This report summarizes the contributions presented at the IAEA technical meeting on 13th IAEA technical meeting on plasma control systems, data management and remote experiments in fusion research, hosted by UKAEA and held virtually, on 5–8 July 2021. The meeting brought together 90 experts from nuclear fusion research sites worldwide. The main topics of the meeting were plasma control; machine control, monitoring, safety and remote manipulation; data acquisition and signal processing; database techniques for information storage and retrieval; advanced computing and massive data analysis; remote participation and virtual laboratory; and fast network technology and its application.