January 2007 - ogf20pc - lists.ogf.org

Possible changes to overall timetable
by Dave Berry 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

FYI, I've been discussing some possible changes to the overall timetable of OGF20, as shown in the attached spreadsheet. This is all still beinng discussed, e.g. at a meeting of the OGF event management commitee tomorrow. Comments welcome. The changes in this spreadsheet are as follows: Monday: - Reserved some of the workshop sessions for Wolfgang's Community Grids workshop - Minor change to OGC workshop Tuesday: - Squeezed in an extra plenary by shortening the lunch time - Moved a GIN session here from Wednesday - Specifed the requirements workshops and an EGR WG session Wednesday: - Replaced two group sessions with the Requirements Roll-up and TSC report sessions - Replaced a GIN session (moved to Tuesday) with a GLite developer session - Added UK to the list of morning speakers (i.e. 30 mins each for UK e-Science, OGF & EGEE) Thursday: - Removed the separate Exhibit tear-down / EGEE set up, as EGEE stalls will run continuously as part of the exhibition - Added an "Enterprise Adoption Planning" session and three groups in the Sidings (which isn't currently booked) - Specified a GT4 session as part of the EGEE track. Throughout: - Renamed "Standards" as "Groups", to include RGs and other non-standards groups. Dave Berry Deputy Director, Research & E-infrastructure Development National e-Science Centre, 15 South College Street Edinburgh, EH8 9AA +44 131 651 4039

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Keynote Speaker Recommendation
by Robert Cohen 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

Dave and OGF20PC, Carole Goble recommended that we try to recruit Stephen Calvert, the VP for Cheminformatics at GSK, to do a keynote. She said that he is "a really compelling speaker." Glaxo has been one of There is some reorganization going on at GSK, so it might be good to try to see. I will see if I can get in touch with him. I know someone who works in his group in RTP, NC. Bob Cohen

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Speaker suggestions
by Dave Berry 30 Jan '07

30 Jan '07

This is a list of the people who have been suggested as speakers for OGF20 sessions. Please let me know of omissions and corrections. Chris Swan and Alex Pastron of Credit Suisse are definitely interested in giving a keynote. I think this could be an excellent session. I also like the idea of someone from the ClimatePrediction.net project or the UK Natural Environment Research Council, as these have produced very good science and are of wide interest. Dave Berry Deputy Director, Research & E-infrastructure Development National e-Science Centre, 15 South College Street Edinburgh, EH8 9AA +44 131 651 4039

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OGF20 PC Meeting at OGF19
by Julie Wulf-Knoerzer 26 Jan '07

26 Jan '07

Dear all, As a reminder, our meeting on Tuesday will be held at 9:00a Eastern time (immediately following the opening) in the Boardroom. Dial-in is as follows: Dial-in: 1-866-875-2241 Passcode: 8955934 Talk to you next week, Julie +++++++++++++++ Julie Wulf-Knoerzer Associate Director, Operations Open Grid Forum 15700 103rd Street, Suite 210 Lemont, IL 60439 USA phone +1-312-895-5935 fax +1-630-991-2923

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Number for tonight's call.
by Dave Berry 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Just in case ... International dialin: +44 145 254 2309 USA Freephone: 1 866 838 0046 UK number: 0845 245 0224 Australia Freephone: 180 010 9603 Passcode: 275359 Dave Berry Deputy Director, Research & E-infrastructure Development National e-Science Centre, 15 South College Street Edinburgh, EH8 9AA +44 131 651 4039

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Re: [ogf20pc] Notes from this week's PC meeting
by Dave Berry 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Dear Victor and other members, A F2F PC meeting has been booked at OGF19. This will be on Tuesday morning at 9.00 am. Best wishes, Dave. > -----Original Message----- > From: Victor Alessandrini [mailto:va@idris.fr] > Sent: 23 January 2007 07:26 > To: Dave Berry > Cc: ogf20pc(a)ogf.org; va(a)idris.fr > Subject: Re: [ogf20pc] Notes from this week's PC meeting > > Dear Dave, > > Once again I will not be able to atend the teleconference today > (confliciting agenda). > > I will be attending GGF19 next week. Is there sone F2F PC activity > planned? > > Best regards > > Victor > > Victor Alessandrini > IDRIS - CNRS > > >

