This event, hosted by the N8 Centre of Excellence in Computationally Intensive Research (N8 CIR) intended to support the development of soft skills amongst the research support community. It ran from 18th-22nd March 2024 at the Pendulum Hotel and Conference Centre in Manchester. Attendees were DRI technology specialists, such as research software engineers, research infrastructure engineers, and research data managers, and the meeting allowed them to develop additional professional skills to support researchers and accelerate discovery. Both in-person and online attendees were welcome with close to 100 attendees daily.
Each day was broken into sessions based entirely on panel discussions with time for a Q&A in each session, and finished with an informal session which provided further discussion with panellists and networking (generally in the bar).
The links below provide the entire programme, the focus and panellists for each session in the daily schedules, panellist biographies, and an online noticeboard.
The meeting was recorded and videos of the sessions will be uploaded on these pages when they are available.
PROGRAMME & AGENDA
Monday 18th March - The DRI Landscape
The DRI context | The DRI Landscape
Tuesday 19th March - Engagement
Academic perspectives, Intake interviews | Mapping researchers needs to DRI skills and infrastructure | Helping each other as DRI professionals | Industry panel
Wednesday 20th March - Facilitation
DRI systems components | What lies ahead for DRI tech | Novel technologies | Portfolio management | Unconference session
Thursday 21st March - Leadership
The funding landscape | Grant writing | Teams, culture and diversity | Strategic thinking and vision | Developing a profession
Friday 22nd March - Friends and Collaborators
Fostering positive vendor relationships | Stories from the trenches | Wrap up
Panellist Biographies
NOTICEBOARD
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