Events

ARCOS Symposium 2026: Orchestrating AI-Ready Research Infrastructure

Date: 18 June 2026

Time: 9:30 am to 5 pm (AEST)

Type

Symposium

Location

Online and Room 105, Building N, 27 Sir John Monash Dr, Caulfield East, VIC 3145

The 2026 Symposium’s theme is orchestrating AI-ready research infrastructure using cloud-native solutions. Discussions will cover the critical roles of containers, Kubernetes, and high-throughput batch scheduling in creating scalable, AI-ready research platforms and infrastructure.

The ARDC invites you to participate in discussions and help us develop national research capabilities in building reproducible and scalable digital research outputs using containers and Kubernetes. Join us for this one-day hybrid event in person or online for presentations, discussions and professional networking, and help us shape the future of the ARCOS community.

Who should attend?

Current ARCOS members, anyone within the Australian research sector developing Kubernetes and container solutions, research sector professionals working on cloud computing, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics or informatics and research software.

 Agenda

Featured talks

• “ARCOS Overview and Vision” by Dr Aleem Uddin, Research Infrastructure Specialist (Virtualisation), ARDC

• “Navigating the Challenges of LLM Inferencing Within Internet-Restricted or Disconnected Environments” by Jase Rieger, Principal Consultant – Cyber, DEWC Services

• “The Devil’s in the Details” by Mike Lynch, Data Science Group Lead, Sydney Informatics Hub, The University of Sydney

Lightning talks

• “Making Humanities Geospatial Workflows Reproducible with Containers” by Dr Daniel Russo-Batterham, Senior Research Data Specialist, Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP)

• “Schrödinger’s Cluster: It’s Broken and Not Broken Until Observed” by Dr Andreas Moll, Manager (Scientific Computing), ANSTO

We’re shaping the program for the ARCOS Symposium 2026. More sessions will be announced soon.