The Influence and Impact of Web 2.0 on e-Research Infrastructure, Applications and Users Workshop

13 May, 09 09:30 AM - 14 May, 09 05:00 PM

e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh

Any slides or other material generated as a result of this event can be found at: www.nesc.ac.uk/action/esi/contribution.cfm?Title=969

This is the kick-off meeting for the theme - "The Influence and Impact of Web 2.0 on e-Research Infrastructure, Applications and Users"

Target Audience

We wish to engage the e-Science, and e-Research community, as well as those in the arts and humanities, and other researchers who have not been funded under the e-Science Programme.

Programme

This event is provisionally scheduled to start at 09:30 Wednesday 13 May 2009 and close at 17:00 on Thursday 14 May 2009.

Wednesday 13th May 2009

1000-1030 – General overview of aims and objectives of theme.

1030 – 1300 – User/Usability – a general discussion and debate about the areas that we want to pursue and focus on, and the outcomes from these activities.

1300 – 1400 – Lunch

1400 - 1530 - User/Usability – a further debate and discussion.

1530 – 1700 – Applications – a general discussion about the types of applications that we should target, and how we will potentially test them (it may be possible to create a test bed to assesses these applications).

Thursday 14th May 2009

1000 – 1030 – General discussion of previous thoughts/ideas and further thoughts on the activities we have so far chosen.

1030 – 1200 – Further discussion on applications

1200 – 1300 – Services – a choice of services, ranging from Clouds, virtualisation, security, and mash-ups, how we can assess these systems, and the outcomes from this part of the theme.

1300 – 1400 – Lunch

1400 – 1530 – Services – Further discussion and debate about services.

1530 – 1600 – Wrap up discussion – dates of workshop and other activities.

Accommodation

Assistance with accommodation is offered once you have registered.

Registration for this event is now closed. To enquire about an application or to cancel a previous application please contact NeSC Administration.

Related Links

http://research3.org

Important Dates

08 Jan - Registration Opens
06 May - Registration Deadline
06 May - Date we will respond to your application by (Please note this is the latest date we will respond to your application. It is normal policy for us to respond within 5 working days where possible.)
13 May - Event Starts at 09:30hrs

Travel

Full details on how to get to the e-Science Institute are available at:

http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/esi_travel.html

Enquiries

Enquiries should be made directly to our Conference Administrator.

http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/