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International Network of Research Management Societies - INORMS

International Network of Research Management Societies - INORMS takes place on 28–30 April 2027 at Palais des congrès de Montréal, Montreal. It is organised by International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS), and B2DB lists 288 speakers and 168 sessions announced so far.

In 2027, the Canadian Association of Research Administrators (CARA) will host the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) Congress in Montréal, Canada, from April 27 to 30 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. The program is developed in partnership with ADARUQ, NCURA and NORDP. The biennial congress brings together research management and administration professionals for workshops (April 27), 45-minute conference sessions (April 28–30), study tours and networking.

Key facts

Dates	28–30 April 2027 (upcoming)
Venue	Palais des congrès de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Organiser	International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS)
Series	International Network of Research Management Societies - INORMS
Speakers	288
Sessions	168
Stages	Hotel Monville Lobby / Offsite, 519, 524 A, Monville, 520 BE, 524 BC, 525, 522, 520 CF, 521, 520 AD, 518 BC, 517 ABC Plenary, 520
Sponsors	8
Official site	inorms2027.vfairs.ca/en/agenda-page

Keynote speakers

Speakers (288)

Compiled from the published agenda; speakers can claim and verify their own entry.

Agenda (168 sessions)

Day 1 — Monday 26 April 2027

NSE Study Tour 08:00–16:00 · Hotel Monville Lobby / Offsite
SSH/Interdisciplinary Study Tour 08:45–16:00 · Hotel Monville Lobby / Offsite
Health Study Tour 08:45–16:00 · Hotel Monville Lobby / Offsite

Day 2 — Tuesday 27 April 2027

Allyship in research administration: How research administrators can support Indigenous and community-engaged research. 08:30–11:45 · 519 — Alexandra Levine, Katie Big-Canoe, Mariam Hayward
Conversations for Leading: Navigating Difficult Conversations in Complex Research Environments 08:30–11:45 · 524 A — Leslie Cove
College Best Practices 08:30–11:45 · Monville — Rachel Brown
RAAAP-4: Policies on the use of AI in Research Management and Administration 08:30–11:45 · 520 BE — Madhuri Dutta, Melinda Fischer, Simon Kerridge
From Control to Stewardship: Practical Approaches in Research Finance 08:30–11:45 · 524 BC — Snjezana Cekrlija, Catherine Demers, Mark Leslie, Sheila Williams +2 more
From Compliance to Culture Change: A Faculty-Wide Approach to Advancing Equity in Research 08:30–11:45 · 525 — Sloane Evariste
Responsible AI in Proposal Development 08:30–11:45 · 522 — Claudia Scholz
Same Mission, Different Drivers - What Shapes Research Culture? 08:30–11:45 · 520 CF — Leila Whitworth, Gem Brown, Kristen Korberg
Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Readability and Believability in Research Grant Applications 08:30–11:45 · 521 — Letitia Henville
Transforming Post-Award Administration: Two Complementary Policy Frameworks for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Implementation 08:30–11:45 · 520 AD — Esmatullah Jafari, Gabriele Crytser, Sam Crytser
The Impact Clinic: Collective Prescriptions for Research Impact Challenges 08:30–11:45 · 518 BC — Anabel Sánchez-Plaza, Giovanna Lima, Esther de Smet, Gabriel Joyal
Building a Sovereign AI Service for Grant Development: A Hands-On Design Workshop with Local LLMs 13:15–16:30 · 522 — Paolo Mussone
Research Security in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Identifying Risks and Mitigation Strategies | Sécurité de la recherche en sciences sociales et en sciences humaines : Identification des risques et des mesures d’atténuation 13:15–16:30 · 518 BC — Laurie-Eve Rioux
Organizing Research Management and Administration for Success: Global Models, Structures, and Efficiencies 13:15–16:30 · 524 A — Rosemary Madnick, Anthony Ventimiglia, Denise Moody
Promoting Indigenous Knowledge through Decolonisation and Equitable Benefit-Sharing 13:15–16:30 · 519 — Eleni Flack-Davison, Retha G Visagie, Sidney Engelbrecht, Tanya Coetzee
Embedding Equity in Collaborative Research Proposal Development: Practical Tools and Strategies from the EquiPD Project 13:15–16:30 · 525 — Helen Hopkins, Caryn McNamara, Robert Huddy, Yolande Harley +1 more
Beyond Grants: Building Strategic Researcher Development Programs to Transform Research Culture 13:15–16:30 · 520 CF — Wade Kelly
RD for Institutional Funding Strategy: Building Teams to Compete 13:15–16:30 · 520 AD — Jill Jividen, Kim Patten, Nathan Meier
Reimagining Research Assessment: A Design Lab 13:15–16:30 · 520 BE — Leila Whitworth, Shelly Stringer
Bringing SCOPE to Life: A facilitator’s guide to developing responsible evaluations 13:15–16:30 · 524 BC — Erica Conte, Elizabeth Gadd, Reingis Hauck, William Bramwell
Leading in the Middle: Navigating Workplace Challenges, Stress, and Influence Without Authority 13:15–16:30 · 521 — Karen Mosier

