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.

$82,000 has been awarded to seven successful applications to the first round of the Event Support and Travel Fund. The Event Support and Travel Fund is one of two funds comprising REANNZ's Capability Build Fund (CBF) – designed to help raise awareness and use of KAREN and advanced networking techniques.

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.

NZNOG 07

REANNZ was represented for the first time at the NZ Network Operators Group (NZNOG) 07. NZNOG provided an excellent opportunity for some of us to get together and discuss KAREN, the status of connections and some of the future possibilities for the network and those who use it.

FP7 Global Information Day - 6 March 2007

FP7 (the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development) is an EU fund available to research communities in New Zealand.

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.

The KAREN Capability Build Advisory Panel has kick started the process of developing a New Zealand Roadmap for professional skill development and technical capability to outline capability building activities that should be pursued over the next three to four years. The goal of this programme is to improve the outcomes for NZ education and research sectors using KAREN and developing related e-research infrastructure and services.

Trip Report: APAN23 Manila, January 2003

Donald Clark and Julie Watson from REANNZ and Paul Bonnington from University of Auckland attended the 23rd Asia Pacific Advanced Networks meeting in Manila.  The meeting offered a chance to:

Development work on Phase 2 of the KAREN website is underway. The key development is the creation of community specific 'sub- sites' providing KAREN communities with their own online space. You will also see some changes to the main site, including the redesign of the homepage and the addition of a photo gallery.