Join our fifth edition of a yearly meeting of research IT specialists, organized by the EnhanceR association!
Event Format
An in-person event for members of the Swiss research IT and research software engineer community, this symposium provides a platform for professionals to meet, network, and exchange knowledge.
Dive deep into the trends of the field, collaborate on shared challenges, and present your innovative projects in engaging show-and-tell sessions.
Take the opportunity to share both success and failure stories, learn from your colleagues, and collaborate on advancement of responsible AI use in Swiss academia.
Focus Areas
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AI in Scientific Coding Workflows
- AI for Scientific Software & Workflows (coding assistants, agentic tools, automation)
- Responsible & Secure AI Use (privacy, sensitive data, trusted environments, ethics, model choice: local vs frontier)
- Quality, Reproducibility & Maintainability (testing, documentation, long-term sustainability of AI-assisted code)
- AI in Teaching & Skills Development (teaching with AI, learning outcomes, good practices for researchers)
- Compute Trends Beyond AI (emerging architectures and future computing models)
- Research Data & Workflow Foundations (scientific workflows, research data management, integration into research practice)
Date and Venue
EnhanceR Symposium is a full day, in-person event on Nov 30th, 2026. The event will hosted at the Paul Scherrer Institute.
Address:
PSI Villigen, Auditorium (WHGA/001)
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen
How to participate
The registration for the event is not yet open. We will announce the opening of the registration through our usual channels.
The event is open to all research IT specialists and research software engineers in Switzerland, whether your organization is part of the EnhanceR network or not. Participation is free of charge, but registration is mandatory. Lunch and coffee breaks for participants are sponsored by EnhanceR.
You can also add the event to your calendar.
Target audience
The event's goal is to connect research IT specialists: experts who empower research by providing specific, advanced IT services.
Examples include research software engineers, high-performance and scientific computing experts, data and information scientists, as well as research data management experts, data stewards and data analysis specialists in Swiss higher education institutions, Swiss research institutions and private companies that have a focus on serving public academic institutions (e.g. SWITCH).
Keynote speakers
To be announced soon!
Organizers
The EnhanceR association is a nationally and internationally recognized network for Swiss research IT expertise. As of 2026, it counts 11 Swiss higher education, infrastructure and research institutions as members. Its motto is "Enhancing research through IT expertise."
The mission of EnhanceR is to facilitate research excellence in Switzerland by bringing together Research IT specialist groups from Swiss academic institutions and by organising events such as the annual symposium or virtual seminars. The association also aims to support and cooperate with other communities involved in supporting Swiss research through technical skills and knowledge, such as Research Software Engineers (RSE) or Data Stewards.
For questions regarding EnhanceR or the event, reach out to us at symposium@enhancer.ch
Previous Events
Looking for previous EnhanceR Symposium materials? Visit the 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025 edition website.