners – and their presentations at CIUK – can be here

Deadline for applications:

· Friday 24 October – deadline for nomination

 · w/c Monday 3 November – applicants informed of panel decision

We are currently accepting applications for the CIUK 2025 Poster Competition here.

The theme for this year’s conference is Computing Uniteswith sub-themes including The Power of Community, Sustainable, Energy-Efficient Computing, Engaging with Industry and Cyber Security. Topics of interest also include, but are not limited to, all forms of advances in high performance computing, storage, networking, big data analysis, quantum computing, and software development.

Selected posters will be displayed physically at the conference and also online, as well as being included in the official conference proceedings.  We plan to display selected posters online on the CIUK website and physically at the conference on 4-5 December, where a panel of judges will select their winning poster. The winner will be announced before the final session on the afternoon of Friday 5 December.

All selected posters should be displayed physically at the conference before 9:30am on Thursday 4 December. CIUK is not responsible for printing any selected posters – all posters must be printed by the applicant – but selected poster presenters will receive FREE entry to the conference.

Important deadlines:

• Friday 14th November – deadline of submission of abstracts
• w/c Monday 17st November – applications considered by CIUK Programme Committee
• w/c Monday 24th November – applicants informed of panel decision

Please note that the poster competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students plus early careers researchers (within 5 years of qualification).