Our Mission
The UK X-ray Tomography Roadmap provides a strategic framework to map the national landscape across hardware, software, data pipelines, and skills.It will evaluate the current UK capability, identify growth areas, define future requirements, and highlight key challenges to achieving this.
Digital twin of the Oxford Dodo.
Jay Warnett (University of Warwick)
Take the 2026 National Survey
15-20 minutes depending on experience. Covering hardware access, software use, skills and challenges/requirements.
Open the survey → (opens in a new tab)Register for the Town Halls
London & Manchester. Google Form sign-up, free to attend.
Register now →Digital twin of the Oxford Dodo, from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Jay Warnett (University of Warwick)Three pillars, eighteen months
Alignment
Scoping, survey design and consesus across the twelve-member Working Group
Engagement
The national survey, regional town halls in London and Manchester, and facility interviews.
Generation
Turning your input into an evidenced, actionable roadmap.
The road to Spring 2027
- AlignmentNow – 4 Oct 2026Working Group alignment & survey design
- Engagement 15 Oct – 13 Nov 2026National Survey open to the UK communityWe are here
- Engagement 2w/c 7 Dec & 15 DecRegional town halls — London & Manchester
- Engagement 3Dec 2026 - Jan 2027Targeted follow-ups with key XCT facilities
- Generation 1Jan – Feb 2027Roadmap drafting by the Working Group
- Generation 2March 2027International panel review
- PublicationSpring 2027Official roadmap release
A cross-community working group. Your voice.
The roadmap was commissioned as part of the UKRI funded CCPi project (EP/T026677/1). Chaired by Co-I Jay Warnett from the University of Warwick, a cross-community working group was assembled from different disciplines, career stages, facility sizes and geographical spread.
Meet the Working Group →
