The highly anticipated Collaborations Workshop 2025 (CW25) is set to feature an impressive lineup of keynote speakers and expert panellists. CW25 will take place as a hybrid event from Tuesday 13 May to Thursday 15 May 2025 at Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling.
CW25 will centre around future proofing research software and how we evolve together as a diverse community. Over three days, delegates will be invited to take part in discussion sessions, collaborative ideas sessions, and hack day sessions, to explore together and create together.
Registration went live on Monday 24 February via Eventbrite.
Keynote: The Future of Research Software
The CW25 organising and steering committees are delighted to announce yet another distinguished keynote speaker, who is widely recognised for their contributions to the Research Software community.
Kirstie Whitaker | |
| Dr Kirstie Whitaker is the executive director of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science, returning in January 2025 to where she completed her PhD in Neuroscience in 2012. Kirstie led the Tools, Practices and Systems research programme at The Alan Turing Institute from 2020-2024. Kirstie founded The Turing Way, an openly developed educational resource that enables researchers and citizen scientists across government, industry, academia and third sector organizations to embed open source practices into their work. Kirstie has co-created, hired, and set strategic goals for teams of Research Community Managers and Research Application Managers, two examples of "Research Infrastructure Roles". She is an advocate for delivering the most impactful, ethical and efficient data science research and innovation through teams of specialised professionals working together to address interdisciplinary social and scientific challenges. |
