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

北达科他州立大学获得了组织基因组学和生物信息学虚拟会议的资金，该会议将于2006年9月21-22日在访问网格上举行。第六届基因组学和生物信息学虚拟会议将于2006年9月21日和22日在北达科他州立大学校园举行，并通过Access Grid和Real Player技术在世界各地举行。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；实现在基因组学和生物信息学中代表性不足的代表性；促进学习和加强教育基础设施。会议的目标之一是通过使用接入网格和线程论坛技术，直接克服地理和经济障碍，促进世界各地知名研究人员之间的思想交流，这些技术是计算机支持的新合作工具。会议将进行现场直播，并使用Access Grid和实时互联网视频流(Real Player)技术作为延迟视频流。Access Grid是一个虚拟协作工具，旨在创建一个引人注目的交互系统，促进物理上相互隔离的空间之间的协作，目前已在全球150多个机构中使用。会议的每个参与者都可以与演讲者对话，尽管只有那些使用Access Grid的人才能面对面地实现这一点。今年大会的主要焦点是“生物科学中的女性”。将在参加会议、组织委员会和推荐人遴选方面采取若干积极步骤，在妇女中推广这一会议。与往年一样，会议的另一个重要目标是促进学习和加强教育基础设施，为学生提供不同的参与方式，免费提供会议，邀请K12学生在任何Access Grid地点或任何注册的Real Player地点参加，在会议结束后在网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。该课程不仅将吸引南洋理工大学的研究生，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.