Meeting Research Software Engineers in Germany

The 6th Conference for Research Software Engineering in Germany (deRSE26) took place in Stuttgart between 3 and 5 March 2026. It is the largest RSE event in Germany and attracted around 250 attendees. Surprisingly, the majority of the programme was in English making it a friendly event for attendees like me that speaks very little German. In this blog post, I share a couple of highlights of the deRSE26.

Day 0

A satellite event (1st Stuttgart Research Software Day) to highlight the RSE activity at the host institution of deRSE26 took place the day before deRSE26 started. I didn’t participate in the satellite event but I think that similar initiatives are a great way to build momentum locally and catalyse the formation of a local chapter.