Posted by j.laird on 9 February 2022 - 10:00am 

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Collaborations Workshop 2022 (CW22) will take place online from Monday 4 April - Thursday 7 April and the call for lightning talks is open! The deadline for submissions is 23:59 GMT on Friday 4 March and we will notify applicants of the outcomes by 18 March.

A lightning talk gives you two minutes and one slide to discuss a subject. Lightning talks are the perfect way to introduce yourself at the workshop. You could talk about your work, an idea, a problem, promote a workshop you’re facilitating during the event, a pitch for the CW Hack Day or anything that's related to software and research - ideally related to the themes of CW22: Code Review, Ethics, Hybrid Working, or Software Sustainability. Alternatively, you could focus on one of the sub-themes of collaborative working, data/code sharing, reproducible research or data science.

How quick is lightning? Lightning is pretty quick: two minutes. You will be allowed only one slide, which you will have to submit in advance if selected. You'll be presenting alongside a countdown timer, so you'll have to keep to time. However, it's amazing how much you can present in two minutes and it’s a fun way to introduce yourself to the community! For examples and inspiration, you can watch the lightning talks from last year’s Collaborations Workshop in this YouTube playlist.

You can submit your lightning talk proposal here.

About Collaborations Workshop 2022

CW22 will take place online from Monday 4 April - Thursday 7 April 2022 and registration is open via Eventbrite. To find out more information and see the agenda, please visit the CW22 website and sign up to receive CW22 updates here.