The Swiss Research Data Support Network invites open research data specialists, data stewards, research software engineers, and researchers who work with research data and develop research software to submit proposals for our upcoming conference. The conference with the title “Research Data in practice - what is the state-of-the-art?” aims to bridge the gap between local operational challenges and global strategic initiatives.

We invite submissions related to (but not limited to) the following areas:

1. Research data support in practice
2. Research Software
3. Research data professionals as data stewards, data managers, software engineers
4. Open Science & Open Research Data
5. FAIR data & quality
6. Research data infrastructures
7. Policies, compliance & funder requirements
8. Artificial Intelligence & Data-Intensive Research

Submission formats

We encourage a variety of formats—practical, interactive, and open to experience reports:

• Presentations  (10 min)
• Lightning Talks (3 min)
• Posters (A0 format)
• Workshops (60–120 min): hands-on sessions, methods, training concepts, toolchains

Deadline for submission: 31 May 2026

Read the full Call for Proposals on the conference website.