The University of Auckland’s Fale Pasifika (above) is a traditional symbol of the Pacific Island. This Fale is the second largest such structure in the world. In addition to the traditional fale building, the Center complex includes academic offices, classrooms and a multi-media laboratory. Photo courtesy NZ eResearch Symposium

Register now for the 1st NZ eResearch Symposium online , to be held at the Owen G Glenn Building and the Fale Pasifika, at The University of Auckland.

Our NZ eResearch Symposium is a forum for NZ’s research sector and nascent eResearch community, being those involved in using, developing, and supporting applications and services that take advantage of distributed collaboration platforms for team science, including grid middleware, high performance computing, data infrastructure, advanced video-conferencing, and advanced research networks. This is also an opportunity to meet leaders of eResearch initiatives within NZ and internationally, and to hear about best-practices and to share experiences.

We have a new keynote speaker confirmed secured: Nicole Cloonan, Senior Research Officer, Queensland Center for Medical Genomics. Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland.

She will join Shaun Hendy, William (Bill) Michener and Andrew Treloar in presenting keynote addresses.

Visit the website for more details on the keynote presentations.

Draft Program:

The symposium will start on Tuesday 26 October at 9:00 am and will conclude at 5:00 pm on Wednesday 27 October. The “Pasifika” themed symposium dinner will be held on the evening of Tuesday 26 October.

Full details about the program will be available on the website shortly.

If you would like more information, please the conference organizers:
Paardekooper and Associates
Conference organizers of NZ eResearch Symposium
P: +64 4 562 8259