TelstraClear, Endace, Chorus and Verizon Business have demonstrated their commitment to New Zealand and the wider Asia Pacific region’s education and research communities by sponsoring the APAN26 Sustainable Networking conference, 4-8 August 2008, Queenstown.

REANNZ is pleased to announce TelstraClear as Gold sponsor of the APAN26 Sustainable Networking conference.

Happy news for students - APAN26 KAREN Student Innovation Competition deadline has been extended to 30 June 2008.

Five leading New Zealand academics/researchers have been confirmed as speakers in the eScience stream at APAN26.

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Register now for APAN26

Tomorrow (15 May) is the last day for you to catch the cheaper registration rate for APAN26.

If wireless security or video room design are your thing register to participate in an Ozeconference.

Cheaper standard registration rates for APAN26 end on 15 May, so make your booking now to enjoy our diverse programme.

Network engineer or specialist in network measurement and monitoring? You can not miss the perfSONAR workshop at APAN26 Sustainable Networking, 4-8 August.

Issue 6 of our newsletter hyphen is out now bringing you news, reviews and information on KAREN and the successes of our members.

Further speakers confirmed for the High Performance Research Symposium (HPRS)

Three speakers have been confirmed to speak alongside Ian Foster at HPRS:

The PDCAT08 Organising Committee invites workshop/tutorial proposals for PDCAT08 to be held in Dunedin, New Zealand, in December 2008.

Members of the international research and higher education community are invited to participate in eResearch Australasia 2008, to be held 28 Sep - 3 Oct 2008 at the Sebel and Citigate Hotels, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia.

Registration for the SC08 Education Program Summer workshops is now open and KAREN members can apply to the KAREN travel fund to help get you there.

A message to all tertiary students: Get creative with the KAREN Student Innovation Competition to win cash and a free spot at the APAN26 Sustainable Networking conference.

Students (graduates and undergraduates) and young researchers are invited to apply to the APAN Fellowship Program for sponsorship to attend the APAN26 Sustainable Networking conference in Queenstown, 4-8 August 2008.

REANNZ and BlueFern^TM at the University of Canterbury has joined forces to bring you two fantastic events in August 2008 - APAN26 Sustainable Networking and the High Performance Research Symposium.

The University of Canterbury's High Performance Research Symposium - 4 August 2008, Queenstown - will set the scene for APAN26, showcasing best practice e-Research projects, programmes and tools.

Calling all network graduate students and researchers: get involved in the APAN26 Sustainable Networking conference in Queenstown by submitting a paper to the Network Research Working Group.

The APAN Network Research Working Group is holding a one-day workshop on 4 August as part of APAN26.

The deadline for the submission of papers for the International Conference on Computer Mediated Social Networking has been extended to Sunday 9 March.

Book your place now at APAN 26 - Registrations are now open for the APAN 26 Sustainable Networking conference, 4-8 August 2008, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Experience first-hand how ICT developments and advanced networks are changing the look and feel of research and collaboration in the Asia Pacific region and are contributing towards environmental, regional and operational sustainability; participate in demonstrations of applications and services that are only possible over advanced networks like KAREN.

Final call for papers for International Conference on Computer Mediated Social Networking (ICCMSN - 2008)

Dunedin, New Zealand
11-13 June 2008
http://www.business.otago.ac.nz/infosci/conferences/isn2008/

Webcasts of all key presentations at the recent 'Building effective virtual organizations' workshop are now available online.

Victoria University of Wellington is hosting the International Conference 'Managing Identity in New Zealand: User-Centric Identity in the 21st Century', Wellington, 29-30 April 2008.

Mike Culver an Evangelist for Amazon Web Services is visiting REANNZ as part of his February trip to Australia and New Zealand.

Virtual organisations, entities linked by electronic communication tools to support collaborative relationships in distributed work environments, are increasingly central to collaborative projects across all disciplines.

Aspiring grid researchers are invited to participate in an international grid school, hosted by The International Collaboration to Extend and Advance Grid Education.

26-28 November, University of Auckland

Research coordination and collaboration for geoscience in New Zealand is leaping forward with the recent initiation of the SCENZ-GRID project to establish a grid infrastructure for geoscientists in New Zealand and the larger scale NCRIS funded AuScope project in Australia.

Registrations are now open for the second of two technical workshops on advanced video conferencing and collaboration over KAREN - 23 November, 9:00am - 5:00pm, University of Canterbury, Christchurch.

Get up with the play on the Creative Commons approach to copyright licensing at this free event: Expanding Expanding Copyright Horizons - Creative Commons Seminar, 27 October, Wellington.

