1. GGF17 Program Highlights 2. Joint GGF & International Virtual Observatory Alliance Workshop 3. General GGF17 Information +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. GGF17 Program Highlights Hiro Kishimoto (Fujitsu) and Masao Sakauchi (National Institute of Infomatics) will kick-off the program offering at the upcoming GGF17, collocated with the 3rd Grid World Japan Exhibition in Tokyo, May 10-12. Highlights include: - 40-plus group sessions - Free access to the Grid World Japan exhibition floor and program - 8 Birds of a Feather sessions on topics such as: Grid Education & Training (GET-CG) BoF HPC Profile BoF Data Movement Interface Standardization Software Certification BoF - Grid and Distributed Software Certification and Quality Assurance BoF Storage Networking Community Group BoF Standards Roadmap/GIN Joint BoF Plus a follow-up on the Interop Fest BoF from GGF16 - Workshops and technology updates on topics such as: Bridging the Divide between Application Requirements and Standards Grids in the Telecommunications Industry Grid Solutions in Cancer Research and Drug Discovery Usage of Grids in the Japanese Enterprise Managing Security across Grids Metadata, Search and Preservation Environments on Data Grids Gridsphere & Grid Portlets OGSA & Alternative Grid Architectures Grids and the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (see desc. below) ...and many more. - The Voice of the Community (VOC) forum and Vendor Adoption Forum (VAF) will be introduced at GGF17. The goal of the VOC is to bring end-users together to capture requirements and use cases that can then be incorporated into the GGF standards development process. The VAF will bring together the vendor & developer to identify issues and constraints that make Grid standards feasible and cost-effective to implement. For a full schedule, visit: http://www.ggf.org/gf/event_schedule/. 2. Joint GGF & International Virtual Observatory Alliance Workshop This one day workshop jointly sponsored by the GGF (Astro-RG and related groups) and the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (http://www.ivoa.net) will address areas where the global virtual observatory is deploying an operational distributed data access and manipulation system, utilising standards developed in the context of the GGF. The workshop will look at areas of success and areas where additional astronomy domain specific issues have required a non-standard approach. The meeting is timely in that the global Virtual Observatory (VO) projects are now deploying systems worldwide for operational and scientific use, where use of emerging GGF standards in data management and security may have a vital role to play. 3. GGF17 General Information Below are several links providing helpful information on the upcoming GGF event (GGF17) in Tokyo, 10-12 May. Schedule: http://www.ggf.org/gf/event_schedule/ Registration: http://www.ggf.org/GGF17/ggf_events_regstrtn_ggf17.htm Hotel: http://www.ggf.org/GGF17/ggf_events_lodging_ggf17.htm Location/Local Information: http://www.ggf.org/GGF17/ggf_events_location_ggf17.htm See you in Tokyo! Steve Crumb Executive Director, GGF scrumb@ggf.org +1 630-252-8610 +1 630-915-3324 (cell)