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Nov 6 2008 - 9:00am Nov 8 2008 - 5:00pm Australia/NSW
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
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 This summit will include the following types of activities: 1) University and faculty/school/department introductions 2) Speeches from peak funding agencies and government bodies in both countries 3) Sessions (each topic below will be approx 60 mins duration – 2*20 minutes talks from one from China and one from Australia, followed by 20 minutes discussions), on topics of mutual interest. Venue Bells Boulevard, Salt Village Kingscliff NSW 2487 Tel: 61 2 6674 7777
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