Day 3 — Wednesday 28 April 2027

A Profession Comes of Age: A Decade of Global Trends and Perspectives from the RAAAP Surveys 08:00–08:45 · 517 ABC Plenary — Madhuri Dutta, Melinda Fischer, Simon Kerridge
New Tool, Same Rules; Supporting Competitive Research Proposals with AI: A European Research Office Perspective 09:00–09:45 · 520 CF — Hillary Cronin
Which partnerships should we invest in? Turning international research strategy into institutional decision-making 09:00–09:45 · 517 ABC Plenary — Rosalynd Boxall
Beyond Seed Funding: What Really Builds Research Capacity? 09:00–09:45 · 524 A — Jennifer Salerno, Laura Cleghorn, Michelle Sylvain
What Builds Reviewer Confidence? Turning Institutional Evidence into Research Development Insight 09:00–09:45 · 521 — Joanne Kienholz Coleman
Telling The Story Through the Budget Proposal: Effective Costing and Pricing of Research 09:00–09:45 · 524 BC — Charles Shannon, Connie Killey, Melissa Emanus
Sector-Wide Research Security Resilience: Supporting Smaller Postsecondary Institutions Through Collaboration 09:00–09:45 · 522 — Martha Wallace
From Bullet Points to Prose: Navigating Canada's Narrative CV Transition 09:00–09:45 · 525 — Erica Conte, Letitia Henville, Eli Friedland, Nishat Tasnim +1 more
From calculators to Generative AI: Automating, augmenting, and keeping research administration human-led 09:00–09:45 · 520 AD — Anita Chiu, Polina Baum-Talmor
From Intelligence to Action: Adaptable Research Management Tools for Translating National Research Priorities into Institutional Strategy 09:00–09:45 · 520 BE — Toyin Babarinde
Navigating the Menopause Transition in Research Management and Administration 09:00–09:45 · 518 BC — Gen Clark
Moving towards Equity in Research Management in Southeast Asia 09:00–09:45 · 519 — David Gandy, Katrina Lawson
From Hesitance to Appropriate Use: AI in Proposal Development Across Research Management and Administration 10:00–10:45 · 517 ABC Plenary — Adrianna Trusiak, Daniel Riechers, Sarah Naumes
Strategizing Institutional Value: A Guide to Evidence-Based Impact Narratives 10:00–10:45 · 520 BE — Anabel Sánchez-Plaza, Giovanna Lima, Fernando Borges
Strategic Support and Best Practices for Research Centres and Institutes: Preliminary Insights from an International Survey 10:00–10:45 · 524 BC — Jyoti Kotecha, Klodiana Kolomitro
Beyond the Cladding: A Relational Decision Guide for Ethical Indigenous Research Engagement and Partnerships 10:00–10:45 · 519 — Adubi Plange, Claudia Alarcon-Espinoza, Deanna Kalucy, Dhani Coe +1 more
Moving beyond broad research security principles to practical, measurable benchmarks: A new perspective 10:00–10:45 · 522 — Blessing Silaigwana
Research Finance Dashboards for Researchers and Senior Leadership: Delivering Value 10:00–10:45 · 525 — Snjezana Cekrlija, Mark Leslie
Developing a Coaching Mindset: An Essential Leadership Skill for Research Administrators 10:00–10:45 · 521 — Kakali Majumdar
From policy to practice: barriers to operationalising Wellcome’s funding policies across a global research system 10:00–10:45 · 524 A — Sue Russell
Empowering Research Managers for Career Growth 10:00–10:45 · 520 AD — Jörg Langwaldt
Research Managers and the Future of Public Engagement 10:00–10:45 · 520 CF — Maria Marilena Longobardi, Michelle Randall, Shannon Swilley Greco
Supporting Researchers in a Disrupted Publishing Landscape 10:00–10:45 · 518 BC — Leslie Dema, Lisa Quinn, Tanja Niemann, Vincent Larivière
Partner engagement for large-scale grants 11:00–11:45 · 520 CF — Danielle Ellis, Jonathan Brent, Megan Hubert, Sara Mueller
