National Research Software Day
Start Date
23 Apr 2024
Start Time
09:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Location
Hilversum
End Date
23 Apr 2024
End Time
17:30 Europe/Amsterdam

At National Research Software Day, researchers, policymakers, Research Software Engineers and community leaders are invited to come together to celebrate the power of collaboration and community for quality research software on 23 April at Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum. A programme can be found below, a more complete programme and other information can be found on the conference website.
This day is a joint initiative from the Netherlands eScience Center and the National Coordination Point Research Data Management (LCRDM).
Programme
9.30-10.00: Registration & Coffee
10.00-10.15: Plenary Welcome
10.15-11.00: Keynote: Rogier Kievit
11.25-12.40: Parallel Sessions
Session 1: Digital skills training for researchers
Session 2: Infrastructure for research software
Session 3: Recognition & Rewards for research software
Session 4: Writing reproducible research software
12.40-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.15 Unconference sessions
15:40-16:25 Keynote: Jenny Bryan
16:25-16:35 Plenary closing
16.30-17.30 Drinks
Location
The National Research Software Day takes place at Beeld & Geluid, Hilversum. Beeld & Geluid serves as the place where media come together; within their vibrant Mediamuseum, extensive archive, online or at various locations. All forms of Dutch media heritage find a home in their immense archive, encompassing radio and television programs, video games, music and podcasts, as well as political cartoons and photographs.
Spotify playlist
During registration, participants filled out their favourite song related to programming, community and collaboration. The Spotify playlist of those songs can be found here.
Art Exhibition
During National Research Software Day, artists who use concepts commonly used in research and software to make beautiful, thought-provoking art will exhibit their work. Below you can find the names and websites of the artists involved.
Organizers
Programme Committee
Dan Rudmann (Leiden University)
Daniela Gawehns (Reproducibility Network)
Maaike de Jong (Netherlands eScience Center)
Maria Cruz (Open Science NL)
Margriet Miedema (LCRDM)
Lieke de Boer (Netherlands eScience Center)
Lisa Yu (UvA Data Science Centre)
Organizing Committee
Jacqueline Weiner (Netherlands eScience Center)
Lieke de Boer (Netherlands eScience Center)
Sacha van Breugel (Netherlands eScience Center)