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Collaborations Workshop 2025 (CW25)

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Kyro Hartzenberg

Kyro Hartzenberg

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Location:  Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling
Dates: 

28 | 30 April 2026

Collaborations Workshop 2025 (CW25)

The Collaborations Workshop 2025 (CW25) will bring together researchers, developers, innovators, managers, funders, publishers, policy makers, leaders and educators to explore best practices and the future of research software. 

CW25 logo, a road heading forward

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.

Delegates can also expect inspirational keynote sessions and lightning talks, focusing on the changes in landscape, what research software will look like in the future, and the challenges for the research software community.

And that's not all! As CW25 will be hosted in bonnie Scotland, we’re bringing an authentic Scottish flair to the experience. From the stunning Stirling surroundings to a traditional bagpiper and ceilidh dance, the event will have a delightful Scottish theme woven throughout. Plus, enjoy lunch and dinner, included in your ticket.

Location

Collaborations Workshop 2025 (CW25) will take place as a hybrid event from Tuesday 13 May to Thursday 15 May 2025 at Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling.

This year's event will be delivered in a hybrid format on Zoom and in person at Stirling Court Hotel, based on the grounds of the University of Stirling. Stirling is a beautiful, historic city with easy access to beautiful, wild landscapes and outdoor activities. Stirling is also ideally placed as a gateway to the Scottish Highlands and is only a short train trip from Edinburgh or Glasgow.

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Zoom Events

Please follow the joining instruction outlined in the CW25 Zoom Guide. 

CW25 Zoom Guide

Why you should attend

The Software Sustainability Institute invites all members of the research software community to explore and discuss the themes described above and other related issues at CW25. CW25 is also an ideal opportunity to form collaborations (on average, CW participants start two new collaborations by attending) and to discuss topics proposed by attendees. Collaborations Workshop is a great place to network and participants will meet many of the existing Software Sustainability Institute Fellows – key ambassadors in varied research domains.

Read a report of CW23 here

Registration (registration is now closed)

Registration went live on Monday 24 February on Eventbrite. 

The following tickets are available:

  • Collaborations Workshop 2025: In-person [Complete] - £330
  • Collaborations Workshop 2025: Remote [Complete] - £90

Both tickets include access and participation to all sessions, including keynotes, panel discussions, lightning talks, collaborative ideas sessions, and hack day sessions. Lunch, dinner and social activities are included in the in-person ticket price. Remote delegates will be invited to virtual/hybrid social activities and networking sessions. 

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Event Programme

The full event programme is now available. This includes all timings, speaker bios, workshops and lightning talks.

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Gold Sponsor

SMARTHEP, Synergies between Machine learning, Real-Time analysis and Hybrid architectures for efficient Event Processing and decision making, is a European Training Network (ETN) with the aim of training a new generation of Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) to use real-time decision-making effectively leading to data-collection and analysis becoming synonymous.

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Financial assistance (applications now closed)

The Software Sustainability Institute is committed to fostering and supporting a diverse, equitable and inclusive research software community. We are proud to offer financial assistance to members of underrepresented groups, students/early career stages, and others who may not be able to attend or fully participate in the event otherwise.

Our commitment to accessibility and inclusivity

To make this event fair and inclusive to everyone, you will need to read, agree to and abide by our Participation Guidelines.

Stirling Court Hotel is committed to ensuring they have accessible accommodation, dining and conference space for their guests. You can also read about our accessibility practices on the CW25 webpage.

Steering Committee

We would like to thank the CW25 Steering Committee for their contributions to date. In no particular order:

  • Kyro Hartzenberg, Events Manager (SSI), University of Edinburgh
  • Selina Aragon, Associate Director of Operations (SSI), University of Edinburgh
  • Shoaib Sufi, Project Portfolio Manager (eScience Lab) / Fellowship Lead (SSI), University of Manchester
  • Lata Nautiyal, Lecturer, University of Roehampton , London
  • Emma Karoune, Principal Researcher and Lead of Research Community Management Team, The Alan Turing Institute and SSI Fellow.
  • Fotis Psomopoulos, Senior Researcher, INAB|CERTH
  • Kwabena Amponsah, Senior Research Software Engineer, University of Nottingham
  • Seun Olufemi, Resident Fellow, OLS (formerly Open Life Science)
  • Dr Alexandra Simperler, Consultant, Simperler Consulting
  • James Byrne, Lead Research Software Engineer, Digital Innovation Team, British Antarctic Survey
  • Gaurav Bhalerao, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford
  • Deborah Udoh, Research Software Engineer and Community Manager, OLS (formerly Open Life Science)
  • Patricia A. Loto, Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Agrarian Sciences (UNNE, National University of the Northeast) and Metadocencia

Header image by by Larisa Koshkina from Pixabay.

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