OGF22, taking place February 25-29 in Cambridge, Massachusetts will feature a wide variety of new and exciting content. Please see the below important information and deadlines for this event. 1. Registration 2. Preliminary Program 3. Hotel Information 4. Student Scholarships 5. Group Chair Scheduling 6. Sponsorships 1. REGISTRATION Advanced registration for OGF22 will close January 11. Register now to save! http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/registration.php 2. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM * Keynote Sessions Charlie Catlett will make the Tuesday (2/26) morning keynote address. Charlie founded the Global Grid Forum (predecessor to OGF) and is currently the CIO of Argonne National Laboratory, Director of Argonne's Computing and Information Systems Division, and a Senior Fellow at the Argonne/University of Chicago Computation Institute. As CIO of Argonne, Charlie will bring unique perspectives on operating a world-class data center while providing leading-edge technology solutions to computational scientists. Other keynote speakers are in being lined up. Watch for further announcements as their availability is confirmed. * OGF Chartered Groups And BoFs - Monday, February 25 through Friday, February 29 Activities are scheduled throughout the entire week where many of OGF's chartered groups will meet to make further progress on their work. In addition, the latest hot topic in distributed computing - "Cloud Systems" and how it may or may not impact Grids will be tackled in a special BoF session. * OGF Specification Adoption Track and Demonstration Session - Monday, February 25 and Tuesday, February 26 Many OGF working groups have recently demonstrated interoperability of their specifications. These significant accomplishments illustrate how much of the work of OGF is shifting from developing specifications to seeing specifications being used and adopted into products. This multi-session track will feature contributions from developers and users showcasing their work implementing OGF specifications. In addition, live demonstrations will take place during the welcome reception on Monday evening. * Workshops OGF22 will feature a number of interesting workshops that will address a variety of important topics in Grid: a) Enterprise Adoption Workshop - Tuesday, February 26 This full day workshop - "Enabling the Next Generation IT Infrastructure" will focus on putting Grid in the context of the distributed computing infrastructure, including virtualization, service-oriented architecture, web services and next-generation networks. Emphasis will be on solving business problems and meeting business needs, with a focus on Applications On-boarding and Managing Infrastructure. Presentations and case studies are expected from representatives from the 451 Group, VMware, Intel, SAS, Platform Computing, DataSynapse and others that will show a variety of areas that can be addressed by Grid in practical and achievable ways. b) Financial Services Workshop - Wednesday, February 27 The financial services industry is one of the early adopters, and successful users, of Grid technology. As the technology matures, new (and old) issues emerge like expanding grids to support transactional workloads, data management and movement, and putting policies in place for charging and tracking usage. Presentations and case studies that describe the emerging issues the financial services industry is now facing in Grid will be featured in this half day workshop. c) Pharma/Life Sciences Workshop - Wednesday, February 27 The pharmaceutical industry and life sciences in general have begun to depend on in silico experiments as critical elements in the path to discovery. This has enabled exploration that is only limited by their ability to access sufficient computing resources and to store and manage the resultant mountain of data. Presentations and case studies from those that have turned to Grid-based solutions to meet these needs will be featured in this half day workshop. d) Data Management Workshop - Thursday, February 28 This full day workshop, co-hosted by OGF and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), will address data management challenges with a focus on file system and data movement. We will also explore potential synergies and common areas between OGF and SNIA. * Other Community Content - Monday, February 25 through Thursday, February 28 Sessions from the greater Grid community covering numerous topics and a variety of subjects will also be presented. These include workshops, tutorials, BoFs and presentations on marketing, education in emerging/developing countries, Grid Identity Providers, GridWay, and other topics. 3. HOTEL INFORMATION OGF has secured a block of sleeping rooms at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge (meeting location) at a special rate of $129 for single or double occupancy. Reservations must be made on or before February 8, 2008, to receive the discounted rate. Reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly (be sure to reference 'OGF22') or online via http://ogf.org/OGF22/lodging.php. 4. STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS A limited number of student scholarships are available for qualifying students. Hosted by OGF and CoreGRID, the OGF22 student scholarship program provides a unique opportunity for students to participate in OGF program sessions and group sessions as well as network with distinguished community participants and leaders. Application details and eligibility requirements can be found at http://ogf.org/OGF22/students.php. 5. GROUP CHAIR SCHEDULING OGF Group Chair session scheduling will remain open until January 11. Session scheduling and document details along with a link to the online session request site can be accessed via http://ogf.org/OGF22/chairinfo.php. 6. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Sponsorship opportunities for OGF22 include Display Tables, Welcome Reception, Chair Appreciation Night, OGF Co-branded Promotional Item, Wireless, Lunches and Breaks, and Badge Lanyard. By sponsoring OGF22 your organization will gain greater visibility and recognition as a Grid thought leader in our global community. This will be our only OGF event in the USA for all of 2008, so please strongly consider sponsoring if you are interested in reaching this audience. The sponsorship prospectus provides additional information http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/sponsor.php See you in Cambridge! Register today http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/registration.php Regards, John Ehrig Open Grid Forum Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager 925 275-6677 www.ogf.org