eResearch Australasia Conference 2008

There are only two more weeks for submissions for eResearch Australasia 2008! The conference will be held 28 Sep – 3 Oct at the Sebel and Citigate Hotels, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia.

Please share your experiences with your colleagues at the conference if you are:

* Using advanced technology to generate, collect, share, analyse, store, retrieve, or publish information for your research in any discipline;
* Building or implementing infrastructure or services for identity and access management, data management and curation, collaboration, modeling, visualisation, teleinstrumentation, grids, or research networks;

* Providing training or support for the use of these technologies; or
* Developing relevant legal, policy, or standards frameworks.

Submissions are invited for presentations, workshops, and BoFs. These must be received by 23 May 2008. Submissions for posters and live demonstrations are also invited and must be received by 15 August.

Please see http://www.eresearch.edu.au/participation for further information.

eResearch Australasia 2008 is supported by the Australian Government through DIISR (Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) and AeRIC (Australian eResearch Infrastructure Council) and underwritten by The University of Queensland.

The conference aims to provide:

* A catalyst for innovation and collaboration, by bringing together the architects, builders, users, and managers of eResearch infrastructures and services;
* A forum to support the development, enhancement, and harmonisation of national, regional, and discipline-specific eResearch infrastructures and services;
* A showcase for innovative science and research enabled through these technologies and services.

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 Research and Curation 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.

More than 300 people attended the inaugural conference in 2007, for more details see www.eresearch.edu.au/programme-2007.

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