The Software Sustainability Institute's annual Collaborations Workshop (CW) is an immersive, three-day unconference, which emphasises active collaborations, dynamic discussions, and hands-on problem-solving. The highly anticipated Collaborations Workshop 2026 (CW26) is set to feature an impressive lineup of speakers and an interactive programme of sessions.
Early bird tickets are available until 31 December via Eventbrite. General admission tickets will be available thereafter.
Opening Keynote: Malvika Sharan
We are delighted to announce the first keynote speaker, Malvika Sharan, who will open Collaborations Workshop 2026, set the tone and inspire the discussion that follow.
Malvika Sharan | |
| Malvika is the Senior Director of Data Science at the newly established Office of Data Science at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Previously, she held research and leadership roles at The Alan Turing Institute and European Molecular Biology Laboratory, where she led and scaled data science and bioinformatics community initiatives, notably The Turing Way and EMBL’s Bio-IT. An open source/science advocate, Malvika co-founded Open Life Science (OLS), an international training, mentoring and capacity builiding organisation, and recently established RCM Cooperative to mobilise and connect Research Community Managers from across organisations. She has advised initiatives like NASA Open Science, the Society of RSE, Open Bioinformatics Foundation and Data Science Without Borders. Malvika is a Mozilla Open Leaders Fellow, Software Sustainability Institute Fellow, and was named among the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics (2024) and INvolve Empower Top 100 Future Leaders (2025). A lifelong learner, Malvika is dedicated to improving open research, community building, collaboration, governance, and ethical practices in data science and AI. |