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OGF20 Call for Proposals - May 7-11, 2007 Manchester UK
by David 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hello All, Below is the call as published by the GGF for participation in OGF20. I have circulated this to as many people as possible that have a recognized interest in current groups but if you could send this out as far and wide as possible that would also be very useful. Regards David ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The 20th Open Grid Forum - OGF20 May 7-11, 2007 Manchester International Convention Centre, Manchester, UK OGF20 is co-located with the EGEE User Forum, which will run from May 9-11. Most OGF community events will take place on May 7-9, with the overlap on the 9th allowing joint meetings between the OGF and EGEE communities. OGF is comprised of a number of "communities of interest" who either are users of grids in their domain or who develop innovative approaches to encourage the further adoption of grids. The OGF20 Program seeks to build new and strengthen existing communities of interest in OGF including industry and e-Science. The OGF20 Program will offer a series of 30-90 minute talks and panels emphasizing the applications and operations of grids in research and commercial contexts. It will also offer half and full-day workshops on the implementation and application of grid software. One track of the program will focus on explaining and discussing the opportunities for the successful deployment of Grids in Business (see http://www.ogf.org/OGF20/documents/OGF20_industry_programme_Grids_Mean_Busin ess.pdf) While there are no formal publication requirements, all session organizers and contributors are required to submit summary materials for inclusion on the OGF web pages prior to the event. Slides used in presentations must also be made available; some sessions will require these in advance, others immediately after the presentation. The OGF workshop program will run co-located and in parallel with other OGF activities such as standards sessions. Wednesday May 9th will be run jointly with the EGEE User Forum and appropriate topics will be scheduled on this day. More information on the EGEE User Forum can be found at http://cern.ch/egee-intranet/User-Forum/. Proposals are now being accepted for the OGF20 Program. Only proposals submitted online prior to 9th February will be considered. To submit a proposal, visit http://www.ogf.org/gf/session_request/commreq.php?event_id=7. Acceptance notices will be sent approximately one week later. Presentation slides for some sessions, including Grids in Business, will be required in advance. Details (examples, abstracts and slides) of past successful OGF programs can be viewed at: http://www.ogf.org/GGF18/ggf_events_ggf18.php http://www.ogf.org/GGF17/ggf_events_ggf17.htm OGF20 PROGRAM KEY DATES & DEADLINES Proposal Submission Deadline - February 9 Acceptance Notification - February 23 [Advance acceptance notification may be given for workshops that involve individual CFPs] Presentation slides due (for applicable sessions) - April 13

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Re: [ogf20pc] Notes from this week's PC meeting
by Victor Alessandrini 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Dear Dave, Once again I will not be able to atend the teleconference today (confliciting agenda). I will be attending GGF19 next week. Is there sone F2F PC activity planned? Best regards Victor Victor Alessandrini IDRIS - CNRS

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OGF20: number of sessions
by Dave Berry 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

Dear PC members, Earlier this year we had some discussion about the number of sessions available at OGF20. I've looked at recent GGF events for comparison. These figures are approximate because I had to guess which topics some of the sessions came under. Summary - we currently have more sessions allocated for group meetings than GGF17-OGF19. We have slightly fewer enterprise sessions (not including the Grids Mean Business track). We have the same number of E-Science sessions as GGF17, which is less than GGF18 and OGF19. GGF17 - colocated with GridWorld Japan. 3 days, 5-7 parallel sessions Keynotes: 2 Other invited talks: 2 Enterprise: 4 E-science: 16 Groups: 55 GGF18 - colocated with GridWorld USA and GlobusWorld 4 days, 8-10 parallel sessions Keynotes - 1 Enterprise - 8 E-Science - 28 Groups - 57 OGF19 5 days, 6-7 parallel sessions Keynotes - 0 Enterprise - 9 E-Science - 20 Developer - 15 Groups - 65 OGF20 - draft programme, not including EGEE sessions 3 days (+2 for groups), 7-9 parallel sessions Keynotes - 1 Other invited talks - 2 (EGEE/OGF) Enterprise - 6 E-Science - 16 Developer - 8 Grids Mean Business - 7 Groups - 72 (including 16 on Thu/Fri) Previous keynotes have been one hour long. I need to adjust the OGF20 programme to make the keynote this length. Dave Berry Deputy Director, Research & E-infrastructure Development National e-Science Centre, 15 South College Street Edinburgh, EH8 9AA +44 131 651 4039

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Notes from this week's PC meeting
by Dave Berry 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

Dear PC members, I attach a rational reconstruction of this week's discussion, including all the details I have from the separate notes that Karen and I took during the meeting. There were some potential contacts whose names I did not catch - Bob mentioned someone from Novartis and someone mentioned a French contact for HealthGrid (other than Vincent Breton). Please let me know if I missed other salient points, or failed to catch the names of all who joined the call. I have received some other suggestions for speakers in addition to those mentioned here. I will send a separate message summarising these. Best wishes, Dave Berry Deputy Director, Research & E-infrastructure Development National e-Science Centre, 15 South College Street Edinburgh, EH8 9AA +44 131 651 4039

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