Join us tomorrow to get acquainted with the KAREN Video Conferencing Service (KVCS). This seminar, presented by Nathan Gardiner, Director of the Advanced Video Collaboration Centre, will introduce you to the newly launched KAREN Video Conferencing Service (KVCS). This event is part of the 2010/11 KAREN Seminar Series.

The deadline for submitting a paper abstract for consideration at the NZ eResearch Symposium has been extended until Wednesday 15 September.

The KAREN Services Working Group meets again today, 2:00 - 3:30pm. Further participation from the KAREN community in the KAREN Services Working Group is welcome.

The deadline for paper submissions for the NZ eResearch Symposium 2010 on 26 - 27 October closes next Wednesday 1 September.

Remember today's seminar introducing the KAREN Video Conferencing Service and tomorrow's KAREN member open forum. At 3:30 this afternoon, Nathan Gardiner, Director of the Advanced Video Collaboration Centre, will give you the low down on the KVCS.

Registration is now open for the inaugural NZ eResearch Symposium, 26-27 October at the University of Auckland. eResearch is about the information technology infrastructure and software that supports a research community. This national event will showcase eResearch across the humanities and social sciences, physical and biological sciences, math and engineering.

Get acquainted with the KAREN Video Conferencing Service (KVCS). The 2010/11 KAREN Seminar Series will kick off with an introduction to the newly launched KVCS. This session will be presented by Nathan Gardiner, Director of the Advanced Video Collaboration Centre, our NZ video conferencing guru.

eResearch activity is hotting up around the country. At this month's KAREN member open forum (12:00pm, Friday 27 August) Nick Jones from BeSTGRID will give you an insight to the upcoming NZ eResearch Symposium and the Summer of eResearch Scholarship programme. As always, Donald Clark and other members of the REANNZ team will give a brief update on the month's major developments and then open the floor to questions, comment and discussion.

Today marks the official go live of the KAREN Video Conferencing Service, providing state of the art video conferencing technology for the KAREN community.