Join the Swiss Research Software Engineering (RSE) Annual Conference 2026, a full-day event on the 31st of August 2026 at ETHZ, bringing together RSEs from academia, research, and industry. The conference focuses on:
- RSE for Open Research Data (ORD) and Open Science
- AI in Research Software Engineering
- RSE Community (sharing experiences and building connections)
Practical Information
Here is how to come to the event and what we prepared for you:
- 📅 31 August 2026
- 📍 CAB Building, ETH Zurich Centrum
- Full schedule in html
- Full Schedule in ICS format
Keynotes
We are happy to have the following keynote speakers at our event:
- Markus Kreft from Agentic Systems Lab: Research Context Engineering - Agentic Development in RSE, Abstract
- James Runnalls from EAWAG: Fair Enough? Why Isn’t More Data being Reused?, Abstract
Registration
Registration is open until 19 August midnight and free of charge. Fill out the form to register.
Sign up for meeting people interested in your topics!
During signup you can choose to participate in our experimental service to pair up participants who are interested in similar topics. If you would like to join, but clicked ’no’ during signup, contact us at rse-contact@sympa.ethz.ch and we will send you a link.
More Information
Photos
Photos will be taken throughout the event. If you would prefer not to be photographed, you can opt out at the check-in desk.
Code of Conduct
The event is subject to the official ETH Code of Conduct.
Sponsors
Thanks to our sponsors which made this event possible:
ETH Zurich generously provided the rooms for the event.
Organisers
- Stuart Dennis (Eawag)
- Ionut Iosifescu Enescu (WSL)
- Anusch Bachofner (Empa)
- Aleksandar Bobic (NEXUS Personalized Health, ETH Zurich)
- Tarun Chadha (ETHZ)
- Uwe Schmitt (ETHZ)
- Achim Gsell (PSI)
- Linus Gasser (EPFL / C4DT)