The 2025 eResearch Australasia Conference is coming up. We will be at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, 20–24 October 2025. Organised by Australasian eResearch Organisations (AeRO) Inc, this conference is a major gathering for researchers, technologists, data specialists, infrastructure professionals, research software engineers, and others at the intersection of research and ICT.
The program explores a range of topics around 5 key themes:
Data, FAIRness, Interoperability & Trust
How research data can be managed, made FAIR, integrated across systems, linked via persistent identifiers, and trusted across infrastructures.
Research Software, Workflows & Tools
Software infrastructure, workflow tools or orchestration, reproducible pipelines, software environments, containerisation, and making software FAIR.
Compute / Infrastructure / Cloud / HPC / AI Integration
High-performance computing (HPC), cloud infrastructure, AI / ML infrastructure, compute platforms, system integration, scalability, and hardware/software co-design.
Workforce, Communities, Skills & Capacity Building
Training, researcher skills, community practices, capacity building, diversity & inclusion, and institutional support for enabling eResearch.
Check out the full program here.
JOIN US FOR OUR BIRDS OF A FEATHER SESSIONS
If you are attending eResearch this year, please join us for these sessions:
BoF: Lost in Translation: Closing the Gap Between Knowledge and Impact
AURIN are presenting a Bird of a Feather session entitled “Lost in Translation: Closing the Gap Between Knowledge and Impact”
This session explores how Australia can bridge the gap between strong research and real-world impact through better use of eResearch, data, and digital infrastructure. It’ll unpack why many innovations stall at mid-stage readiness and what cultural, structural, and technical enablers are needed to drive translation. Through case studies and a collaborative co-design activity, participants will help identify how digital professionals and infrastructure providers can shape a more connected, impact-driven research ecosystem.
Our panellists are: Paul Dalby (CEO, the Rozetta Institute), Isabel Ceron (Manger, TERN Futures), Loren Jr Bruns and Pauline Fetaui (Director of Innovation Labs Australia)
Please come along and contribute to shaping the future of a more connected, impact-driven research ecosystem.
BoF: From Awareness to Application: Exploring Researchers’ Skills Needs for Using Digital Research Infrastructure.
Curated by ARDC, this session focuses on strengthening researchers’ digital skills to better leverage Australia’s growing digital research infrastructure (DRI). It will explore current gaps in digital capability, particularly among HDR students and early-career researchers, using the ARDC Digital Research Capabilities and Skills Framework as a guide. Through shared insights and a collaborative mapping activity, participants will identify key challenges, training needs, and opportunities for coordinated upskilling across institutions and DRI providers.
Panellists are Kathryn Unsworth — Skilled Workforce Development Manager, Skills & Workforce, ARDC, Catherine Di Vita — Training Coordinator, Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance), Darya Vanichkina — Research Community Specialist, University of Sydney- Sydney Informatics Hub and AURIN Data Scientist Masoud Rahimi.