Many of the conferences I attend hold 1 day of workshops on various topics before the conference starts. I have started approaching the professional body for my field about holding a SWC workshop in conjunction with their conference, so far response has been very positive.
I agree this is very fertile ground for us to explore. On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Erin Becker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joshua, > > I know that Data Carpentry is currently working with a couple of > professional organizations to run workshops in conjunction with or shortly > after their annual conferences. Tracy has more details on this, but I know > that both of these organizations are diversity/minority focused. I believe > one is Chicano/a serving and the other a Native American serving > organization. > > Best, > Erin > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Joshua Ainsley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> A Perspective published in Neuron today titled "Neuroscience training for >> the 21st Century" (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.05.030) >> discusses, in part, the need for increased programming and statistical >> training in neuroscience students. >> >> Of all the partners listed on the SWC website, I see a lack of >> professional organizations. I know SWC often hosts workshops or training >> sessions at different software conferences, but there aren't many sessions >> at other professional/research conferences. In the biological sciences where >> coding is becoming a more widely used tool for experiments and analysis, >> working with professional organizations could potentially be a great way to >> expand our audience. Have there been efforts to work with more professional >> organizations or try and teach at more conferences that I'm not aware of? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Erin Becker, PhD > Data Carpentry, Associate Director > http://www.datacarpentry.org/ > Research Associate, MMG Dept., UC Davis > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss
