Research & Innovation

The research community has diverse and complex technology requirements, with IT professionals playing a vital role in meeting these specialized needs. Within this environment, IT experts support cutting-edge solutions in areas such as high-performance computing, research data management, cloud services, and high-speed networking—all while navigating the limitations of research funding. This track invites IT professionals and academics to share their insights, experiences, best practices, and success stories, as well as resources that can help advance research and accelerate discovery and innovation at their institutions.

We are looking for proposals along these themes:

• Digital Research Alliance Canada - National Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI)
• Quantum computing / encryption security
• Reproducible research
• Major Science initiatives and collaborations
• Research Software, Platforms, and Emerging Solutions
• Research Computing Supports and Services
• Research procurement within the confines of federal/grant funding
• Innovation and Industry
• Cloud Computing for Research Workloads
• Research data threats, risks, and privacy
• Collaboration and considerations surrounding Indigenous data and research computing
• Research Data Management