The First Sino-Australia

IT Research and Education Summit

6-8 November 2008

Peppers Salt Resort, Kingscliff NSW Australia

Organized by      

The University of Queensland

Australian Research Council Research Network in Enterprise Information Infrastructure (EII)

Purpose

This inaugural forum will establish an annual event to be held in Australia and China to bring together Deans, Head of Schools, Head of Departments and leading professors in the area of Information Technology and Computer Science from top universities and research institutes in both countries, including the Group-of-Eight (Go8) universities in Australia, a group of selected “985” universities in China, and national research organizations. The main purpose is to enhance mutual understanding and research collaboration among top IT research universities and organizations between the two countries, to discuss common challenges, opportunities and strategies, and to share our experiences in building world-class research and higher education in IT research and education. Expected outcome from this series of events include opportunities for joint research projects and centres (with funding from Australia and Chinese Governments and other funding agencies), schemes for exchanging research students and staff, linked programs for PhD students, and policy development to enhance IT research and educational collaboration between the two countries.

Conference Organisation

This inaugural event will be hosted by The University of Queensland and supported by the ARC Research Network in Enterprise Information Infrastructure (EII), with key organizers including Prof Paul Bailes (Head, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering), Prof Xiaofang Zhou (Convenor, ARC Research Network in Enterprise Information Infrastructure), supported by Ms Kath Williamson (Manager, EII).

Organizations Represented

China

East China Normal University

Fudan University

Harbin Institute of Technology

Huazhong University of Science and technology

Northeastern University

Peking University

Renmin University of China

Shanghai Jiaotong University

Sun Yat-Sen University [Zhongshan University]

Tsinghua University

Australia

The University of Adelaide

The Australian National University

Australian Research Council

ARC Research Network in Enterprise Information Infrastructure

CSIRO ICT Centre

The University of Melbourne

Monash University

National ICT Australia

The University of New South Wales

The University of Queensland

The University of Sydney