Beyond Funding: The FRQ Model for Building a Research Ecosystem 11:00–11:45 · 518 BC — Dominique Michaud
Beyond Reconciliation: Strategic Post-Award Financial Management 11:00–11:45 · 525 — Connie Killey, Matthew Saizi
Exploratory Study on Knowledge Security Risks within Erasmus MC 11:00–11:45 · 522 — Angela van Tilborg
Strategic Solidarity: Rebalancing Research Management Systems Through Equitable North-South Partnerships 11:00–11:45 · 519 — Helen Hopkins, Conor Snowden, Elisavet Kitou, Mary Ryan
I Crossed the Line: And I Can't Unsee What I Saw 11:00–11:45 · 521 — Tanya Perdikoulias
Is Your Data Headed in the Right Direction? Building Research Analytics & Evaluation Capacity Through the REACH Global Network 11:00–11:45 · 520 AD — Baron Wolf, Elizabeth Larimore
From Training to Dashboards: A Layered Approach to Research Intelligence and Reporting 11:00–11:45 · 520 BE — Qing Liu, Shawn Garner
From Reactive Support to Anticipatory Leadership: Building Futures Capability in Research Management 11:00–11:45 · 524 BC — Lessing Labuschagne, Marianne Engelbrecht
Towards Excellence in Research Management through Cross-Institutional Knowledge Sharing 11:00–11:45 · 524 A — Jörg Langwaldt, Carly Lynsdale, Maria Salonen
Research managers play a crucial role in managing multi-institutional capacity strengthening programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A case study of a nationally funded Clinical Research Training Fellowship program 13:15–14:00 · 524 A — Rajeshree Sanyal
Someone Should Probably Do Something About That: Curiosity, Persistence, and More Equitable Research Support 13:15–14:00 · 520 AD — Joanne Kienholz Coleman
Architecting Your Unique Career Path in Global Research Administration 13:15–14:00 · 524 BC — Noelle Strom
Facilitation Fluency 13:15–14:00 · 520 CF — Jill Jividen, Katie Shoaf
Beyond the keyboard: Rethinking Research Administration Through Immersive Learning 13:15–14:00 · 519 — Kate Cain, Lara Fullenwieder
Design the Seams, Not the Silos: Making Distributed Research Development Support Feel Joined Up 13:15–14:00 · 521 — Lynette Farquhar
When the Sponsor Does Not Pay: Managing Bad Debt and Institutional Risk in Sponsored Research 13:15–14:00 · 525 — Snjezana Cekrlija, Darlene Dakin
When the System Has to Change: Rethinking Merit Review and Research Administration for Indigenous-Led Research 13:15–14:00 · 518 BC
Who Gets What Support? How Three Universities Organize Research Development 13:15–14:00 · 517 ABC Plenary — Danielle Ellis, Javier Tavitas, Kyla Reid
Sustaining Scientific Diplomacy in Uncertain Times 13:15–14:00 · 522 — Jennifer Ponting, Megan Moore, Tiffany Blackman
Can the Team Deliver What the Proposal Promises? An Execution Readiness Test for Research 13:15–14:00 · 520 BE — Alan Shih, George Koomullil
Global Research, Local Rules: Navigating Multi-Jurisdictional Collaboration 14:00–14:45 · 519 — David Gandy, Katrina Lawson, Laura Scifo, Phil Irving
Mitacs: Navigating Post-Award Administration Through Institutional and Funder Perspectives 14:00–14:45 · 525 — Snjezana Cekrlija, Arija Batura
Research Professional Futures: We Are All Here for the Research 14:00–14:45 · 520 CF — Isabella von Holstein, Lorna Wilson, Rika Nair, Stephanie Bales
Update from the Canada Foundation for Innovation 14:00–14:45 · 518 BC — Patrick Pilot
The Future-ready Research Data Management Professional - Barriers and Practical Development Mechanisms to Overcome them 14:00–14:45 · 524 BC — Nenny Noorman, Seeret Lonj
Institutional Readiness for Defence Research Funding: The Critical Role of the Grants Office 14:00–14:45 · 522 — Hilde Nuyts, Tine Heylen
