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Lest Running Thither The Value of Facilitation Inaugural Go8 Directors’ Conference Melbourne

Lest Running Thither The Value of Facilitation Inaugural Go8 Directors’ Conference Melbourne 28-29 May 2009. The Value of Facilitating the Future. The future : the info-sphere : a shared vision Challenge : shape the future and go there sooner Facilitation : Go8 DFG.

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Lest Running Thither The Value of Facilitation Inaugural Go8 Directors’ Conference Melbourne

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  1. Lest Running Thither The Value of Facilitation Inaugural Go8 Directors’ Conference Melbourne 28-29 May 2009

  2. The Value of Facilitating the Future • The future : the info-sphere : a shared vision • Challenge : shape the future and go there sooner • Facilitation : Go8 DFG

  3. Go8 Strategic Intent : DFG Guidelines • Go8 universities will be recognised as national hubs of concentrated expertise and infrastructure, linked into strong international networks. • The research capabilities of Go8 universities will be accessible to Australian researchers and scholars from diverse institutions. • The discussion forums initiated by the Go8 will be open to participants from other Australian institutions.

  4. DFG Role and Support: • Agendas: • info. exchange, benchmarking, policy development, projects in common, shared infrastructure. • Institutional: • coupled to to D/PVC Research Offices • Go8: • D/PVC Group sponsorship • linked to Library, Data Network, … Groups

  5. Inaugural Members D/PVC R nominees: UQ Bernard Pailthorpe (UQ Cyber-Infrastructure) UNSW Margaret Harding (PVC Research Strat’s) ANU Rick Van Haeften (Dir Corp Inf) Monash Paul Bonnington (Dir e-Research) UMelb Leon Stirling (Dir e-Research) UAdel Simon Brennan (Hd Research Office) UWA Brian Green (A Director P&P) USyd Warwick Dawson (Dir Research Office) Go8 Convenor (interim) – Robin Stanton

  6. Initial agenda items (under construction): • National Research Strength Information Services (NRSIS) • Project for revealing national strengths through federated institutional research information • Research data management. • Policies and shared infrastructure for research data management – linked to research practice and ANDS services. • National research hub network structure. • Planning tightly coupled core national facilities and data centres. • …

  7. thanks for listening Robin Stanton 29 May 2009

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