NeSI, Genomics Aotearoa, and REANNZ unveil programme for eResearch NZ 2020

Following an excellent response to the Call for Submissions, eResearch NZ 2020 co-hosts NeSI, Genomics Aotearoa, and REANNZ are pleased to unveil the draft programme for next year's event, themed 'United in Data'. 

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An exciting and diverse lineup is in store, with speakers from across New Zealand, Australia and overseas. We're excited to have a number of NeSI team members participating in the programme, either leading or co-hosting sessions to share their expertise and experiences across a range of eResearch topics. NeSI speakers include: 

DAY 1 - Wednesday 12 February

  • Megan Guidry, Training Coordinator — Training: It's better together
  • Chris Scott, Scientific Programmer — First steps in machine learning with NeSI (half-day workshop)
  • Callum Walley, Application Support Analyst — Engineering HPC: What's going on?
  • Marko Laban, Software Product Engineering Lead — Cloud-native technologies in eResearch: Benefits and challenges
  • Nick Jones, Director — "Advancing New Zealand's computational research capabilities and skills"
  • Jun Huh, Business Innovation and Growth Manager — "Learning how to learn"
  • Megan Guidry, Training Coordinator — "Building and supporting a New Zealand digital literacy training community"
  • Blair Bethwaite, Solutions Manager — "eResearch Cloud NZ"

DAY 2 - Thursday 13 February

  • Wolfgang Hayek, Scientific Programmer — "Singularity containers on HPC"
  • Brian Flaherty, Data Services Product Manager — "Building a national / regional data transfer platform: Globus BoF"
  • Jun Huh, Business Innovation and Growth Manager — User journey driven product management"
  • Blair Bethwaite, Solutions Manager — "Containers in HPC tutorial" (half-day workshop)
  • Brian Flaherty, Data Services Product Manager — "Where data lives: NeSI, taonga, and growing repository services"
  • Nancy Lin, Data Analyst — "Data analytic transformation journey with Jupyter"
  • Dinindu Senanayake, Genomics Support Specialist — "HPC for life sciences: Handling the challenges posed by a domain that relies on big data"
  • Jana Makar, Communications Manager — "Building a Women in HPC community in Australasia: Where to from here?"

DAY 3 - Friday 14 February

  • Jeff Zais, Senior Science Advisor & Platforms Architect — "Worldwide trends in computer architectures for data science"
  • Alexander Pletzer, Scientific Programmer — "Enhancing eResearch productivity with NeSI's consultancy service"
  • Nooriyah Lohani, Research Communities Advisor — "Research Software Engineering: Community update and next steps in New Zealand"

To view the complete programme, visit the eResearch NZ 2020 website.

Also, don't forget about the pre-conference workshop Carpentry Connect event happening on Tuesday 11 February — NeSI is excited to co-host this inaugural event with the University of Otago. Click here for details. 

There's only a few weeks left before the Early Bird rates end on 12 January 2020 for full and single-day registrations. We also recommend booking accommodation asap as it's a busy time of year in Dunedin!

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