Ready or Not: A Practical Framework for AI Adoption in Research Support Offices 14:00–14:45 · 520 BE — Adrianna Trusiak, Kim Patten, Kate Duggan, Nick Stelzner
When peer review collapses under the barrage of AI-assisted funding applications, what comes next? Are research offices ready? 14:00–14:45 · 524 A — James Shelley
Making the Machinery Feel Human: Aligning Employee and Customer Experience in University Research Administration 14:00–14:45 · 521 — Christy Newman, Lara Husselbee, Vanessa Traynor
Generative Facilitation for Decision-Making: Navigating Power, Participation, and Research Collaboration 14:00–14:45 · 520 AD — Jodi Dueck-Read
Beyond 'Death by Spreadsheet': Building Sustainable Grant Administration Workflows and Management Using monday.com and AI Automations 15:00–15:45 · 525 — Stacey Bliss, Tanya Grainger
Beyond Compliance: Building Trust in Research Ethics Governance - Lessons from a South African University 15:00–15:45 · 521 — Siyanda Manqele
Infonetica - Diamond Sponsor 15:00–15:45 · 524 A
From Application to Impact: How Canadian Funders Are Leading Global Adoption of PIDs for Awards 15:00–15:45 · 518 BC — Kris Guntermann, Nikolas Lamarre
MIRA: Building a Sovereign, Institution-Owned AI Infrastructure for Research Proposal Development 15:00–15:45 · 520 BE — Shaun Gavigan
Trust by Design: Integrating Strategy, Ethics and Quality Across the Research Lifecycle 15:00–15:45 · 524 BC — Vesna Stefanovski, Willie Koh, Yordanka Krastev
The Invisible Backbone: Professional Research Management as a Strategic Capacity for Multinational Research Collaboration 15:00–15:45 · 520 AD — Gibril Gabbidon
REIMAGINING RESEARCH MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA: TOWARDS AN INDIGENOUS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 15:00–15:45 · 519 — Eleni Flack-Davison, Retha G Visagie, Sidney Engelbrecht, Tanya Coetzee
From New Zealand to Norway: An Antipodal Journey of Learning, Connecting and Exploring Horizon Europe Post-Awards Management 15:00–15:45 · 522 — Christina Zhang
Enhancing European Commission Funding Engagement Through RMA Collaboration: Shared Learning and Best Practice between University of Saskatchewan and King’s College London 16:00–16:45 · 521 — Anneke van de Stege, Le Li, Rasangika Pelpola Aladekomo
Diplomatic Leadership: The Human Side of International Research Collaboration[ 16:00–16:45 · 519 — Rosemary Madnick, Patrik Toula
Establishing the Cameroon National Research & Innovation Management Agency (NARIM): A Multi-Sectoral Framework for Research Sovereignty and Domestic Funding 16:00–16:45 · 518 BC — josepha foba, Octavia Tedjo, palmer Masumbe
From Patient Voice to Research Strategy: The Role of Research Managers in Institutionalising Equitable Patient Involvement in Clinical Research 16:00–16:45 · 520 AD — Madhuri Dutta, Ponnari Gottipati
Mohawk Certificates 16:00–16:45 · 524 A
Navigating EU Research Funding: From Canadian Social Sciences to European Collaboration (Including South Korea, Japan and New Zealand) 16:00–16:45 · 520 BE — Christine Hagberg, Lise Vinkel, Daniel Enslev
No straight lines: what an unconventional career brings to research management 16:00–16:45 · 524 BC — Karen Cavanagh
Research Contract Drafting: Deviation from Test Standards Referenced in a Research Project Agreement 16:00–16:45 · 522 — Tonya Hawthorn
Research Finance Structures: Exploring Roles, Compliance, and Centralization 16:00–16:45 · 520 CF — Catherine Demers, Sheila Williams, Asif Momin
Storm in the funding landscape: a survival guide for RM leaders 16:00–16:45 · 525 — Soizic Sergeant

