CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IS NOW LIVE OPEN SOURCE GRID & CLUSTER CONFERENCE 2008 Featuring: GlobusWorld, Grid Engine Workshop, Rocks Cluster Workshop Join Users, Administrators, and Developers of Open Source Grid and Cluster Software from across the Globe at this unique event Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference 2008 May 12-16, 2008 Oakland Marriott Oakland, California DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: March 21, 2008 Whether you are a Grid or Cluster expert with technical advice to share, or a leader with visions for the future of open source Grid and Cluster computing in research or industry, the Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference is the premier event for delivering your message to the Grid and Cluster community. In past years, hundreds of Grid and Cluster professionals from research and industry have attended individual events such as GlobusWorld, the Grid Engine Workshop, and Rocks-a-Palooza to discuss Grid and Cluster adoption issues, to receive training and exchange information related to these widely used Grid and Cluster software systems. This year the Globus, Grid Engine, and Rocks communities are joining forces to create the most comprehensive event on open source Grid and Cluster computing to date. The Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference program will offer a wide variety of conference sessions, mini-symposiums, panel discussions, workshops, and tutorials. Speaking opportunities range from highly technical research, development, and deployment presentations to targeted panels on commercial and research adoption considerations. The Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference will run parallel tracks, some focused on Globus, Grid Engine, and Rocks community-specific topics, and others focused on cross-cutting and other open source Grid and Cluster software technologies and uses. KEY DATES AND DEADLINES Abstract submission deadline - March 21, 2008 Acceptance notification - April 15, 2008 Presentation Slides Due - April 30, 2008 SPEAKING TOPICS Submissions should be centered on the theme of uses and implementation of Open Source Software for Grid and Cluster Computing. All proposals should be submitted online at http://www.OpenSourceGridCluster.org/CFP.html Questions should be sent to program@OpenSourceGridCluster.org SUBMISSION GUIDELINES --------------------- ABSTRACT GUIDELINES All submissions must include an abstract of no more than 500 words, and a brief bio for each presenter. Abstracts should be written so as to be self-contained and to provide the technical substance required for the program committee to evaluate the session's contribution to the Open Source Grid and Cluster community. Please indicate whether the proposed session is specific to just one of Globus, Grid Engine, or Rocks. If the presentation was given at another conference, then the name, date, and location of the event must be noted in the submission. Abstracts should be submitted in plain text format either as an attachment or in the main body of the e-mail. Abstracts and bios for accepted submissions will be published on the Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference website and in other conference material as the description of the session. Presentation slides may be published on the Conference website and distributed with conference material. PRESENTATIONS Presentation proposals may be submitted for individual time slots of thirty minutes. Please be sure to allow ten minutes for Q&A within this allotted time. Individual presentations will be grouped with similar topic presentations to fill an entire session. BUILD YOUR OWN SESSION Participants are invited to organize their own, complete, ninety-minute session, including but not limited to the following categories. The submission must include an agenda, and the names and associations of all participants. Panel Session / Mini-Symposium: These sessions will enable conference attendees to learn from a group of experts on a particular topic. The session organizer may deliver an opening talk to set the context for the remainder of the session. Panelists will then give presentations designed to stimulate audience participation, on their preferably diverse opinions, experiences or expertise regarding the theme of the session. At least ten minutes should be reserved at the end for questions from the audience. Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) Sessions: These sessions will allow conference attendees to discuss focused subject areas. The session may include presentations and open discussion. Session organizers will be responsible for moderating these sessions and reporting on their outcomes. WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS Ample room is available for half-day and full-day pre-conference (Monday) and post-conference (Friday) workshops and tutorials. Workshops may include topical meetings with open registration or community/group meetings with resricted attendance. Tutorials may be on any topic related to the Open Source Grid and Cluster theme of the conference. Submissions must include preferred and minimum acceptable room size, and preferred and acceptable times. An extra nominal fee may be required of attendees or the organizer to cover additional costs such as A/V and food. All proposals should be submitted online at http://www.OpenSourceGridCluster.org/CFP.html Questions should be sent to program@OpenSourceGridCluster.org http://gridengine.info/ Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering