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The Software Sustainability Institute’s Collaborations Workshop series brings together researchers, developers, innovators, managers, funders, publishers, policy makers, leaders and educators to explore best practices and the future of research software. Collaborations Workshop 2023 (CW23) will take place as a hybrid event in Manchester, UK from Tuesday 2 May - Thursday 4 May 2023.
The theme of CW23 is Sustainable Career Development for those in the research software community: looking after your software, your career, and yourself. The theme encompasses
- Technical development: including software sustainability, software products and digital tools, infrastructure and documentation, software development skills, and training.
- Career development: including career pathways related to research software, how to get credit for your work, mentorship, and inclusive leadership to support team work.
- Personal development: including sustaining your mental health, wellbeing and finding community.
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Why you should attend
Blog posts and news items:
- Deadline for CW23 mini-workshop and lightning talk proposals: 24 February
- Call for submissions to Collaborations Workshop 2023
- Registration open for Collaborations Workshop 2023 (CW23)
- Announcing the theme of Collaborations Workshop 2023
- Videos from Collaborations Workshop 2022 now online
- Highlights from Collaborations Workshop 2022
- The RSE landscape
- (Do not) make it new: On Reusing Research Software and Tools in Digital Humanities Scholarship
- Highlights from Collaborations Workshop 2021
- Highlights from Collaborations Workshop 2020
- SSI Collaborations Workshop 2020: Remote unconference experience and notes
- Familiar faces: Videos on better and sustainable research software from Collaborations Workshop 2019
- 10 things I didn’t do at my first unconference
Previous events in the series.
Registration
Registration is open via Eventbrite. The deadline to register is Friday, 24 March 2023.
For your convenience, please find the registration questions here.
2023-03-20 Update: In-person tickets have now sold out. If you hope to attend in-person but have not yet registered, please sign up to the waitlist to be notified of released tickets or in case of any cancellations. If you are a session facilitator and still need to register for an in-person ticket, please contact CW23 Chair Rachael Ainsworth.
Financial Assistance
The Software Sustainability Institute is committed to fostering and supporting a diverse, equitable and inclusive research software community. We are proud to offer financial assistance to members of underrepresented groups, students/early career stages, and others who may not be able to attend or fully participate in the event otherwise.
Applications for financial support to participate in CW23 are open, please find more information and submit your application here.
The call for applications for financial assistance is now closed (the deadline was 23:59 GMT on Friday, 24 February 2023). Applicants were notified of the outcomes by 10 March 2023.
Sponsors
Please click here to view the Sponsorship page and packages.
Agenda
Please click here to view a provisional CW23 Agenda.
Call for Submissions
Mini-workshops and demo sessions: Do you want the opportunity to give an in-depth look at a particular tool or approach related to the CW23 themes and a chance to query developers and experts about how this might apply to participants' areas of work? Are you interested in running a 30-60 minute session to demonstrate a particular software product, approach or standard? Deliver specific training or an interactive tutorial? Conduct information gathering or explore a topic? Or another idea? Find out more information and submit your proposal for Mini-workshops and demo sessions here.
Lightning talks: Would you like 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, a pitch for the CW Hack Day or anything that's related to software and research, and ideally related to the themes of CW23. Find out more information and submit your proposal for a lightning talk here.
The call for submissions is now closed (the deadline was 23:59 GMT on Friday, 24 February 2023). Applicants were notified of the outcomes by 10 March 2023.
Venue and Accessibility
CW23 will take place as a hybrid event from Manchester, UK.
Hybrid participation will be facilitated using Zoom. All participants - both remote and in-person - will need to install their client, and make sure that it is updated to the latest version.
Live transcription and captioning will be provided using Otter.ai.
A CW23 Slack workspace will be available for participants to connect, engage in discussion, ask questions, and forge new collaborations. These conversations can persist long after the Zoom room has closed. The invitation link will be emailed to participants via the email they registered with.
We will be using Google Documents for collaborative note-taking and keeping everyone synchronised during CW23. The links to these documents will be shared with participants closer to the event.
We recommend that remote participants join with a good quality headset with microphone, plenty of screen space (either using a large monitor or second screen), a normally reliable WiFi signal or wired connection, and a quiet room where you are less likely to be disturbed (but we understand this might be difficult).
In-person participants should bring a laptop and a good quality headset with microphone. Remember, this is a hybrid event and you will still be interacting with other participants virtually.
If you are attending the event in-person, please find more information about the venue, location, accessibility, accommodation, and travel here.
More about Collaborations Workshop 2023
The Software Sustainability Institute invites all members of the research software community to explore and discuss the themes described above and other related issues at CW23.
CW23 participants will gain insight into topics around Sustainable Career Development and how these impact on research software. It is also an ideal opportunity to form collaborations (on average, CW participants start two new collaborations by attending) and to discuss topics proposed by attendees. CW23 is a great place to network and participants will meet many of the new and existing Software Sustainability Institute Fellows – key ambassadors in varied research domains.
Take a look at the Highlights from Collaborations Workshop 2022 and the videos on better and sustainable research software to better understand what happens at a Collaborations Workshop. Also please read the various blog posts listed above from previous Collaborations Workshops to better understand why you should attend and what you will gain.
Steering Committee
View the members of the CW23 Steering Committee here.
Participation Guidelines
By registering for CW23, you agree to abide by our Participation Guidelines, which include policies related to Code of Conduct, Privacy, Social Media, Intellectual Property, and COVID-19.