Head of UK e-Science Programme at Royal Society

The Director of the UK e-Science programme, Tony Hey, will give a presentation jointly hosted by the Royal Society and NGI-NZ, at the Royal Society in Wellington on 4 June.

Tony Hey is Professor of Computation in the Department of Electronics and Computer Science and the University of Southampton, and was seconded as Director of the UK e-Science Core Programme from early 2001.

His presentation in Wellington will focus on "Building Capability in e-Science" with emphasis on the UK and Europe experience. Please urgently register if you are interested in attending this presentation by emailing debra@ngi-nz.co.nz

Date: Friday, 4 June 2004
Venue: RSNZ Lecture Theatre, Science House, 11 Turnbull Street, Thorndon
Time: 10.00-noon

Background

Tony Hey's visit to New Zealand is arranged as part of the NZTE/NGI-NZ programme for e-Science visitors, where the knowledge and experience of overseas experts in advanced networking (networks and applications) are made available to NZ audiences. The programme has already hosted George McLauchlin, AARNet; Paul Davis, GrangeNet; and Ian Foster, University of Chicago, a New Zealander and one of the founders of the Grid Computing concept.

As the head of the UK Government e-Science Core Programme, Professor Hey is heavily involved in helping to build the value and capability of UK scientists. UK e-Science funding is currently in its second phase with Application Projects attracting £96M in funding for 2003-2006.

The focus for Professor Hey's meetings in New Zealand will be on capability building in e-science with relevance to the various interested sectors, including research and technology, science, and innovation.

Tony Hey is a respected world leader in his field and the NGI-NZ/NZTE e-Science visitor programme is very lucky to be able to host him in this small, two-day window of opportunity. He has arranged his itinerary to travel through NZ on his way to a conference in Hawaii.

For further information about Tony Hey, see www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~ajgh