Do you also struggle to equip researchers with the right knowledge and digital skills in this fast changing world? Rapid technological developments—such as AI, new digital research infrastructures, and evolving data practices—mean that training needs are constantly changing. In this discussion session, you will get the chance to share the bottlenecks you experience.

The landscape of digital skills trainings is fragmented, as many organisations offer training to researchers on topics such as research data management, compute, research software, and open science. Digital Competence Centers have emerged in the landscape since 2020 and have an important role within the institutional training landscape. As they have the ambition to professionalise their collaboration and one of the topics is to improve the organisation and delivery of training for researchers. Through an open discussion with the audience, fueled by experts in the field, we want to collect input that we can use in developing our plans for further collaborations.

The discussion will focus on practical questions: how can we organise and develop training based on research practice and workflow? How to collaborate (within and across institutions) on developing and maintaining training materials? What are the main barriers that need to be overcome? And how can we ensure that researchers actually use the training that exists?

We are looking forward to seeing you and hearing your perspective!