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Worldwide, research professionals are finding practical ways to use AI to operationalise research, and they’re working out the guardrails needed to ensure that gains don’t come at the expense of quality, governance, and trust—particularly as research is democratised.

To explore these themes, The ResearchOps Review and Rally are co-hosting Rally Around ReOps, a one-day, in-person ResearchOps conference. We’re bringing together seven speakers and eighty research professionals for a day of talks, a closing panel, and plenty of time to connect.

A Snapshot of the Agenda

Speakers will share six practical talks covering two core themes:

The machines of research. You’ll hear from speakers who are delivering significant AI-augmentation gains, particularly in research democratisation, as well as the operational changes and philosophies that made those results possible.

The humans of research. Despite the potential benefits of augmentation and automation, human curiosity and connection remain essential not only in research but also in operations. But which aspects of humanness matter most?

Find Out More & RSVP

We’ll close the day with a panel, “Building for Speed without Losing the Human Touch,” hosted by me, Kate Towsey, and Oren Friedman, ​Rally’s cofounder and CEO, and featuring speakers from the day.

There will be coffee and lunch breaks, as well as time to connect with speakers and attendees at this exclusive event.

Research Privacy and Ethics in the Age of AI

Join me the following day for an in-person, two-hour working session focused on research privacy and ethics in the age of AI. It sounds incredibly serious—and it is! It’s also an excellent opportunity to contribute to the field and connect with others who are thinking about this important topic.

I hope to see you there.

Kate Towsey
Founder & Editor in Chief of The ResearchOps Review

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AI is transforming how research is done, but the ethics and privacy frameworks that should govern these changes are largely absent from the conversation. How do we take care of participants, their data, and ourselves as we build AI into our research systems? Few people are talking about this important topic. We want to change that.

In this free, two-hour working session, facilitated by the founder of The ResearchOps Review and author of Research That Scales, Kate Towsey, you’ll gather with research and ResearchOps professionals to map the biggest privacy and ethics challenges we should be considering.

Register to Join

The information shared will be used to produce an infographic illustrating what we should all, as research professionals, be thinking about. If you take part, you’ll be offered the opportunity to be credited as a contributor. The session will operate under the Chatham House Rule, and anything you share will be anonymised.

Rally Around ReOps 2026 Conference

If you’re in San Francisco, you may also want to join the Rally Around ReOps one-day conference on June 10. The conference is hosted by Rally and curated by The ResearchOps Review.

You’ll hear from six speakers exploring two themes: the machines of research and the humans of research. The talks bring new ideas to the surface and stress-test what’s next for research operations, whether you do the work as a researcher or in a dedicated ResearchOps role. Register here.

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Scale research operations with ​Rally’s robust user research CRM, automated recruitment, and deep integrations into your existing research tech stack. Join the future of research operations.

So I scanned LinkedIn to understand the key worries, such as “Will User Interviews become inaccessible for teams with a small budget?” and asked members of the Cha Cha Club, a members-only club I founded for ResearchOps professionals, about their key concerns. Then I sat down with Basel Fakhoury, the CEO and cofounder of User Interviews, and Baran Erkel, the chief strategy officer at UserTesting, as a guest host on the Insights Unlocked podcast, to ask them your questions.

This wasn’t a polished public relations moment, and I wasn’t paid for my time. Instead, it was a candid look at what this acquisition means, now and in the long term, for the people who use these tools.

If you’ve got more questions for Basel and Baran, please post them in the comments.

Things Mentioned in This Episode

• Research That Scales: The Research Operations Handbook by Kate Towsey

• ResearchOps 2.0, an audio documentary about the past, present, and future of ResearchOps

• Cha Cha Club, a members’ club for ResearchOps professionals