GGF eNews 1. GridWorld/GGF15 Advanced Registration Deadline Extended 2. Community Program Highlights 3. GridWorld/GGF15 Hotel Deadline Approaching ------------------- 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@ggf.org