If you are attending the PEARC26 conference in Minneapolis July 26-30, please join us for the following CaRCC-related events. We hope to see you there!
Sunday, July 26
RCD Nexus Day
8am-5pm
RCD Nexus Day is an official PEARC co-located event with no additional cost to attend. Attendees must be registered for PEARC26 and wearing their conference badge. The event will be held at the main conference venue, the Minneapolis Convention Center. Attendees will select one of two specialized tracks: Building Onramps: Developing a Guide to Facilitate Entry into the RCD Profession – or – Next-Generation RCD Capabilities Assessment: A Community-informed Refresh of the CaRCC Capabilities Model. Pre-registration is required
Tuesday, July 28
Internet2 & CaRCC Exhibit
10am-5pm
Exhibit Hall
Coffee with CaRCC – Celebrating 10 Years!
10:15-11am
Internet2/CaRCC booth in the Exhibit Hall
Ten years of community, and we’re just getting started. Stop by the Internet2/CaRCC booth in the Exhibit Hall during the morning coffee break to help us mark the occasion – and kick off a full year of CaRCC’s 10th anniversary celebration. CaRCC leaders and volunteers will be on hand to connect with longtime members, welcome newcomers, and answer your questions. Free donuts, exclusive anniversary stickers, and great people. Come join us!
Internet2 & CaRCC Exhibitor Forum Presentation
12:30-12:45pm
Exhibitor Forum Stage
Learn more about the services and support Internet2 and CaRCC provide to the RCD community.
Facilitating AI Use Cases on RCD Resources: Community-Informed Professional Development Materials
1:30pm-2:30pm – Tuesday July 28th
Room 101I
After RCD professionals articulated significant and growing desires for peer engagement and professional development materials around AI Facilitation during the PEARC24-colocated RCD Nexus Day, an AI Facilitation Materials Working Group has been producing such materials in response to those desires. These include a PEARC25-published set of RCD-varying AI use cases across the AI research project lifecycle, a re-usable webinar materials on requesting via the resources via the National AI Research Resource Pilot, and a dynamic online resource that encourages ongoing community contributions to planned phases of content on RCD-specific considerations across AI use cases in the published life cycle. This BOF will briefly review progress to-date and engage PEARC26 attendees in breakout discussion to ensure that in-progress and future materials continue to reflect the evolving professional development desires of the RCD professional community, from student and early-career perspectives to experienced RCD professionals and leaders.
Wednesday, July 29
Internet2 & CaRCC Booth
10am-7pm
Exhibit Hall
2026 CaRCC Town Hall
3:35-4:45pm
Room 101DE
Join CaRCC leadership and your fellow RCD professionals for our annual Town Hall, a panel discussion and open community forum. Learn about progress toward CaRCC’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, hear the latest from CaRCC’s Working and Interest Groups, and learn how we’ll be celebrating CaRCC’s 10th anniversary year. We will then open the floor for dialogue with the CaRCC community. If you’ve volunteered, participated, or simply benefited from what CaRCC has built, this session is for you. And if you’re new to CaRCC, there’s no better moment to see what this community is about. Come ready to listen, ask questions, and help shape what comes next!
Community Connections: Regulated Research Community of Practice (RRCoP)
5-7pm
Internet2/CaRCC booth in the Exhibit Hall
A representative from RRCoP will be on hand at our Community Connections table to provide information and answer your questions about the organization.
Thursday, July 30
Internet2 & CaRCC Exhibit
10am-12pm
Exhibit Hall
Research Software Engineering in the Age of AI: Evolving Identity, Skills, and Community in the Research Computing & Data Landscape. Panel discussion, co-moderated by Patrick Schmitz on behalf of CaRCC.
8:30am-9:45am
Auditorium