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North East Regional e-Science Centre/Digital Curation Centre Collaborative Workshop - 5th February 2007 Room 2.22, The Research Beehive, University of Newcastle

10.00 -10.15 - Coffee/Registration

10.15 -10.25 - Welcome/Introduction - Paul Watson, Director of NEReSC

10.25 -10.35 - Welcome/Introduction - Liz Lyon, DCC Associate Director

10.35 -11.35 - Presentations from NEReSC covering:

Cultural Computing - (AMUC, Vidipedia [Video archiving and retrieval], Contested Project, Digital Jewellery)

CISBAN - understanding the complex mechanisms underpinning the ageing process

CARMEN - Code Analysis, Repository, and Modelling for e-Neuroscience

GOLD: Grid-based Information Models to Support the Rapid Innovation of New High Value Added Chemicals

MESSAGE - Mobile Environmental Sensor Systems Across a Grid Environment

11.35 -12.35 - Presentations from the DCC

Introduction to DCC User Services -Maureen Pennock

Research Overview - Chris Rusbridge Director of the DCC

Cross-disciplinary communication/collaboration - Ross Harvey Professor of Library and Information Management, Charles Sturt University, Australia and visiting scholar at HATII

12.35 - 3.15 - Lunch and Discussion
(small groups or plenary depending on numbers)
* What policies currently exist on preservation and curation at project, centre or Institution/University level?
* Was there a provision for preservation and curation written into the recent project proposals e.g. CARMEN?
* What skills are available in-house?
* How has data from past projects been preserved?
* Are there any plans for a digital repository at a project centre or institutional level?
* Are there any particular challenges in individual projects with regard to data? - technical/legal/ethical etc
* eScience projects, requirements/ ways that DCC could collaborate/follow-up visits etc.