XENON Systems is proud to return to eResearch Australasia 2025 – our 10th year in a row as sponsor of this keystone event for the research community. This year in Brisbane, XENON is again a Gold Sponsor alongside our long-standing technology partner, NVIDIA. Also on the stand will be VAST Data and Versity, demonstrating an end-to-end solution to eResearch workflows and data management.
We’re pleased to connect with the research computing community, share practical insights from the field and highlight the innovation happening across Australia and beyond. You can browse the full conference program here.
Join the Versity User Group Meeting at eResearch
Versity will host an in-person User Group meeting in Brisbane alongside the conference—an opportunity for users, partners and the Versity team to connect, share roadmaps and dive into technical discussions.
- When: Monday, 20 October 2025, 13:00–16:00 AEST
- Where: Rydges South Bank Brisbane, Level Twelve South, 9 Glenelg St, South Brisbane QLD 4101
- Format: Interactive updates, customer stories and technical deep dives
- Register: Visit the Versity Users Group page to secure your spot
Can’t make it in person? There’s also a virtual US/EU session on Tuesday, 28 October 2025:
- 07:00–10:00 PT / 10:00–13:00 ET / 15:00–18:00 CET
- Register via the Versity Users Group page
We encourage eResearch attendees to join the Brisbane session to meet the Versity team, compare notes with peers and help shape future features and focus areas.
What we’re speaking about
Dr Werner ScholzCTO & Head of R&D
“Securely Share Your Bare-Metal HPC and AI Cluster without Virtualisation: Modern Multi-tenancy Solutions” by Dr Werner Scholz
Tuesday, 21 Oct, 14:30–14:50 (AEST), Boulevard Auditorium
Werner will unpack modern, secure multi-tenancy approaches that let you safely share bare-metal HPC and AI clusters—without the overheads of virtualisation. Expect actionable guidance for achieving strong isolation and utilisation while keeping complexity in check. 
Ben TrinderSolutions Architect
“Modern Storage for Modern HPC and AI Environments” by Ben Trinder
Tuesday, 21 Oct, 14:50–15:10 (AEST), Boulevard Auditorium
Ben will dive into storage architectures for today’s accelerated research: performance tiers, data flows for AI/ML, reliability patterns and cost-aware design choices that scale from departmental clusters to national facilities.
Malcom HaakSolutions Architect
“Mastering the Maze: Simplifying HPC, Kubernetes and Secure Software Delivery with DevOps, GitOps and Platform Engineering” by Malcom Haak
Tuesday, 21 Oct, 15:10 – 15:30 (AEST), Boulevard Auditorium
Malcom demonstrates how DevOps, GitOps and Platform Engineering principles can transform complex research infrastructure into manageable, automated systems that deliver secure, resilient and auditable HPC and Kubernetes environments.
Join our Birds of a Feather
BoF: Storage and Data Protection Solutions for Long Term Archiving
Dr Werner Scholz (XENON), Bruce Gilpin (Versity), Andrew Beattie (IBM), Matt Starr/Mike Cocks (Spectra Logic), Chris Schlipalius (Pawsey), Jason Lohrey (Arcitecta)
Wednesday, 22 Oct, 11:40–12:40 (AEST), Boulevard B3
Organisations not only generate, process and store more and more data, they also need to manage, protect and archive it for the long term while keeping it accessible for fast retrieval when reprocessing of the data is required. This is becoming even more important as Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions rely on access to large amounts of data to train, fine-tune and augment the underlying deep neural networks. As a result, IT teams are under increasing pressure to design and implement architectures, which can meet the requirements of these new applications, maintain them and provide migration strategies which ensure the long-term protection and availability of the data.
Join this BoF session, to hear from data storage specialists, solution providers, integrators and customers the latest architectures and solutions, challenges and pitfalls and real-world experiences. We will cover different archiving paradigms (implicit vs. explicit archiving), protocols (S3, NFS, proprietary), storage technologies (SSD/disk/tape and emerging technologies) and storage formats.
You will leave this BoF with the insights needed to start developing your own long term archiving strategy and you will have met some of the foremost experts in the field, who can help refine and implement your strategy.
Visit the XENON x NVIDIA stand along with Versity and VAST
As a Gold Sponsor with NVIDIA, our team will be on the exhibition floor all week. Drop by to talk:
- GPU-accelerated AI and simulation workloads
- Secure multi-tenant HPC designs without virtualisation
- High-performance, AI-ready storage architectures
- Turnkey research platforms, operations and support
Let’s meet at the XENON Social on Tuesday night
We’re hosting an informal social on Tuesday evening at The Charming Squire—right after the day’s sessions wrap up. Swing by to meet the XENON and NVIDIA teams, continue conversations from the floor and connect with peers across HPC, AI, data and research infrastructure. Register to the event here. We look forward to seeing you.
RegisterSee you in Brisbane
We’re proud to support the community as a Gold Sponsor with NVIDIA and look forward to the discussions, demos and debates that make eResearch special. Program details may change—always refer to the official site for the latest schedule.
Safe travels and see you in Brisbane!
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