Day 4 — Thursday 29 April 2027

From AI Pilot to Institutional Practice: Scaling AI-Enabled Research Support Across Funding Schemes 09:00–09:45 · 524 BC — Christine Hagberg, Lise Vinkel, Tobias Corell Petersen
From Local Practice to International Exposure: Turning Art and Design Pedagogy into Practice-Based Research 09:00–09:45 · 525 — Merav Salomon, Rotem Ruff, Tal Hasdai-Rippa
Five Pillars, One Strategy: Advancing Research Capacity, Competitiveness, and Impact 09:00–09:45 · 519 — David Hernandez, Nora Hernandez
Springer Nature - Platinum Sponsor 09:00–09:45 · 524 A
Civic Innovation Lab Update: How to Make Municipal-Academic Research Collaboration Thrive 09:00–09:45 · 522 — Abdul Zahir, Kilim Park, Rebekah Mahaffey
Beyond the Back Office: Elevating Post-Award Through Better Award Management 09:00–09:45 · 517 ABC Plenary — Charles Shannon, Sidrah Khan
Beyond Digitization: Designing Research Administration Workflows That Work 09:00–09:45 · 521 — Candace Miller, Jeffrey Waldin
Tri-Agency Update 09:00–09:45 · 520 — Andrew Wakefield
Supporting international research through strategic research infrastructure investments 09:00–09:45 · 518 BC — Patrick Pilot
Ctrl + Connect Research Admin Networking Card Game 10:00–10:45 · 518 BC — Rana Mustafa
Mentoring Our Own 10:00–10:45 · 525 — Diane Hillebrand, Shannon Sutton
Rapid Development of an AI Assisted Research Management Solution 10:00–10:45 · 517 ABC Plenary
From Hidden Work to Visible Value: Standardizing Research Grant Compliance Reviews for Improved Consistency, Transparency, and Efficiency 10:00–10:45 · 521 — Centaine Raginski, Nicole Benning
Rebuilding the professoriate pipeline: The Mandela Imvuselelo Programme for accelerating research leadership and institutional impact 10:00–10:45 · 524 BC — Palesa Natasha Mothapo
The Johannesburg Statement on Research Security: Articulating a Southern African Perspective on Secure and Responsible International Research Collaboration 10:00–10:45 · 519 — Naseema Sonday
The Future of Researcher Development: Perspectives from Australia, Canada, and New Zealand 10:00–10:45 · 522 — Wade Kelly, David Phipps, Faith Welch, Jennifer Beaudry
From Data to Strategic Intelligence: Informing Research and Innovation Planning at Université Laval 10:00–10:45 · 524 A — Keith Lévesque
CIHR Update 10:00–10:45 · 520 — Stéphane Burns
Building Sustainable Transatlantic Partnerships: Lessons from a Durham-Notre Dame Institutional Collaboration 11:00–11:45 · 518 BC — Anna Brown, Sevda Arslan
Benchmarking AI Governance: A Global Evaluation of University Policies for Research Integrity 11:00–11:45 · 522 — Samuel Simango
From Opportunity Identification to Submission: The Hidden Translation Work of Research Administrators 11:00–11:45 · 524 BC — Boitumelo Mdluli, Jacqueline Sylvester, Likho Sikutshwa
The Organisational Chart Is the Easy Part: Leading Research Support in Transition 11:00–11:45 · 519 — Katrin Kaineder
Building Equitable Global Research Partnerships: Lessons from Coordinating Multi-Country Grants in West Africa 11:00–11:45 · 525 — Sheikh Omar Jallow
Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat (TIPS) Update 11:00–11:45 · 520 — Geneviève Truchon
The Value of Belonging: Measuring the Benefits and Return on Investment of CARA Membership 13:15–14:00 · 525 — Dr. Alexandra Kindrat, Jyoti Kotecha, Kelly-Anne Maddox, Gwen Thompson +3 more
From Policy to Practice: Implementing the Revised Tri-Agency Open Access Policy and Research Data Deposit Requirement 13:15–14:00 · 520 — Dominique Roche
Mitacs Plus: Transforming the Research Administration Experience 13:15–14:00 · 518 BC — Arija Batura, Amanda Rossi
Working together to measure research impact: Punching above our weight in New Brunswick 13:15–14:00 · 522 — Alyssa Margeson, Tran Bao Vy Cung
