rOpenSci | Software Sustainability and Community Management
Thursday May 7, 2026 15:15 (UTC)

Software Sustainability and Community Management

online, 🌐 • With Yanina Bellini Saibene.

R/Medicine 2026 will happen May 4-8, 2026.

Yanina Bellini Saibene will deliver a keynote on Thursday May 7th, 11:15AM–12:15PM ET.

Sustainable software depends as much on people and practices as it does on code. In this talk, she will draw on her experience leading and supporting R communities to show how intentional community management contributes to long-term software sustainability. Using concrete examples, she will highlight how communities of practice help distribute maintenance, grow skills, and support inclusive, resilient software ecosystems across research and open source.

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