Research Workflows, Code & Software - 4 Nov 2025

The inaugural Research Software Symposium will be hosted by the UCT eResearch Centre in collaboration with IDIA, CBIO, UCT ICTS and UWC.

🔗 Register before 20 October.

Research code, workflows, and software power discovery across every discipline, from astronomy and engineering to health sciences and the humanities. Building a strong and sustainable research software ecosystem is essential for South Africa’s research and innovation future and its global contributions. These elements of the digital research infrastructure are also a cornerstone of open science, enabling transparency, reproducibility, and collaboration across borders and disciplines.

The half-day symposium brings together researchers, research software developers, funders, policymakers, and research managers to share insights, tackle challenges, and shape the future of research software.

🎯 Theme: Research Code, Workflows & Software - Critical Pillars of the South African Digital & Open Research Infrastructure

📅  Date: 4 November 2025 @ 10:00 - 13:00 (Light lunch & networking 13:00 - 14:00)

📍  Venue: In person only, Neville Alexander Building Lecture Theatre 1. University of Cape Town Middle Campus, Mowbray

🗨️ Keynote speaker: Prof Simon Hettrick, Director of Strategy, Software Sustainability Institute, UK

Co-director, Southampton Research Software Engineering Group

Email any queries to eresearch@uct.ac.za.