The UK e-Science All Hands Meeting provides a meeting place between computing science researchers, researchers from a wide range of discipline domains - as evidenced by this year's Themes - and those who support the combined research. It is interdisciplinary and almost uniquely provides a forum for meetings across boundaries that would otherwise not take place.

Its stated aims are:

• A strengthening of the community that engages in e-Science research.
• Improving the impact of e-Science achievements on all disciplines.
• Accelerating the uptake of international e-Science innovation.
• Bringing students and those new to the area up to speed quickly.
• Ensuring that UK achievements in e-Science continue to be well recognised internationally.
• Providing a meeting place for the formation of interdisciplinary research consortia.
• Creating opportunities for synergy, resource pooling and shared facilities.