Dear NSI-WG and related OGF networking experts, Please see the call below. Is anyone available from the NSI or related groups who would like to make a contribution to this workshop? Although this was addressed to me, I will take that as being a proxy for your expertise in this area. (Note Inder also received such an invitaton, so they weren't too far off the mark!) Alan Begin forwarded message: From: "Terry, Deneise" <Deneise.Terry@orau.org<mailto:Deneise.Terry@orau.org>> Subject: REMINDER | Intelligent Optical Network Infrastructure Workshop_Sill Date: June 23, 2014 at 2:24:23 PM CDT To: "Alan.Sill@ttu.edu<mailto:Alan.Sill@ttu.edu>" <Alan.Sill@ttu.edu<mailto:Alan.Sill@ttu.edu>> Cc: "Rao, Nageswara S" <raons@ornl.gov<mailto:raons@ornl.gov>>, Inder Monga <imonga@es.net<mailto:imonga@es.net>>, "Tom Lehman" <tlehman@umd.edu<mailto:tlehman@umd.edu>>, John Wu <kwu@lbl.gov<mailto:kwu@lbl.gov>>, "Thomas.Ndousse-Fetter@science.doe.gov<mailto:Thomas.Ndousse-Fetter@science.doe.gov>" <Thomas.Ndousse-Fetter@science.doe.gov<mailto:Thomas.Ndousse-Fetter@science.doe.gov>>, "Cagle, Keri" <Keri.Cagle@orau.org<mailto:Keri.Cagle@orau.org>> 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: Reservations can be made by calling: 1-800-HILTONS (445-8667) or Hotel Reservation Site<http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/G/GAIGHHF-ORA-20140802/index.jhtml> 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. Point of Contact: Thomas Ndousse-Fetter, Thomas.ndousse-Fetter@science.doe.gov<mailto:Thomas.ndousse-Fetter@science.doe.gov> Many Thanks, Deneise Terry *: 865) 576-0574 | 7: 865) 241-3168 | *: Deneise.Terry@orau.org<mailto:Deneise.Terry@orau.org>