Celebrating the people, partnerships, and bright future ahead for digital research

Amidst a raft of changes across the national science and research sectors, the eResearch NZ / eRangahau Aotearoa 2025 conference was a forum for valuable connections, innovative ideas, and meaningful discussions that resonate long after the event.

Thank you to all speakers, attendees, organisers, and sponsors who joined us in Ōtautahi Christchurch!mIn particular, ngā mihi to:

  • Jymal Morgan for welcoming us with a mihi whakatau
  • Peter Gostomski, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, University of Canterbury for helping open the conference
  • Keynote Speakers Dr Janette Hamilton-Pearce, Prof Amanda Barnard, AM, Giuseppe M. J. Barca, Dr. Kari L. Jordan, and Rick Stevens for your powerful talks
  • sponsors XENON Systems, NVIDIA, Sempre Technologies, Dell Technologies, CDC, Digital Science, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), GIGABYTE, WEKA, Versity Software 

Dive back into the conversations

Use the links below to catch up on sessions you missed or to revisit your favourites:

Check out the website's event recap page for other materials and to browse a photo gallery. 

Dr Janette Hamilton-Pearce speaking at the conference.
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NeSI contributions

It was a busy week for the NeSI Team!

We hosted and collaborated on sessions across a range of topics: 

  • Continuing the research data count and what’s next?  
    Speakers: Ai Lin Soo (UNSW), Claire Rye (NeSI), Rhys Francis (Australian Biocommons), Nick Jones (NeSI)
     
  • Embracing a changing eResearch landscape: NeSI’s horizons beyond traditional HPC 
    Speaker: Jun Huh (NeSI)
     
  • Building the Future of the RSE-AUNZ Community: Opportunities, Strategy, and Engagement 
    Speaker: Mercedes Randell (NeSI)
     
  • Maturing research data management (RDM) and enabling good data management planning practices 
    Speakers: Yvette Wharton (UoA), Laura Armstrong (UoA), Sarah Hopkins (UoA), Mark Gahegan (UoA), Richard Hartshorn (UC), David Medyckj-Scott (MWLR), Claire Rye (NeSI) 
     
  • Service Management by Stealth
    Speaker: Georgina Rae (NeSI)
     
  • Translating eResearch Into Impact (plenary panel session with keynotes)
    Moderator: Nick Jones (NeSI)
     
  • Aotearoa Genomic Data Repository: the journey to a production repository...and beyond! 
    Speakers: Prof Mik Black (Genomics Aoteraoa) & Claire Rye (NeSI)
     
  • Building a Skilled Research Workforce: Strengthening the National Training Landscape 
    Speakers: Nisha Ghatak (NeSI), Rina Hannaford (AgResearch), Wes Harrell (MWLR), Francois Bissey (UC), Murray Cadzow (University of Otago), Tyler McInnes (Genomics Aotearoa)
     
  • Innovation through diverse approaches, how we adapt and evolve 
    Speaker: Jun Huh (NeSI)
     
  • Rebasing your infrastructure and making new friends along the way 
    Speaker: Nick Jones (NeSI)
     
  • From Cloud to HPC and back again –migration, rebasing and upcycling of NeSI’s platforms 
    Speaker: Blair Bethwaite (NeSI)
     
  • Containerisation to enable binary portability – A use case from climate research 
    Speaker: Alexander Pletzer (NeSI/NIWA)
     
  • Celebrating diversity in High Performance Computing: A spotlight on WHPC+ Australasia 
    Speakers: Jana Makar (NeSI), Rina Hannaford (AgResearch), Kari L. Jordan (The Carpentries), Jana Wold (University of Canterbury)
     
  • Training Environment: A Quick Demo
    Speaker: Kahu Anderson (NeSI)
     

Stay tuned for 2026 details

If you missed joining us this year, we'll be confirming details of the 2026 event in the coming months. Join the eResearch NZ / eRangahau Aotearoa conference mailing list (hosted through NeSI) to be in the know!

 

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