eResearch Australasia 2008 will be held 28 September - 1 October in Melbourne, Australia, with workshops following on 2 and 3 October.

The conference will feature speakers and demonstrations from the Australian and international eResearch community and will focus on:

• Raising awareness for eResearch activities in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region
• Information sharing and networking among those engaged in eResearch activities
• Discussion of issues related to eResearch, e.g. technology issues, cultural change, and other barriers
• Providing information about Australian and regional eResearch initiatives.

Keynote speakers include:

• Senator the Hon Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
• Graham Cameron, Associate Director of the European Bioinformatics Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
• Sayeed Choudhury, Hodson Director of the Digital Knowledge Center, Johns Hopkins University
• Michael Fulford, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading
• Kerstin Lehnert, Director of the Geoinformatics for Geochemistry Program at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
• John Wilbanks, Vice President, Science Commons

The conference program also includes the eResearch Forum, a town meeting style feedback session for AeRIC which will look beyond existing initiatives for fresh ideas in innovation.

This conference comes highly recommended from New Zealand participants of the 2007 conference, so book your place early.

Further information

See the conference website at http://www.eresearch.edu.au/