Nordic-RSE online unconference 2021

June 29-30, 13-16 CET (3 + 3 hours with optional social time)

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Are you developing software or tools that are driven by research/engineering in either academia or industry? Need to network, share knowledge and experiences with your peers? Nordic-RSE invites everyone interested to join and shape the agenda of our lightweight get-together.

The program will consist mainly of your contributions and we encourage you to submit a short abstract for a discussion topic, talk, demonstration, or any other type of program you would like to run beforehand (instructions below). But we will also collect on-site suggestions for contributions. No need to plan ahead!

To kick off the event on 29th we also have invited some speakers. Stay tuned for updates!

Format and scope

We would like this event to be an informal space for exchanging ideas and experiences, learning something new, and networking with people of the same interest group. You do not have to be a Research Software Engineer or a Researcher or a Software Engineer nor do you have to be in or be related to the Nordics. Everyone interested in RSE activities is welcome and encouraged to participate and shape the event to what you would like it to be!

The Nordic-RSE team will provide support and infrastructure and give a short overview of the Nordic-RSE activities.

Contributing

You can contribute not only with sessions you would like to present or lead but also by requesting what session you would like to happen and helping others organizing their sessions. You can do this by commenting here.

As an informal event, we welcome any kind of contribution which respects the Code of Conduct. If you have an idea you would like to discuss for the event, we encourage you to submit an issue here to discuss with the community and secure a place in the program. No idea yet? - No problem, we will also accept last minute contributions during the event.

Please also have a look at our time slot suggestions.

Here are some examples to spark ideas:

  • Discussion topics: is software, research software community or research software engineer something close to your heart? Come chatting with other enthusiasts!
  • Demonstrations: show us some tools or software that you like
  • Workshop or ReproHacks (only 3 hours in a day)
  • Talks: teach us something new
  • On-going projects: share with others something unfinished and almost working that you would like to get feedback on
  • Something else: is there something you would like to share with others that does not fit any of the previous points? We are looking forward to hearing about it!

Ready to submit your idea? - Please use the unconference contribution issue template to let us know. It does not have to be polished yet, but so that the community gets the idea. We can polish it together if you want to :)

You may also come and chat with us in the Zulip chat, where we can figure out contributions together.

If you want to be part of the published program, we kindly ask you to submit your idea by June 28th 2021 via any of the above mentioned channels. And remember, no stress, if you cannot submit anything before the event, you will still have the chance to add your contribution live during the event. But the earlier we know, the easier it is for us to schedule the contributions.

By submitting a contribution you agree that:

  • your name and abstract of the contribution will be published in our program
  • your contribution respects the Code of Conduct

Schedule

June 29

(all times in CEST)

  • 13:00 : Welcome and introduction to the unconference format: HackMD, proposing sessions, scheduling (Richard Darst and Samantha Wittke)
  • 13:15 : Invited talks (Chair: Samantha Wittke)
    • 13:15 : Shahnawaz Ahmed (Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology) "Keep your code alive - lessons from the QuTiP project" (abstract)
    • 13:35 : Kristoffer Carlsson (JuliaComputing) "Julia for research software engineers" (abstract)
    • 13:55 : Break
    • 14:05 : Q&A
    • Athanasia Monika Mowinckel (University of Oslo) "Developing and distributing in-house R-packages" (abstract) (due to unforseen circumstances, this talk will not be presented during this event and we will try to reschedule at a later stage as a regular RSE seminar)
  • 14:20 : Introduction to Nordic-RSE (Patric Holmvall)
  • 14:30 : Anne Fouilloux (Nordic-RSE) "Myths and misconceptions about research software development in academia" (abstract)
  • 14:50 : Unconference scheduling (Richard Darst)
  • 15:05 : Break
  • 15:15 : Unconference session 1 (chair: Richard Darst): Further details and updates in the attendee HackMD.
  • 16:00 : Close
  • Zoom remains open for Social time until ~18:00

June 30

(all times in CEST)

  • 13:00 : Introduction to the day and unconference scheduling (Jarno Rantaharju)
  • 13:10 : Unconference session 2 (chair: Jarno Rantaharju): Further details and updates in the attendee HackMD.
  • 14:20 : Break
  • 14:40 : Unconference session 3 (chair: Jarno Rantaharju): Further details and updates in the attendee HackMD.
  • 15:50 : Conclusion and follow-up (Patric Holmvall)
  • 16:00 : Close
  • Zoom remains open for Social time until ~18:00

Nordic-RSE provides

  • Code of Conduct
  • Zoom (with breakout rooms for unconference sessions)
  • Collaborative documents (HackMD)
  • Streaming and recording (opt-in)
  • Continuing conversation on our Zulip chat before, during, and after the event

The team behind the scenes of this event

  • Radovan Bast
  • Richard Darst
  • Luca Ferranti
  • Anne Fouilloux
  • Patric Holmvall
  • Jarno Rantaharju
  • Naoe Tatara
  • Samantha Wittke

Share the event

Do you want to share the event with your colleagues/friends? Here are a few texts that you can reuse, feel also free to modify them as you like.

Short teaser

Nordic-RSE invites everyone interested in "Research Software Engineering" activities to join & shape the agenda of the Nordic-RSE unconference (lightweight get-together) on June 29-30. See https://nordic-rse.org/events/2021-online-unconference/ for more details.

Longer teaser

  • Are you developing software or tools that are driven by research/engineering in either academia or industry?
  • Need to network, share knowledge and experiences with your peers?
  • Maybe you have heard of something called research software engineers and you would like to know more?

Nordic-RSE invites everyone interested in such topics to join our online unconference (lightweight get-together) on June 29 and 30, where we let the participants shape the agenda ("birds of a feather"). To kick off the event, we also have four invited speakers, including:

  • Kristoffer Carlsson (JuliaComputing) "Julia for research software engineers",
  • Athanasia Monika Mowinckel (University of Oslo) "Developing and distributing in-house R-packages",
  • Shahnawaz Ahmed (Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology) "Keep your code alive - lessons from the QuTiP project".
  • Anne Fouilloux (Nordic-RSE) "Myths and misconceptions about research software development in academia".

Next, the floor is yours! Come sharing your work and/or listening what others have been doing. Submit proposals and find out more at: https://nordic-rse.org/events/2021-online-unconference/