National Research Software Day 2025

Time	Activity
09:00 - 10:00	Registration & coffee
10:00 - 11:00	Keynote: Eric‑Jan Wagenmakers
11:00 - 12:30	Parallel sessions
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:20 - 13:30	Conference photo (Boiler room)
13:30 - 14:30	Keynote: Connie Clare
14:30 - 16:30	Unconference sessions & coffee
16:30 - 17:00	Plenary wrap-up NRSD25 & closing
17:00 - end	Drinks reception

Our morning programme features parallel sessions designed to inspire. You can find all the sessions and their descriptions here. Room and time details are available in the full programme.

Sessions will run across 7 rooms, each hosting a variety of themes and formats. You’ll be free to move between rooms and explore topics that interest you most.

Session Formats:

• 60-minute interactive sessions for in-depth exploration and discussion
• 30-minute presentations to share insights, experiences and case studies
• 15-minute presentations of initiatives or technical demos to showcase tools, workflows, or research software

Themes:

• Technical/Demo: Practical tools for software engineering and research software showcases
• Research Software Training: Teaching materials, methods and lessons learned
• Making a Case for Research Software: Impact, funding, vision and strategy

The afternoon is all about turning inspiration into action. The unconference sessions invite participants to bring ideas, questions, and challenges to the community aiming to create tangible outcomes for the NL-RSE community, such as:

• Community events: workshops, NL-RSE meet-ups, hackathons or coding cafés. Follow-up events have the opportunity to win up to €2000 and support from the TDCC-NES team.
• Written outputs: opinion pieces, blog posts for the NL-RSE website, white papers
• New initiatives or special interest groups
• Open-source software collaborations

Pitch Your Session

Throughout the day participants can propose session ideas ("pitches") and vote for their favourites via an online form. Links to the form will de displayed around the venue and added to this website.

Some unconference topics have already been submitted as abstracts, you can find them here. These sessions have guaranteed spots and will also do a pitch.

After the afternoon keynote, top-voted ideas will be invited on stage to give a one-minute, no-slides pitch.

Accepted sessions will be assigned a room (abstract-submitted) or a table (day-of pitches).

Share Your Outcomes

Before the conference closes, session organizers will present a one-minute, one-slide summary using one of our provided templates.

Those who wish to participate in the TDCC-NES funding competition can briefly explain the kind of follow-up event they would organise. The audience will be invited to vote for their favourite proposal, and the winning initiative will be considered for funding.

Have an idea with momentum? TDCC-NES wants to help make it happen. As part of the unconference, participants have the chance to win up to €2000 and support from TDCC-NES staff to organise a follow-up event that builds on the discussions of the day. One proposal will be selected through a pitching and voting process. The winning proposal will need to meet a few guidelines, which are outlined below.

• Funding available: Up to €2000 for the event.

• Use-by date: The funding must be used by the end of 2026.

• Requirements: The event should involve participants from more than one institution.

• Eligible topics: The event should either benefit the research software community at large or relate to at least one NES discipline, and address one of the challenges identified in the TDCC-NES roadmap:

  • Improving the uptake of FAIR practices
  • Addressing long-term sustainability of research software
  • Connecting to international activities
  • Finding and adopting solutions for long-term data archiving
  • Locating computing capacity close to the (data) storage
  • Advocating for increased human capital
  • Developing community-owned and community-driven ecosystems of digital services to support cross-domain collaboration

The National Research Software Day will take place at Lijm en Cultuur Delft. Lijm & Cultuur is a historic industrial site in Delft that operated as a glue and gelatin factory from 1885 until 2002, when it closed due to the BSE crisis. Since 2003, the site has undergone a remarkable transformation, with its preserved monumental buildings now serving as creative spaces for cultural production, hosting everything from art studios and music performances to special events and celebrations.

Getting there

Lijm & Cultuur is easily accessible by public transport. The two closest train stations are Delft Campus and Delft.

• From Delft Campus station, the venue is just a 15-minute walk.
• From Delft station, take Bus 40 towards Rotterdam Central and get off four stops later at Cornelis Drebbelweg, which is a short walk from the venue.

Parking

Free on-site parking is available at the venue, with many parking spaces located directly on the premises. Alternatively, visitors can make use of parking facilities on the TU Delft campus. More information, including parking locations and regulations, can be found on the TU Delft website

Accesibility

Please note that due to the historical nature of the venue, not all areas offer step-free access. Rooms LAB.106, LAB.110, and LAB.115 on the first floor are not accessible without stairs. While the available toilets are step-free, they may not comfortably accommodate larger wheelchairs.

If you have specific accessibility needs or questions, please contact the venue at info@lijmencultuur.nl. They may be able to offer certain accommodations upon request.

Venue Map

Our Code of Conduct helps ensure the conference is welcoming for everyone. All attendees are expected to abide by it throughout the event. Please take a moment to review it.

If you have a question about the code of conduct or wish to report misconduct, please email nrsd2025@tudelft.nl.

Organizing Committee

• Lieke de Boer (Netherlands eScience Center)
• Maurits Kok (TU Delft)
• Pamela Wochner (TU Delft)
• Sreeparna Deb (TU Delft)
• Yasel Quintero (TU Delft)

Programme Committee

• Azza Ahmed (TU Delft)
• Daniela Gawehns (Netherlands Reproducibility Network)
• Fenne Riemslagh (Netherlands eScience Center)
• James Meakin (Radboud UMC)
• Jill Briggeman (Utrecht University)
• Margriet Miedema (LCRDM)
• Lieke de Boer (Netherlands eScience Center)
• Pamela Wochner (TU Delft)
• Sreeparna Deb (TU Delft)
• Yasel Quintero (TU Delft)

Reviewers

• Alex Brandsen (TDCC-SSH)
• Djura Smits (Netherlands eScience Center)
• Jendrek Burakiewicz (Utrecht UMC)
• Julian Gonggrijp (Utrecht University)
• Jurek Leonhardt (TU Delft)
• Laurents Sesink (SURF)
• Mohsen Safari (SURF)
• Sjoerd Kerkstra (Radboud UMC)

Volunteers

Parallel Session Hosts

• Azza Ahmed
• Balu Estamsetty
• Daniela Gawehns
• Esteban Acuna Yeomans
• Manuel Garcia Alvarez
• Niket Agrawal
• Raul Ortiz Merino

Code of Conduct Contacts

• Jill Briggeman
• Meta Keijzer-de Ruijter
• Yan Wang

Registration

• Aysun Urhan
• Jurek Leonhardt
• Meta Keijzer-de Ruijter
• Susan Branchett