GNS Science eResearch Event in Lower Hutt

25 August 9am - 1pm

GNS Science is hosting an eResearch Event featuring Dr. Robert Woodcock from AuScope who will introduce one of Australia's most exciting GeoScience projects. Auscope aims to establish a world class research infrastructure to characterise the structure and evolution of the Australian continent in a global context from surface to core in space and time. Visit AuScope here

We're keeping schools up to date with progress on the National Education Network trial extension via the ICT in schools magazine, Interface. If you're interested in this project, you too can now see these regular updates on our website.

KAREN wiki highlights, recent updates and cool stuff you should know about for October 2009.

Registrations are now open for the annual conference for the Advanced Video Collaboration Centre, Friday 20 November. This event brings together users, technicians, and representatives in the NZ community of remote collaboration over KAREN.

New Zealand schools are invited to participate in a global education initiative, The Four Nations Classroom.

The Centre for Global Education

The Centre for Global Education facilitates programming for over 10,000 students every year from every corner of the planet. These programmes break down the traditional barriers of time, culture, and location, creating a truly global classroom.

Free virtual seminar on Wednesday 29 July on KAREN-optimised tools and services for bioinformatics in NZ.

The new Advanced Video Collaboration Centre is seeking your feedback on video conferencing tools.

Prime Minister John Key and a troop of VIPs were dazzled by high definition video conferencing over KAREN last Thursday during the opening of the new national ICT Innovation Institute, NZi3.

A new service centre has been established to provide helpdesk and advisory services for video conferencing at our universities and crown research institutes.

Art students at Kristin School and Christ’s College were treated last week to a personal talk from Te Papa’s Director of Art on the works of Monet and the Impressionists.

Te Papa is currently playing host to the largest collection of Impressionist paintings ever to come to New Zealand. The ‘Monet and the Impressionists’ exhibition features over 50 paintings from 19th century French artists, the majority of which come from the collection held at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Back by popular demand. Richard Bishop will provide practical advise on how to set up and run a successful video conference on Tuesday 10 March.

We are kicking off our support for the KAREN community in 2009 by bringing you a training session on 'How to run a video conference'. Join us this Wednesday for practical hints and tips for running a successful video conference.

We are kicking off our support for the KAREN community in 2009 by bringing you a training session on 'How to run a video conference'. Join us on Wednesday 11 February for practical hints and tips for running a successful video conference.