The Human Side of Organizational Change: Curiosity, connection, and collaboration in practice 13:15–14:00 · 521 — Teresa Bent, Tiana Fech
Learning Across Borders: Transformative Study Tours for the RMA Community 13:15–14:00 · 524 A — Jan ANDERSEN, Olga ROIG-HERRERA
The European Landscape of Research Management: Achievements, Gaps and Lessons Learnt 13:15–14:00 · 524 BC — Virag Zsar
Research Management in the English-Speaking Caribbean: Practitioner Profiles, Roles, and Professionalisation 13:15–14:00 · 519 — Paul Ivey
Beyond the AI Use Case: Moving from Staff Experimentation to Responsible Adoption in Research Administration 13:15–14:00 · 517 ABC Plenary — Leila Tang, Patrick Patrick Chassé
Building Research Management Ecosystems in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries for Equitable Partnerships 14:15–15:00 · 524 BC — Beatrice Sakyibea Biney-Nyamekye
SSHRC Update 14:15–15:00 · 520 — Andrew Wakefield
Canadian participation in Horizon Europe: Balance and Projections 14:15–15:00 · 518 BC — Erica Conte, Cintia Cristia, Katrien Bollen, Paola Baca +1 more
Built for Grants, Not Partners: A Reform Agenda for University Research Administration in Community-Based Participatory Research 14:15–15:00 · 519 — Gillian Silver, Payam Sheikhattari
The Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS): Scaling Research Impact Through Strategic Capacity Building 14:15–15:00 · 522 — Barbara Fallon, Vinita Haroun
More than Speed Dating: Using Online Collaborative Research Workshops to Deepen Strategic Global Partnerships 14:15–15:00 · 525 — Jennifer Morawiecki
Leadership in action - The CORE approach to Empowering Research Managers 14:15–15:00 · 521 — Andreas Hebbelmann
Strategic Synergy between Sponsored Programs Administration and Undergraduate Research Programs 15:15–16:00 · 522 — Colin Bjorklund, Katherine Campbell, Kathryn Geimer, Zachary Dotray
From Centralized Research to Distributed Networks: Building Clinical Research Capacity Beyond the Academic Health Sciences Centre 15:15–16:00 · 524 BC — Gillyan Gravelle
Who Builds the Consortium? Reimagining the Research Manager’s Role in Partnership Building 15:15–16:00 · 519 — Alison Hughes, Fiona Riordan, Nóirín Uí Bhreithiúnaigh
From Hire to Discovery: Building Research Laboratories for New Faculty 15:15–16:00 · 521 — Andrea Gill, Danielle Churchill, Lisa Rumiel, Lucy Chung +1 more
One portal. Every grant. Powering potential: An update on the Tri-agency grants management solution 15:15–16:00 · 518 BC — Robin Craig
Funding Is Temporary. Capability Doesn’t Have to Be: Rethinking the research workforce model in an uncertain funding environment 15:15–16:00 · 520 — Chloe Morgan
Connecting Research to the World: How Strategic Communication Strengthens the Applied Research Ecosystem 15:15–16:00 · 525 — Sherry Arora
Building Capacity for Social Innovation: The Strategic Role of Research Administrators in Advancing Societal Impact 16:15–17:00 · 519 — Rūta Žmuidzinaitė
The Possibilities of Partnerships: Building Research Development Capacity through Collaboration 16:15–17:00 · 522 — Claudia Scholz, David Borgmeyer, Lisa Jasinski
Funding Global Partnerships: Overcoming Barriers in International Research Management 16:15–17:00 · 525 — Kartik Yadav, Melissa Bator
Finding the Time to Find the Time: Workload, Effective Generative AI Adoption, and the Administrator as Researcher, 16:15–17:00 · 521 — Claire Major
From Administrators to Strategic Partners: Leading Change in Research Management 16:15–17:00 · 524 BC — Enrico Maria Buonaura
SSHRC-NSERC Finance Update 16:15–17:00 · 520 — Andrew Wakefield
From Eligibility to Engagement: Building Institutional Capacity and a Community of Practice for Horizon Europe 16:15–17:00 · 518 BC — Keith Lévesque, Chelsea Herdman, Serge Desnoyers

