Recently eight members of the KAREN community were welcomed into the KAREN Awards hall of fame. 

KAREN Awards recognise members of the KAREN community who have made an outstanding contribution to the community or who have embraced eResearch.  

Recently, eight leading-lights from our community were recognised for their contributions – three receiving a KAREN Champion award, and five a KAREN Enabler award. The KAREN Champion awards were presented by Victoria University of Wellington Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Charles Daugherty, at the Wellington eResearch Symposium on 8 June. 

The awardees

KAREN Champion awards

• Michael Uddstrom, NIWA
• Jonathan Flutey, Victoria University of Wellington
• Slava Kitaev, Auckland University of Technology  
  

KAREN Enabler awards

• Markus Buchhorn, Intersect Australia Ltd
• Salome Meyer, Victoria University of Wellington
• Kevin Buckley, Victoria University of Wellington
• Brian Opie, Victoria University of Wellington
• Sydney Shep, Victoria University of Wellington  
  

The KAREN Awards Hall of Fame features all past winners.