The Sixth Virtual Conference on Genomics and Bioinformatics is being held on September 21-22, 2006 at the campus of North Dakota State University.

北达科他州州立大学获得资金，组织将于2006年9月21日至22日在接入网格上举行的基因组学和生物信息学虚拟会议。第六届基因组学和生物信息学虚拟会议将于2006年9月21日至22日在北达科他州州立大学校园和世界各地通过访问网格和真实的播放器技术举行。简而言之，会议的目标是：消除世界各地研究人员的地理和经济障碍;通过新的合作模式促进思想交流;实现基因组学和生物信息学代表性不足的国家的代表性;促进学习和加强教育基础设施。会议的目的之一，是利用新的电脑支援合作工具“存取网格”及“串连论坛”技术，直接克服地理及经济上的障碍，促进世界各地著名研究人员的意见交流。会议将使用Access Grid和Live Internet Video Streaming（真实的播放器）技术进行现场直播和延迟视频流。Access Grid是一个虚拟协作工具，旨在创建一个令人信服的互动系统，促进物理上分离的空间之间的协作，目前全世界有150多个机构可以使用。会议的每个参与者都可以与演讲者进行对话，尽管只有那些在Access Grid上的人才能够面对面地实现这一点。今年会议的主要焦点是“生物科学中的妇女”。将在参加会议、组织委员会和挑选发言人方面采取若干积极步骤，在妇女中宣传这次会议。与往年一样，会议的另一个重要目标是通过为学生提供不同的参与方式来促进学习和加强教育基础设施，提供无注册费的会议，邀请K12学生在任何Access Grid位置或任何注册的真实的播放器位置参加，在会议结束后在网络上提供会议视听材料，并继续在北达科他州州立大学建立新的高级生物信息学系统（CSCI-783）课程。该课程不仅将吸引NDSU的研究生，还将吸引来自世界各地的研究生。

North Dakota State University is awarded funds to organize a virtual conference on genomics and bioinformatics to be held on the access grid September 21-22, 2006. The Sixth Virtual Conference on Genomics and Bioinformatics is to be held on the 21st & 22nd of September, 2006 on the campus of North Dakota State University and around the world via Access Grid and Real Player technologies. In short, the objectives of the conference meetings are: to eliminate geographical and economic barriers for researchers around the world; to facilitate the exchange of ideas through new modes of collaboration; to achieve representation of underrepresented in genomics and bioinformatics; to promote learning and enhance the educational infrastructure. One of the goals of the conference is to facilitate the exchange of ideas among renowned researchers all over the world by directly overcoming geographical and economic barriers through the use of the Access Grid and the threaded forum technologies which are new computer-supported collaboration tools. The conference will be broadcast live and as a delayed video streaming using the Access Grid and Live Internet Video streaming (Real Player) technologies. The Access Grid is a virtual collaboration tool designed to create a compelling interactive system that facilitates collaboration among physically separated spaces and it is now available at over 150 institutions worldwide. Every participant in the conference can have a dialogue with the speakers, although only those on the Access Grid will be able to achieve this face-to-face. The main focus of the conference this year is "Women in Biosciences". Several active steps with respect to conference participation, organization committee and presenter selection will be taken to promote this conference among women. As in previous years another important goal for the conference is the promotion of learning and the enhancement of the educational infrastructure by providing students with different ways to participate, offering the conference without a registration fee, inviting K12 students to participate at any Access Grid location or any registered Real Player location, making conference audio visual material available on the web after the conference, and to continue to establish the new Advanced Bioinformatics Systems (CSCI-783) course at North Dakota State University. The course will attract not only graduate students at NDSU but also graduate students from all over the world.