Day 5 — Friday 30 April 2027

Friday Keynote 08:00–08:45 · 517 ABC Plenary — Nada Jabado
Beyond Research Administration: Building the Data-Enabled RMA Team 09:00–09:45 · 522 — Jane Finnerup Johnsen, Marton Szamosi, Veronica Chesi
Research Conduct and Misconduct Across Borders 09:00–09:45 · 524 BC — Michelle Moldofsky
Building Resilience through Collaboration: A Multi-Institutional Approach to Research Support 09:00–09:45 · 525 — Nathan Meier, Carly Cummings, Nicole Motzer
Navigating the transition to the tri-agency CV Part 1 09:00–09:45 · 520 — Jas Michalski, Valerie Harbour
One Story, Many Audiences: Strategic Communication for Research Success 09:00–09:45 · 524 A — Anita Chiu, Lisa Leung
Board Games: A Research Manager's Playbook for Society & Association Governance 09:00–09:45 · 519 — Hannah Allan
Creating the Conditions for Success: A Faculty's Journey Toward Greater Research Engagement 09:00–09:45 · 518 BC — Kelly-Anne Maddox
Supporting Ethical Indigenous Partnerships in the Pre-Award Stage 09:00–09:45 · 521 — Carmelita Crisp, Hanna Davidson
From Grant Support to Research Development: A 10-Year Evolution of an Institutional Research Development Ecosystem 10:00–10:45 · 521 — Brandi Povitz, Jenna Millar
Horizon Europe: Managing cultural and systemic changes for Researchers and Research Administrators within Canadian, New Zealand and European academic institutions 10:00–10:45 · 524 A — Brice Rousseau, Casper Hitchins, Derya Büyüktanır Karacan, Michele La Vie-Bier
Navigating the transition to the tri-agency CV Part 2 10:00–10:45 · 520 — Jas Michalski, Valerie Harbour
Diagrammatic elicitation of the research ecosystem: The role of Research Development Professionals on institutional culture 10:00–10:45 · 518 BC — Amanda McDonald, Caitlin Olauson Barlas, Pammla Petrucka, Raeleen Wilson +1 more
Beyond Recruitment: Embedding EDI Across the Research Lifecycle 10:00–10:45 · 519 — Alda O'Grady, Alysha Bains
From Gap to Growth: How Alliance4Life Measurably Transformed Research Governance Across Eleven Widening Countries 10:00–10:45 · 522 — Eliska Handlirova, Toivo Maimets
Building interdisciplinary domain expertise through collaborative research development support 10:00–10:45 · 525 — Grace Qin, Ken Sylvester
From NASA Astronaut Health to Brain Health: What a Pilot's Perspective Can Teach Us About Building Research Ecosystems 10:00–10:45 · 524 BC — Dr. Alexandra Kindrat

Organisers, sponsors and partners

Organiser (1)

International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS)

Sponsors (8)

Springer Nature · Bouvier Grant Group · Worktribe · Overton · Infonetica · InfoReady · Canada Foundation for Innovation · Elsevier

Association Partners (3)

L'Association des administratrices et administrateurs de recherche universitaire du Québec (ADARUQ) · National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) · National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP)

Source: the published agenda. See how B2DB compiles its records.