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NetDRIVE Events

The Network for sustainable Digital Research Infrastructure Vision and Expertise (NetDRIVE) has been set up to provide a forum for managers, software engineers, academics and others to come together to build a common vision for a sustainable future and to incite a transition to sustainable working practices in the Digital Research Infrastructure communities.

Upcoming event

NetDRIVE Workshop Oxford Thursday 12 June 2025

The NetDRIVE network invites all interested communities to a workshop in Oxford in June 2025.

The themes for the workshop will include: 

  • Sustainable working practices in Digital Research Infrastructure communities 

  • Priories and opportunities for early career researchers 

  • Ethics and Responsible Research and Innovation

The workshop will bring together users and stakeholders from across the digital research community and feature plenary presentations and breakout sessions that will allow attendees to form groups to formulate ideas to address questions above. 

The NetDRIVE network is especially interested in meeting early career researchers based at the University of Oxford.

Keynote speakers include: 

  • Vicky Robinson, Chief Executive at the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs). 

The workshop will take place at Keble College’s H B Allen Centre.

Starts: Thursday 12 June 2025, 9:00 AM 

Ends: Thursday 12 June 2025, 5:00 PM

Post-event reception: details to be confirmed. 

Location: The H B Allen Centre, 25 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN

Registration link will be available here shortly
Recent workshops

18-19 February 2025. NetDRIVE: Priorities and Ethics of Research Computing Investments

This meeting initiated NetDRIVE Stage 2 and addressed the following questions:

  • How can we maintain competitive computing capability when we have 10-fold increase per decade in the price of a competitive machine? 
  • How do we manage ethical issues around a national compute resource together with associated data? 
  • How do we develop the new skills needed both for rapidly advancing technology and evolving sustainability targets? 

The meeting was hosted by Queen Mary University of London, and held at Pathology Museum, St Bartholomew's Hospital West Smithfield. Image of QMUL Westsmithfield Site, by Queen Mary University Of London

Daresbury and Edinburgh Workshops

The NetDRIVE network invited all interested communities to a two-day workshop focused on inciting and leading transformational change in our research computing culture.

The workshops offered an engaging opportunity to interact with leaders in service delivery, creative thinking, team building, and advocacy to share best practices and innovative ideas to accelerate the delivery of the change we need.

21-22 October 2024, Daresbury Laboratory (Workshop agenda)

Presentation slides from the Daresbury workshop:

9-10 October 2024, University of Edinburgh (Workshop agenda)

 Presentation Slides from the Edinburgh workshop: