The University of Canterbury is hosting the High Performance Research Symposium on 4 August 2008 at the Millennium Hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand. This event is a lead-in to the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Consortium meeting (APAN26), Asia Pacific’s foremost event for showcasing advanced broadband networking applications and technologies for research and education.

The symposium will set the scene for APAN26 by showcasing best practice e-Research projects, programmes and tools.

• Full details, including speakers and abstracts of presentations, are now available on the Symposium web pages - http://www.bluefern.canterbury.ac.nz/events/index.shtml
• Please note that standard registration rates finish on Monday 30 June – increased late registration rates kick in from 1 July
• Please also note that the Symposium and APAN26 have separate registration – registration for one event does not include registration for the other event. Registration information is posted on the webpage.

Enquiries can be made to Stuart Broughton at stuart.broughton@canterbury.ac.nz

APAN26 registrations can be made through the KAREN website: http://www.karen.net.nz/apan26-registration/