DRI Retreat 2022
Due to the success of this event, we are hosting another in Manchester from the 18th to the 22nd March 2024. Registration for the event has now closed but you can find event information on its events page.
There is no registration fee and accommodation, breakfast and lunch are free so you just need to get yourselves there and enjoy. We hope to see you all soon.
The N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research (N8CIR) hosted a digital infrastructure retreat.
This five-day event was developed to help technology specialists, such as research software and research infrastructure engineers, develop additional professional skills to support researchers and accelerate discovery.
It was a hybrid event taking place online and in-person at the University of Manchester. The sessions gave participants the time and space to engage fully with colleagues from various research domains.
Generous funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council allowed the event to be open to specialists from across the United Kingdom.
See videos of the sessions at: https://www.youtube.com/N8CIR
Session Information
Speakers and Panellists
This page contains brief biographies for the speakers at the Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat. The page will be updated regularly as new speakers are added.
The list is arranged alphabetically by surname.
Monday 28 March - The DRI Landscape
The first sessions of our five-day retreat will offer a gentle introduction to aspects of DRI, including some areas you may not have considered.
View all of the videos form today's sessions in a handy YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqjc7z7VX2L492J1X7D8KTATCfj02Zjcf
Tuesday 29 March - Engagement
The second day of the retreat is focused on engagement. The sessions today will help grow collaboration between different roles, for example software engineering and data management.
View all of the videos from today's sessions in a handy playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqjc7z7VX2L77ASizfhPtIPkftw0knIAz
Wednesday 30 March - Facilitation
An overview of the third day of N8 CIR's Digital Infrastructure Retreat, which will focus on ensuring all aspects of research infrastructure work well together.
Watch all of the videos of today's sessions in a handy YouTube playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqjc7z7VX2L7X7xeR9dSO2nF2LBSqRxV4
Thursday 31 March - Leadership
An overview of the penultimate day of N8 CIR's Digital Infrastructure Retreat, which will focus on many aspects of leadership.
View all of the videos of today's sessions in a handy YouTube playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqjc7z7VX2L4ASB40aDDfo3ASvzDNWp5H
Friday 1 April - Friends and Collaborators
An overview of the final day of N8 CIR's Digital Infrastructure Retreat, which will focus on working with those in, and outside, academia.
Watch the videos from today's sessions in a handy YouTube playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqjc7z7VX2L7uMB_FvbTM-sKHA2AybJF9