Call for Participation: New Zealand eResearch Symposium 2012

The call for participaton has now closed

Contributions

We now welcome submission of descriptions for presentations, panels, posters, BoFs, workshops and demonstrations. Submissions may address any aspect of eResearch, including the infrastructure, platforms, middleware, services; and use-cases from the sciences, humanities, engineering, social sciences and medical fields.

Submission Details

Please use the templates attached to this page for your submission. There are separate templates for:

Presentations, Panels, Posters, BoFs and Demonstrations: (link to template)
Workshops: (link to template)

Each submission template requests a Title (up to 10 words) and a Description (up to 300 words). Please compose these carefully as they are likely to be used as submitted in the Symposium Programme and on the web site. All submissions should be in either plain text or PDF using a 12 point, Times New Roman font.

Note that proposal for workshops will be accepted for full-day, half-day and 90 minute duration.

The full-day and half-day workshops will be held on Wednesday, 4 July 2012.

The 90 minute workshops will take place on Thursday and/or Friday as part of the Symposium Programme.

The Programme Committee will work with workshop proposers to develop a programme that meets the needs of the delegates and complements the presentation programme.

Email your completed submission to: submissions@eresearch.org.nz (mailto: submissions)

Evaluation of Proposals

All submissions will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. Relevance to the theme of eResearch, originality, and applicability to the symposium audience are key considerations in the acceptance of all submissions. The Programme Committee may choose to discuss your submission with you as part of the process of assembling the programme.

All submitters will receive an email confirming the outcome of their proposal. The Organising Committee reserves the right to accept your proposal under a different category, for example accepting a paper as a poster.

Important Dates

13 April 2012: Deadline for submission of proposals.
4 May 2012: Presenters informed whether or not their proposal has been accepted.
8 June 2012: All presenters will need to have registered for the symposium to guarantee a place in the Programme.
Note that this is also the early-bird registration deadline.

New Zealand eResearch Symposium

eResearch encompasses all of the information technology infrastructure and software that supports a research community. This includes the computing platforms, the software platforms that connect equipment, data, and other computing resources with people, along with collections management, platforms to run experiments, and advanced collaboration tools. eResearch communities thrive on deep engagement with researchers, supporting the formation and operation of effective digitally supported research communities. New Zealand's eResearch community is growing in confidence and experience across a broad range of research application & service areas, in the humanities and social sciences, physical and biological sciences, mathematics and engineering.

The symposium aims to bring together practitioners from a range of research communities, including those involved in using, developing, and supporting software applications and services which take advantage of distributed collaboration platforms for team science, including grid middleware, high performance computing, data infrastructure, advanced video-conferencing, advanced research networks. It is also an opportunity to meet some of the leaders of eResearch initiatives within NZ and internationally, and to hear about best-practice and to share understanding and experiences.