The research world is changing. Come along to discover how eResearch is influencing the way that research is carried out at in New Zealand and around the world.

Who should attend?

Researchers from all disciplines are welcome to attend. There will be time for questions after each talk.

Event details

10:00am - 1:00pm, Wednesday 25 August 2010
The Lounge, GNS Avalon campus, 1 Fairway Drive, Avalon, Lower Hutt

Programme

10:00am, Welcome
Chris Kroger, Research Office

10:05am, KAREN 101 – An Introduction to eResearch
Bill Choquette, REANNZ

10:20am, Applying KAREN in GNS Science – GeoNet
Ken Gledhill, Manager GeoNet and Geohazards Monitoring

10:40am, What does the GNS researcher need to know about KAREN and eResearch?  Is it beyond business as usual?
Tony Charles, Manager Information Services

11:00am, Introduction to the KAREN Video Conferencing Service
Nathan Gardner, University of Canterbury

11:30am, Serving geological map data and information: New Zealand’s contribution to the global OneGeology project
Mark Rattenbury, GIS mapping specialist

12 noon, AuScope – An Australian geoscience and geospatial infrastructure system
Robert Woodcock, CSIRO

12.30 pm, Lunch

Contact

Please RSVP to Sarah Wiremu (s.wiremu@gns.cri.nz ) by Wednesday 12 August, for catering purposes.

Updated 12 August 2010