GGF eNews
1. GridWorld/GGF15 Advanced Registration Deadline Extended
2. Community Program Highlights
3. GridWorld/GGF15 Hotel Deadline Approaching
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1. GridWorld/GGF15 Advanced Registration Extended to 9 September
The deadline for saving $200 on advanced registration for GridWorld/GGF15
(3-6 October, Boston, MA) has been extended to Friday, 9 September. Take
advantage of these savings by registering at:
http://www.ggf.org/ggf_events_regstrtn_ggf15.htm.
2. GridWorld/GGF15 Community Program Highlights
*Community keynotes from Tony Hey, Vice President, Technical Computing for
Microsoft Corporation and Andrew Grimshaw, Professor of Computer Science,
University of Virginia.
*Grid Primer for Managers by GridWise Tech
(http://gridwisetech.com/gridprimer) (note: available for additional fee)
*Technology updates from Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute (OMII),
Globus, OGSA-DAI, New Technologies for Science Portals
*Workshops, invited talks and panels on technologies and applications
including: Security and Privacy Needs of Health Grids, Leveraging Site
Infrastructure for Multi-Site Grids, Grid Use Cases, Campus Grids, User
Management and Access Control within the Grid, Use of Web Services for
Network Monitoring Applications, Building Geographical Information System
Grids, Provisioning & Managing Switching Infrastructure as a Grid Resource
and Web Services Performance Issues & Research
Visit http://www.ggf.org/ggf_events_schedule_ggf15.htm for a complete
listing of Community activities, abstracts and further opportunities for
engagement.
3. GridWorld/GGF15 Hotel Information (Deadline 9 September)
Be sure to book your hotel room at the conference hotel, The Boston Park
Plaza, by visiting http://www.ggf.org/ggf_events_lodging_ggf15.htm. You can
also call toll free at (800) 225-2008 in the U.S. and Canada. Outside the
U. S. and Canada call (617) 426-2000. Be sure to mention that you are
attending GridWorld to receive the $161 per night discounted room rate.
Hotel cut-off date is 9 September.
Steve Crumb
Executive Director, Global Grid Forum
+1 630-252-8610 (Office)
+1 630-915-3324 (Cell)
scrumb(a)ggf.org