Grid Camp 2007, WLCG Tier-2 and EU-IndiaGrid Workshop will be held at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan from 28 October to 2 November, 2007.

Calling any technical people wanting to gain in depth knowledge of IPv6.... we have the workshop for you.

Presentations from the Building KAREN Communities for Collaboration forum are now available on-line so you can experience the forum again or take a first look at what you missed out on. 

A call for papers has been issued for the Second International Workshop on Scientific Instruments and Sensors on the Grid being held in Melbourne this December.

The first KAREN forum – Building KAREN Communities for Collaboration – is happening at an Access Grid node near you on 3 – 4 July.

Presentations from the International Workshop on Virtual Research Environments and Collaborative Work Environments are now available online.

A call for papers has been issued for the 2007 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) New Zealand Workshop in High Performance and Grid Computing.

Building KAREN Communities for Collaboration 2 - 5 July 2007

Excitement is mounting as registrations for this forum pour in from wide and far across the research, education, innovation and government sectors.

GridNets 2007

A final call for papers has been issued for GridNets 2007. The deadline is extended to 28 May.

A key drawcard of the Building KAREN Communities for Collaboration forum is the ex-pat New Zealander and aptly known 'father of the Grid', Ian Foster.

2 - 5 July 2007, University of Auckland Conference Centre

Registrations are now open for the inaugural KAREN forum - Building KAREN Communities for Collaboration.

New Zealand researchers are invited to submit a paper for APAC07, the APAC Conference and Exhibition on Advanced Computing, Grid Applications and eResearch to be held in Perth, Western Australia from Monday 8 to Friday 12 October 2007.

A call for papers has been issued for the 3rd Asian Internet Engineering Conference (AINTEC) to be held in Phuket, Thailand, 27 - 29 November 2007.

Professor Marcus du Sautoy from the University of Oxford is presenting The Music of the Primes, a public lecture exploring the mystery of prime numbers on Thursday 15 March, 6pm.

The Proteomics Facility, University of Auckland, will be hosting a one day symposium on 19 March, informing researchers from a diverse range of scientific backgrounds about both current and new proteomic technologies and methods available through The Proteomics Facility.

APAC 07

The biennial Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC) Conference and Exhibition on Advanced Computing, Grid Applications and eResearch will be held in Perth, 8-12 October 2007.  This event is the biggest of its kind in Australia.

AARNet High Definition (HD) Video Conferencing session

AARNet will hold an Ozeconference/information session on High Definition Video Conferencing at 2.00pm AEDST on Tuesday 13 February 2007.  An invitation to KAREN members to also participate has been kindly extended by James Sankar, AARNet's Director of Applications and Services.

A High Performing Computing (HPC) Workshop is being organised by the Royal Society to share information about current HPC projects, existing facilities, grid middleware tools and networks.

NZ researchers from the fields of education, agriculture, and SIP and network security join our impressive line up of presenters at APAN26.

Bill St. Arnaud will be beaming into Queenstown for APAN26 to give a plenary presentation on the development of new types of computational and network architectures that can reduce CO2 emissions and benefit eScience. 

Saving the Planet at the Speed of Light - How R&E networks can help reduce global warming

Setting the scene: cyber-infrastructure and CO2

One of the greatest threats to our future society and economy is global warming.  It is estimated that the ICT industry alone produces as much CO2 as the entire output of the entire aviation industry.

Register for the 3rd NZ Workshop in  High Performance and Grid Computing.

Get involved in the PDCAT associated workshops in high performance computing, sensor networks, multi-core programming, data grids, and web 2.0 applications, 1-4 December 2008, Dunedin.

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.

For the technically inclined, APAN26 features hands-on training and know-how workshops on advanced networking technologies and equipment.

Pete Beckman and Jim Basney join other trail-blazers in eresearch as speakers at the High Performance Research Symposium.

InternetNZ, in conjunction with REANNZ, Cisco, Packet Clearing House, NZRS, auDA and FX Networks, is offering IPv6 technical workshops in Christchurch and Auckland.

A call for papers has been issued for the 7th Australasian Symposium on Grid Computing and e-Research  (AusGrid 2009).

Reminder: Spaces are filling up for the upcoming IPv6 workshops in Christchurch and Auckland. Registration is first come, first served. Entry is free for InternetNZ and KAREN members.

AARNet are broadcasting each keynote session from their Real Time Communications Roadshow, and you can participate via video conference.

eResearch Australasia attendees (or any other KAREN members who happen to be in Melbourne next week) are invited to attend this event that will explore opportunities for eResearch collaborations across the Tasman.