2021 ARDC Digital Research Skills Summit

The 2021 ARDC Digital Research Skills Summit (Skills Summit) is being facilitated by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) in partnership with members of Australia’s skills community and the Australasian eResearch Organisation (AeRO).

This year’s Skills Summit aims to build on the outcomes of the highly successful Australian eResearch and Data Skills Summit 2020.

Sessions will include:

• 2020 Skills Summit Working Groups’ will report on their key activities and deliverables, and what’s next for each group.
• Announcements on national initiatives such as the Digital Research Skills Australasia (DReSA) portal
• Identification and prioritisation of emerging challenges and opportunities with activities to define and plan the year ahead for the national skills training community.

The Skills Summit will run on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 as an integrated stream within the eResearch Australasia 2021 Conference (eRA). The preliminary eResearch Australasia Conference technical program will be available shortly.

Who should attend the Skills Summit?

Trainers, training program managers, researchers who train, organisation directors, policy makers, infrastructure managers and anyone involved in digital infrastructure training programs at a local or national level.  

Note: Attendees should come prepared to contribute their expertise as the Skills Summit is about active participation!

If you register as an early or standard full registration for the eResearch Australasia Conference Conference, the Skills Summit is included in your registration fee.

If you only want to attend the day of the Skills Summit, you can. Day registration for the eResearch Australasia Conference will open shortly.

If you want to attend, but are unable to get approval from your institution, please contact us at contact@ardc.edu.au.

About ARDC

The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) provides Australian researchers with competitive advantage through data. We accelerate research and innovation by driving excellence in the creation, analysis and retention of high-quality data assets.

A key activity in our Skills program is the annual Skills Summit. The Skills Summit brings together the digital research skills community to share best-practice and guide strategy, providing a necessary forum for skills communities to network, exchange knowledge, build skills, share new initiatives, celebrate success and work together on common challenges.

This in turn, provides researchers with access to high quality skills training delivered by highly skilled trainers, which then translates to greater levels of knowledge transfer and the ability to apply new skills to their research practices to benefit research outcomes.

The ARDC is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

Skills Summit Program

The following program is preliminary in nature and subject to change as planning proceeds.

Wednesday, 13 October