Sunday 5th April - Thursday 9th April 2009

Following on from the success of the CellML Workshops in 2007 and 2008 we will be hosting another workshop in 2009 - this time with a slight difference. Discussions with various groups have lead to the idea of making this event a "super-workshop" combining the themes of:


We believe this will be an excellent opportunity to bring together the various growing communities to discuss recent developments and future plans.

Dates and Location

This meeting will be held over 5 days, 5th-9th April 2009, on Waiheke Island - just a 40 minute ferry ride from downtown Auckland.

Transport from Auckland Airport to the conference centre is reasonably simple.  There are taxis (~$60), shuttle buses (~$30), and the airport bus (which runs every 15 min $15 single or $22 return).  Ask for the downtown ferry building.  Ferries to Waiheke run roughly every hour on the hour.  Ferry tickets will be provided.   To get from the Waiheke Wharf to the Conference Centre there are buses that meet the ferry (destination Palm Beach, ask the driver exactly where to get off for the Waiheke Island Resort), and also taxis and shuttle buses.

Four (or five if you are travelling from overseas) nights accommodation, breakfast, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided, and there will also be a couple of conference dinners.  On the other evenings, meals can be purchased from the conference centre, or you may choose to dine out at one of the cafes, restaurants, or vineyards on the island.

 

Registration

Registration for this event is free. Please complete the CellML Workshop 2009 registration form to sign-up for this event.

If you would like to present please submit an abstract and indicate whether you would prefer a talk or a poster presentation.

Note that abstract submission closes on February 2nd 2009 and the registration deadline is February 16th 2009.

Programme

The detailed programme has yet to be confirmed, but there will be five days of talks, posters and informal discussion.  Mornings will be dedicated to a series of short (5 min) talks and chaired discussion, with the early afternoon reserved for less formal, break away discussion.  Late afternoons and evenings will be free for further discussion (which you may choose to relocate to the beach!) or for general recreation.  Posters will be displayed around the room for the majority of the meeting.


We anticipate the complete programme will be posted on the CellML website shortly, but we would like to take the opportunity now to alert you to the event to allow you to incorporate it into your busy schedules. We look forward to seeing many of you again and also hope to welcome many new faces.

Organisers

The workshop is being jointly organised by Michael Hucka (Caltech), Poul Nielsen, Peter Hunter, and Catherine Lloyd (Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland).