RSAA25 - A research software community event for Asia and Australia
Do you want to learn what others are doing in research software in your domain and in other domains? Or do you want to discuss with others how you balance researcher needs with good software practices? Or maybe you are the only person working on research software in your group?
RSAA25 was the fourth online annual Research Software Asia Australia Conference, held from the 17th to the 19th of September 2025. This was a joint partnership between the RSE Asia Association and the RSE Association of Australia and New Zealand. The theme for this year was “Connecting with Community” and the hashtag was #RSAA25.
Partners
We would like to thank our Gold Partners Australian Access Federation (AAF), ACCESS-NRI for supporting us, as well as our Silver Partners, the Society of RSE, QCIF, ARDC and AURIN, and our Bronze Partner WEHI for their support.
Program
Accessibility Fellowship Reports
Accessibility Fellow Report - Seaumul Khandaker
Accessibility Fellow Report - Safaet Hossain
Why did someone go to RSAA25?
Some of the motivations for attending included:
- To talk about difficulties in career progression and lack of recognition with others who work on research software
- To share the interesting work you have done in research software
- To learn from others how to make their research software more visible
- To learn about how others create applications for researchers
- To learn about how others streamline and scale their research workflows
- To discuss with others how they balance researcher needs with good software practices
- To discuss with others how they make their research software easier to use
Key Dates (2025):
| Event | Opens on | Closes on | Notification of Result of Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| Call for Proposal | April 15th, 2025 | June 22nd, 2025 | July 31st, 2025 |
| Call for Accessibility Fellowship | May 17th, 2025 | June 19th, 2025 | June 27th, 2025 |
| Call for Micro-grants | June 22nd, 2025 | August 8th, 2025 | Communicated on a rolling basis |
| Call for Scholarships | June 22nd, 2025 | September 11th, 2025 | Communicated on a rolling basis |
| Event Registration (Early Bird) | July 23rd, 2025 | August 20th, 2025 | Not Applicable |
| Event Registration (Standard) | August 21st, 2025 | September 11th, 2025 | Not Applicable |
What is a Research Software Engineer (RSE)?
Research Software Engineer is a broad term for people who combine programming and research skills that have trouble defining their role and value within academia. e.g
- researchers and academics who code,
- generalists who bring communities together across the research and technical domains,
- people who help train researchers to improve their code on HPC and Cloud systems, and
- software engineers who work in the research domain.
Organising Committee Members
- Jyoti Bhogal - Co-chair (Asia)
- Junran Lei - Co-chair (Australia)
- Amanda Miotto - Partnerships Manager
- Zane Mosbergen - Secretary
- Amna Batool - Marketing Manager
- Sanchit Ghule - Accessibility Manager
- Harsh Kalra - Accessibility Manager
- Rowland Mosbergen - Observer
Accessibility and Inclusivity
We were committed to creating a safe, accessible, and inclusive environment for all participants.
In 2022, Liz Hare provided a high-level accessibility report for the conference that we used as a benchmark for our performance.
Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct is designed to provide all participants with community participation guidelines.
Contact Us
If you would like to know more or have any questions, please contact the organising committee at [email protected] by email.