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KIWI ADVANCED RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK
ESR
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Contacts
KAREN champion
Dr. Val Orchard
- General Manager, Science and Research
- Email: val.orchard@esr.cri.nz
Additional contacts
ESR has a KAREN champion at each of our four sites
- Dion Sheppard, Mt Albert Science Centre, Auckland
Dion
- Beryl Anderson, Kenepuru Science Centre, Porirua
Beryl - Lisa McCallum, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Wallaceville, Upper Hutt
Lisa - David Wood, Christchurch Science Centre, Christchurch
David
Number of projects using KAREN
Institutional Capability Build
KAREN Awareness and Training
updated 5 June 2008
KAREN Champion Dr Val Orchard
Relevant Staff
- Beryl Anderson,
- Lisa McCallum,
- Dion Sheppard,
- David Wood,
- Nicky Gardner
Project On Track?Yes
Achievement to date
Milestones: Workshop design and project planning Development of presentations
The KAREN site champions have talked to staff to gauge interest in KAREN and identify issues that need to be discussed in the workshops. We have identified a staff member who would be able to facilitate the workshops. The team met at REANNZ for a demonstration of the high definition videoconferencing facilities, saw the Access Grid facilities and discussed KAREN with Bill Choquette. This confirmed that the focus is on eResearch rather than KAREN per se. Planning is underway for organising the workshops for staff. Staff will be invited from work groups that cover the diversity within ESR.
The workshops were held at 3 sites during July and August and the format of the programme we used is below.
- 1) Welcome and Introductions
- 2) Overview of REANNZ and the KAREN network
- a) The importance of e-research and why we want to integrate KAREN into science work at ESR – Val Orchard, GM Science and Research, ESR KAREN Champion
- b) Introduction to the KAREN Network - Donald Clarke REANNZ (powerpoint slides)
- c) The advantages of KAREN as an e-research technology - Guest speaker
- d) ESR site speaker – my view of KAREN and how I can use it
- 3) Looking to the future – opportunities/barriers to adopting KAREN in ESR.
- 4) Discussion in small groups, using worksheet.
- 5) Report back from each group
- The top 3 opportunities with KAREN are …
- The top 3 issues or barriers to be overcome are …
- 6) Implications for e-research
- 7) Promoting the KAREN network in ESR
The external speakers were
- Nathan Gardner, Canterbury University
- John Hine, Victoria University
- Allen Rodrigo, Auckland University
ESR internal speakers were
- Lisa McCallum and Brent Gilpin
What’s Coming Up
We are analysing the feedback from our workshops and will make an action plan for ESR.
New Zealand Microbiology Research and Education Network
Project Owner: Virginia Hope
Relevant Staff:
- Brent Gilpin,
- Lisa McCallum
Project Objective
We aim to:
- Establish Sharepoint portals for microbiology research and education in NZ and the Asia Pacific region.
- Use KAREN to enable the transfer of large databases and visual microbiological information,
- Use video conferencing and archiving for educational seminars and training and for national and international meetings,
- Enable rapid information exchange and communication during the emergence of new or widespread pathogens.
- Highlight the use of KAREN for microbiologists in a demonstration international collaborative project comparing the genotypic data of strains of Campylobacter, Salmonella and E. coli.
To achieve this we have split the project into two parts:
- PulseNet Asia Pacific Portal, lead by Brent Gilpin
- Domestic Microbiology Network, lead by Lisa McCallum
PulseNet Asia Pacific
Details to come
Domestic Microbiology Network
Details to come
