Global Grid Forum's next event, GGF14, will be held at the Westin Michigan Avenue hotel in downtown Chicago from 27-30 June, 2005. Please note the Monday (27 June) start. Registration (open now) and housing details can be accessed via http://www.ggf.org/ggf_events_next.htm. In addition to Working Group, Research Group and Birds of a Feather sessions to be held from Tuesday through Thursday afternoon, the GGF14 schedule will contain a diverse set of workshops, presentations and panels on the Community Program Track from Monday to Wednesday. The goal of this community track is to build new and strengthen existing communities of interest in GGF. GGF14 Preliminary Program highlights include--- * Workshop on Grid Applications: from Early Adopters to Mainstream Users Jointly organized by: GGF Application Developers and Users Research Group (APPS-RG) GGF Production Grid Management Research Group (PGM-RG) * Healthcare Security and Privacy: Is GGF Doing enough to meet the needs of the Healthcare industry? Workshop organized by the Life Sciences Grid Research Group (LSG-RG). * Why, How and When to Invest in Working with GGF - Improving Interaction Between Grid Standards and Projects (Community Workshop organized by the NextGRID Project) * Globus Toolkit Version 4: Status and Experiences (Community Workshop organized by the Globus Alliance) * Practical Grids demo/overview - WSDM (Community track demonstration and overview) * Science Gateways: Common Community Interfaces to Grid Resources (Community Workshop organized by the TeraGrid Project) * A "Grid Primer for Managers" offered by Gridwise Technologies (Tutorial) GGF14 Plenary sessions include --- * Opening Plenary (Tuesday, 28 June, 9:00am) * GGF Town Hall Lunch (Wednesday, 29 June, 12:30pm) * GGF14 Closing Plenary (Thursday, 30 June, 1:30pm). Stay tuned to www.ggf.org for a complete preliminary program and for additional information about key standards milestones being reached at GGF14. This event has something for everyone, from the beginner to the seasoned grid technologist. Register today (http://www.ggf.org/ggf_events_next.htm) for reduced rates. For more information, contact registration@ggf.org. Steve Crumb Executive Director, Global Grid Forum +1 630-252-8610 (Office) +1 630-915-3324 (Cell) scrumb@ggf.org