Registrations are now open for the 2009 eResearch@Otago seminar.

eResearch@Otago 2009

The University of Otago in conjunction with REANNZ is excited to be hosting a one day event for researchers and interested parties on Tuesday 20 October to promote eResearch, and New Zealand’s participation in the global eResearch community.

This will be our second eResearch@Otago event, following on from our highly successful 2007 debut, and will feature researchers sharing their eResearch experiences, and showcasing some of the eResearch initiatives currently underway in New Zealand.

The event will run from 10:30am until 5:30pm and will include the signature ‘brown bag’ lunch. Drinks and nibbles will follow the final speaker.

Speakers

A wide range of participants and invited speakers will be attending, including researchers, scientists and management.

Keynote Speakers

• Mark Gahegan, Director of eResearch, University of Auckland
• Paul Turnbull, Griffith University, Australia

Presentations

• Intro to BeSTGRID - Nick Jones, University of Auckland
• KAREN 101 - Emma Bottomore, REANNZ
• KAREN Computational Grid and the KAREN search engine - Tim Molteno, Physics, University of Otago
• OpenSim Virtual World Grid - Information Science, University of Otago
• Virtual Research Environment: The Otago Experience - Russell Butson, HEDC, University of Otago
• Music & the Digital Diaspora - John Egenes, Department of Music, University of Otago
• Genomics - Mik Black, University of Otago & AgResearch

You can view a promotional poster for the event (9MB, pdf)

Register now

Please register for this free event by Monday 12 October. To register and for further detail on this event visit http://extreme.otago.ac.nz/ocs/index.php/eResearch/er09

Contact

If you have any questions please contact:

Russell Butson
Higher Education Development Centre (HEDC)
University of Otago
russell.butson@otago.ac.nz

Updated 23 September 2009