IRSC 2026 Program Committee

ReSA is delighted to announce the members of the Program Committee for the first-ever International Research Software Conference, taking place 7–8 September 2026 in Sheffield, UK, and online, co-located with RSECon26.

• Alejandra Gonzalez Beltran, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
• Alexander Nolte, Eindhoven University of Technology
• Anna-Lena Lamprecht, University of Potsdam
• Christian Pagé, CERFACS
• Daniel S. Katz, University of Illinois Urbana-Campaign & ReSA
• Jeremy Cohen, Imperial College London
• Jonathan Starr, Open Source Endowment & NumFOCUS
• Moana Minami Sato, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
• Ockmer Oosthuizen, Digital Research Alliance of Canada
• René Caspart, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
• Richard Littauer, CURIOSS & SustainOSS
• Riva Quiroga, OLS, RSE Chile
• Romain Thomas, University of Sheffield & SocRSE
• Sandra Gesing, US-RSE
• Shurui Zhou, University of Toronto
• Stephan Janosch, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
• Su Nee Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

IRSC 2026 will bring together global leaders and change-makers working to advance strategic coordination, long-term sustainability, and high-level collaboration across the research software community. Aimed at those who support and develop research software, including RSE associations, research infrastructures, universities, funders, policymakers, publishers, and communities advancing open science, open source, research assessment, training, and related initiatives, the program will feature community challenge–driven sessions, invited talks and panels, and an open call for sessions supporting mutual learning.