NZ Carpentry Connect 2026
Monday 09 February 2026
Online & In-person (Hybrid)
NZ Carpentry Connect is a FREE pre-conference event hosted by REANNZ and co-located with eResearch NZ / eRangahau Aotearoa.
Watch this space for more details about NZ Carpentry Connect 2026.
If you have an idea or request for what to include in the Carpentry Connect 2026 agenda, send your suggestions to training@reannz.co.nz.
Questions?
Contact Nisha Ghatak
REANNZ Research Communities Advisor – Training Lead
The Carpentries Community Coordinator & Board member
What is Carpentry Connect?
The Carpentries is a global community teaching researchers foundational coding and data science skills. Carpentry Connect NZ is a local event to bring together trainers, helpers, maintainers, and anyone interested in The Carpentries or building researchers’ digital skills. It’s a chance to exchange ideas, network, and collaborate.
All are welcome, whether you’ve been involved with training activities or The Carpentries for years or if you are just getting started.
In New Zealand, The Carpentries community is growing as more institutions and universities run Software Carpentry, Data Carpentry, and Library Carpentry workshops and have staff attend instructor training.
What happens at Carpentry Connect
Trainers, helpers, and maintainers from across Aotearoa engage with The Carpentries community in different ways but there is seldom a chance to learn from each other’s successes and challenges. This is why we host a day dedicated to networking and connection-building.
At Carpentry Connect events you can expect:
- An energizing update from the global Carpentries team (guest speaker TBD)
- Networking, games and icebreakers geared towards deepening community connections
- Open discussions on topics of interest (eg. how to maintain learner momentum after a running a Carpentries workshop, how to co-deliver Carpentries workshops, etc…)
- …and more!
Participants from the 2024 NZ Carpentry Connect event.
Missed NZ Carpentry Connect 2025?
Read a recap here and check out the 2025 programme below.
NZ Carpentry Connect 2025 Programme
Monday 10 February 2025
Beatrice Tinsley 111, University of Canterbury Campus & Online
| 11:00 | Welcome | |
| 11:10 – 11:45 | Conference Opening and Keynote Address: Dr Kari Jordan | |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | Session: Skill up! | |
| 11:45 – 12:20 | Incubator Spotlight: Responsible machine learning in Python by Tom Pollard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| 12:20 – 13:00 | Now what? Strategies for strengthening the NZ Carpentries community with Rina Hannaford, AgResearch | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch & Networking | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Carpentries Spotlight | |
| 14:00-14:30 |
Trustworthy AI by Chris Endemann,University of Wisconsin-Madison
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| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Crowd sourcing the motivation with Murray Cadzow, University of Otago
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| 15:00 – 15.30 |
Guest Speaker
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| 15:30 onward | Wrap Up | |
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NZ Carpentry Connect 2025 Organising Committee
- Francois Bissey, University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ
- Michael Coe, University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ
- Murray Cadzow, University of Otago, Dunedin NZ
- Nisha Ghatak, New Zealand eScience Infrastructure, Auckland NZ
- Tom Saunders, University of Auckland, Auckland NZ
- Tyler McInnes, Genomics Aotearoa, Dunedin NZ
- Rina Hannford, AgResearch, Palmerston North NZ
- Wes Harrell, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, Wellington NZ