The deadline for discounted event registration and hotel reservations is this Friday, February 8. After this date, participants will pay full event registration rates and hotel reservations under OGF's discounted rate ($129) will only be issued based on availability. Register now to take advantage of these discounted rates! Event Registration: http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/registration.php Hotel Reservations: http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/lodging.php You should not miss out on this event. The jam-packed program includes: * Keynote presentations from Charlie Catlett, CIO of Argonne National Laboratory; Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Chairman Emeritus of the IBM Academy; and Addison Snell, Vice-President of Tabor Research * Half day Cloud Systems Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) session that will set the current cloud scene and review options for OGF activities * Two day Specification Adoption track that will feature demonstrations of many OGF standards * Dozens of chartered group and community sessions and activities * Full day "Enabling the Next Generation IT Infrastructure" track featuring presentations and case studies on the use of Grid in the IT data center and Grid and Virtualization * Half day workshops focused on the challenges and opportunities facing the Financial Services and Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Life Sciences industries * One day Data Management and Movement workshop where thought leaders in the data area will address key Grid data management concerns * Numerous networking and social activities Regards, John Ehrig Open Grid Forum Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager 925 275-6677 www.ogf.org Open Forum | Open Standards