Dear Dr. Sill
Within the past few weeks you should have received an invitation to the US Department of Energy, Intelligent Optical Network Infrastructure Workshop that
will be held at the Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg in Gaithersburg, Maryland, August 5-6, 2014. If you are planning to attend, we ask that you please
use the link below to register as soon as possible.
The dramatic advances in computing hardware and the pervasiveness of BigData in all sectors of the economy including scientific research are increasingly pushing the limits of modern communication networks. For organizations, and especially the scientific community
to take full advantage of these rapid advances to accomplish mission objectives, communications networks have to be reengineered to provide sophisticated services and to deal with emerging constraints such as energy, resilience, and traffic complexities. The
purpose of this workshop is to bring together experts from academia, industry, and national laboratories to accomplish the following tasks: a) assess current network technologies in light of extraordinary advances in computing technologies and the emergence
of Big Data, and b) identify the challenges and opportunities in transforming current network technologies to provide intelligent and automated services to accelerate scientific discoveries in the era of distributed extreme-scale computing and pervasive data-centric
science.
The workshop will begin on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. and will end on Wednesday, August 6, at 5:00 p.m. A continental breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. Please
let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.
As an expert in fields related to Intelligent Optical Networks and Applications, your contributions would be of significant
value and greatly appreciated.
Please reply to this invitation by June 30, 2014 to help us plan for the workshop agenda.
Workshop Registration:
Note that due to space limitations and the very short time to prepare for this meeting, we will be able to honor the only first 50 registered invitees, so please register as soon as possible at the registration website:
http://www.orau.gov/ioninfrastructure2014/
Hotel Reservations:
Cut-off date is Monday, July 14th
Registration Fee:
A registration fee of $90 includes the cost of breakfast and lunch each day. Please submit payment via the link that is provided on the registration page of the website.
The site accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. If you prefer not to submit payment electronically, please be prepared to pay the $90 registration fee at check in. Only cash or checks made payable to ORAU will be accepted on site.
We look forward to your participation.
Many Thanks,
Deneise Terry