About the panel
Our expert panelists had a conversation around the use of spreadsheets in research, spreadsheets as powerful tools to handle data, and what’s available for researchers who wish to move beyond spreadsheets.
All researchers and research software developers were welcome to join this discussion panel. We presented as many views as possible from using spreadsheets as a powerful tool in research data management to discussing options for moving beyond them.
Participants could submit questions to the panel on Slido. Here you can also answer the questions 'What would you like to know when learning to code?' and 'What resources would you recommend for someone learning to code?'
Chair
Simon Hettrick, SSI Deputy Director.
Panelists
Presented alphabetically
| Name | Affiliation | Representing |
| Yanina Bellini | Tenured researcher at National Institute of Agricultural Technology, Argentina | R |
| Mike Croucher | Customer Success Engineer at MathWorks | MatLab |
| Andy Gordon | CalcIntelligence Lead, Microsoft Research | Lambda |
| Lucy Huggins | Associate Lecturer at the University of Plymouth | Use of spreadsheets in research |
| Peter Inglesby | Consultant Programmer and previous PyCon UK chair | Python |
| Lucia Michielin | EFI Digital Skills Training Manager at The University of Edinburgh | Open Refine |
| Mor Rubinstein | Head of Data Strategy at Parkinson's UK | Google Sheets |
| Clive Siviour | CSO at Filament | Filament |
| Katy Wolstencroft | Assistant Professor at Leiden University | RightField |
All panellists presented a workshop or published a recorded presentation or blog post on the tool/language they represented.