There is a long-standing challenge to narrow the gap between software engineering research and industrial practice. This gap is reinforced by a number of challenges, including differing timelines, metrics, expectations, and perceptions of these two communities. We believe that these and other related challenges need be analyzed and discussed, to discover synergies and strengthen collaborations between researchers and practitioners in software engineering. In this report, we present insights from the 7th International Workshop on Software Engineering Research and Industrial Practice held virtually at the International Conference on Software Engineering 2020.
