Nordic-RSE - Greetings from the North!

Greetings from the North! Why Nordic-RSE? ●Size and location ○27M inhabitants ○5 Nordic countries + 3 Baltic ○Geographically close ●Already existing partnerships ○Close connections in teaching and research ○Close cultural connections ○Good transportation ○Joint funding, e.g. Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration ●An international-first network History of Nordic-RSE 2018 Nordic-RSE network started Meetup at NeIC conference Online conference Unconference In-person conferences Registered association Unconferences, seminar series May 2019 Dec 2020 Jun 2021 2022 … 24+25 … ●Fueled by Enthusiasm! ●We get together and do something, but we are not good with sharing about it ●No funding, but since 2022 membership fees, now conference fees and some conference funding from the SSI Thank you! <3 ●We have a board, but community does things -> Grassroots How do we work? Nordic-RSE activities ●Annual conference ●Website: https://nordic-rse.org ●Bluesky: @nordic_rse.bsky.social ●Mastodon: @[email protected] ●Linkedin: Nordic-RSE ●Community: https://coderefinery.zulipchat.com ●Weekly virtual RSE coffee break (Thursdays, 9 CET) ●Bi-weekly virtual community meeting (every other Thu 13 CET) Achievements Read the full blogpost: Achievements 45 participants ●1 keynote talk ●14 talks ●3 discussion sessions ●2 tutorials ●4 posters Nordic-RSE conference 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden Challenges -Membership benefits - We want to provide things open for everyone - Currently we promise to try to: - organize conferences and events - grow and strengthen the community - provide a network and support - advocate for you - Retaining momentum - Limited people who show up to meetings or take actions What’s next? - Nordic-RSE conference in June 2026 in Tromsø, Norway - Regional f2f meetups - RSE - Helsinki/Espoo (FI) meets for lunch at international RSE day! - No-BS Computing (Nordic Basic Scientific Computing) meetup in Espoo (FI) in Feb ‘26 - Outreach at other related events in Nordics - limited - Take up participation in / join the - International RSE council - International RSE survey - International RSE conference committee