QCIF is actively comitted to sharing information and knowledge. In 2009 we sponsored the 6th Winter School in Mathematical & Computational Biology at the University of Queensland. The series of winter schools was designed to introduce mathematical and computational biology and bioinformatics to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students.

In late July 09, QCIF participated in the MM2009 conference. Speakers from all over the world descended on the Gold Coast to discuss the latest developments in molecular modelling in both the life sciences and materials sciences, focusing on issues such as:

• Methodology Development
• Drug Design
• Materials & Nanotechnology
• Dynamics & Chemical Reactivity
• Self Assembly & Biomolecular Simulations
• Sustainable Energy & Environment

QCIF Conference booths

QCIF held a display and information booth at the MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation in 09. The conference hosted a rich forum for the exchange of knowledge about modelling and simulation. It addressed pressing and far-reaching issues such as water management and global change modelling.

In July 09, QCIF demonstrated the OptiPortal, in collaboration with AARnet, at QUESTnet (The Queensland Education, Science and Technology Network Conference) on the Gold Coast. This is an annual opportunity for Qld research institutions to meet and share information to advance the development and use of Information and Communications Technologies in Higher Education.

Sponsorship for Conference Attendance

Earlier in 09, QCIF sponsored QUT's Neil Kelson to visit the Paderborn Heinz Nixdorf Institute on a knowledge exchange, and to attend the ISC'09 conference in Hamburg, Germany, to meet with other world leaders in the High Performance Computing community.