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/ INTRODUCTIONIn this session, we will explain why NeSI and the other NZ Caprentries member institutions buy into the Carpentries instructor training model. We then will teach you one of our favourite instructor training lessons. Come along if you are curious about the instructor training model, want to know more about the Carpentries, or if you want to experience (or re-experience) a lesson from the much-loved instructor training curriculum.ABOUT THE AUTHORMegan Guidry is the Regional Coordinator for the Carpentries in New Zealand and works as Research Communities Advisor for New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI). Her main priority is raising eResearch capability in New Zealand through training delivery and community building.Murray Cadzow is a Teaching Fellow and Scientific Officer at the University of Otago. He is both a Carpentries instructor and instructor trainer. His teaching focus is on delivering digital literacy training to researchers, and the development and support of the local Carpentries community at Otago. His research involves the use of large datasets to investigate the genetic basis of Gout in Māori and Polynesian populations. Arin Basu is a medical doctor, lecturer, and an epidemiologist. He works at the University of Canterbury at Christchurch as a senior lecturer in the Health Sciences Centre and serves as a senior researcher at the Health Services Assessment Collaboration, Health Sciences Centre. Arin is currently leading two research projects at the Health Sciences Centre - the first one is funded by the Tertiary Education Commission on immersive learning through virtual reality applications for the training of physicians and nurses and the second project, funded by Ako Aotearoa, is on the technology used for the professional training of nurses, physicians and other health care workers who are involved in the provision of Telehealth services. Arin's research interests include the use of virtual worlds in medical education, training, and provision of medical care.

When hosting a digital skills training event, it's important to ensure your participants understand how the event will run and what they can expect from it. Sharing accurate and clear information about the event topic, format and any pre-session requirements helps attendees know what they're signing up for.One of the main ways to share these details is via your event registration page and in your event advertisements. From NeSI's experience hosting and helping coordinate events, we've found the most effective information to provide in an event description.

There is a lot to consider when coordinating a workshop. New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI) created this resource to help you keep track of the planning, execution, and follow-up details so that your event is as stress-free as possible.This resource lists the milestones you may want to work towards when coordinating a workshop as well as tips for staying on track.

New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI) provides expertise and capability to researchers conducting computation and data intensive research in New Zealand. Within the training sector, our core purpose is to raise the computational capability of New Zealand research and, in turn, shrink the existing eResearch skills gap. To do this, however, we rely heavily on healthy partnerships with various organizations throughout the country.In this presentation, we will discuss our training efforts so far (both in terms of delivering training, but also cultivating the New Zealand training community) and reflect on the scale of the opportunity/challenge that we face. Ideally, this talk will be a conversation starter on how we, as a community of busy and passionate eResearch enthusiasts, can continue to improve processes and share knowledge more freely. Ultimately, training needs to be useful and relevant to those who need it. NeSI strives to be agile in it’s approach to training delivery and this presentation will conclude by noting what we are doing today to ensure our efforts are increasingly measurable, scalable, and community-focused.ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S) Megan Guidry is the training coordinator for New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI) and is also the Regional Coordinator for the Carpentries in New Zealand. Her main priority is raising the eResearch capability in New Zealand through training delivery and community building.

This Birds of a Feather session is for colleagues from the eResearch training sector to share experiences and knowledge in community building practices.It will be an interactive session and includes a panel (20 min) of eResearch professionals speaking about their roles in creating communities – describing the barriers as well as the successes – and future plans, opportunities, and maybe even a few ‘dream big’ moments!The goal of this BoF is to discuss and share ideas on how to nourish and grow a Community of Practice and to (not-so-sneakily) actively create or continue to evolve collegial relationships both within New Zealand and internationally. The session will have a short (10 min) debrief, and all discussions will be documented for future action and sharing. Anyone interested to stay in contact is welcome to join the online ENRICH Community of Practice, currently hosted on Slack. ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S) Dr Sara King is an eResearch Analyst with Australia’s academic and research network provider, AARNet. She has extensive experience in researcher engagement and training, with expertise in research data and technologies in the Humanities and Social Science (HASS) research areas.Natasha Simons is Associate Director, Skilled Workforce, for the Australian Research Data Commons (formerly ANDS, RDS and Nectar). With a background in libraries, IT and eResearch, Natasha has a history of developing policy, technical infrastructure (with a focus on persistent identifiers) and skills to support research.Dr Carina Kemp is the Director of eResearch for AARNet responsible for making the network work the best it can for research in Australia. She works with the Australian and international research community to find and implement tools that sit above the network to make technology and data research ready. Previous to joining AARNet, Dr Kemp was the Chief Information Officer at Geoscience Australia. - Dr Paula Andrea Martinez is the National Training Coordinator for the Characterisation Community in Australia. Her interests are on research methods development and now outreach and advocacy in data and software best practices.Megan Guidry is the Regional Coordinator for the Carpentries in New Zealand and also works as the training coordinator for the New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI). Her main priority is raising the eResearch capability in New Zealand through training delivery and community buildingNgoni Faya is Genomics Aotearoa’s Training Coordinator, tasked with supporting and building capacity and capability in bioinformatics for New Zealand. Based at the University of Otago, he will be working with Genomics Aotearoa partners across New Zealand to develop resources and technologies that provide international level training for genomics and bioinformatics.Murray Cadzow is a Teaching Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Otago. He is both a Carpentries instructor and instructor trainer. His teaching focus is on delivering digital literacy training to researchers, and the development and support of the local Carpentries community at Otago. His research involves the use of large datasets to investigate the genetic basis of Gout in Māori and Polynesian populations. Fabiana Kubke is a Neuroscientist at the University of Auckland and is a strong advocate for developing and supporting the training and development of digital literacy for students and researchers.

Presentation I delivered at the 2017 Cardiac Physiome tutorial session on Reproducible Multiscale Modelling, Data + VVUQ.