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Re: [ogf20pc] Community proposals summary
by Dave Berry 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Also add this submission from SIMDAT. Dave. > -----Original Message----- > From: ogf20pc-bounces(a)ogf.org > [mailto:ogf20pc-bounces@ogf.org] On Behalf Of Dave Berry > Sent: 12 February 2007 22:55 > To: ogf20pc(a)ogf.org > Subject: [ogf20pc] Community proposals summary > > Dear PC members > > I attach a summary of the proposals we have received. I have filtered > out those intended for the Grids Means Business Track and the > Enterprise > track. In addition, we received a couple by direct contact, which I > attach. > > We have requests for 47 sessions and only 10 available, so clearly we > are spoilt for choice. (It seems that we could have easily > supported a > longer event). > > Best wishes, > > Dave Berry > Deputy Director, Research & E-infrastructure Development > National e-Science Centre, 15 South College Street > Edinburgh, EH8 9AA Tel: +44 131 651 4039 > > > >

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Community proposals summary
by Dave Berry 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Dear PC members I attach a summary of the proposals we have received. I have filtered out those intended for the Grids Means Business Track and the Enterprise track. In addition, we received a couple by direct contact, which I attach. We have requests for 47 sessions and only 10 available, so clearly we are spoilt for choice. (It seems that we could have easily supported a longer event). Best wishes, Dave Berry Deputy Director, Research & E-infrastructure Development National e-Science Centre, 15 South College Street Edinburgh, EH8 9AA Tel: +44 131 651 4039

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Last day for proposals!
by Dave Berry 09 Feb '07

09 Feb '07

Dear PC members, Today is the deadline for submitting proposals for presentations and workshops. You can see the current proposals at http://www.ogf.org/gf/admin/commprop.php?event_id=7. We will review and prioritise the proposals on Tuesday's telcon. In practice this gives a little leeway to anyone who wishes to submit late. Please remind anyone who promised a proposal and who has yet to submit it. Best wishes, Dave Berry Deputy Director, Research & E-infrastructure Development National e-Science Centre, 15 South College Street Edinburgh, EH8 9AA Tel: +44 131 651 4039

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Network question
by Stephen M Pickles 09 Feb '07

09 Feb '07

All, A question has arisen regarding the network provision at OGF20 and EGEE-UF 2. Is anyone likely to be running a demonstration in the exhibition that will involve incoming connections? We need to be able to provide up to 900 or so IP addresses. If all connections will be outgoing, it should be possible to do this using Network Address Translation. If some connections will be incoming, then it is likely that real IP addresses will be needed. An early response will be very helpful. Obtaining 900+ real IP addresses will require some negotiation and cannot be guaranteed at this stage. Adopting a hybrid solution of NAT for wireless and real IP addresses for wired ethernet to the booths is possible, but would add complexity to the network design and configuration. Stephen PS We're assuming IPV6 will not be required. ==================== Stephen M. Pickles ==================== Technical Director, National Grid Service Manchester Computing Room G49.1, Kilburn Building The University of Manchester tel: +44 161 275 5974 Oxford Road fax: +44 161 275 6800 Manchester M13 9PL stephen.pickles(a)manchester.ac.uk

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FW: RE TODAY'S CONFERENCE CALL _ BT
by Dave Berry 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

Stephanie's message bounced. -----Original Message----- From: Stephanie Parker [mailto:s.parker@metaware.it] Sent: 06 February 2007 17:46 To: ogf20pc-bounces(a)ogf.org Subject: RE TODAY'S CONFERENCE CALL _ BT Dear All, something came to mind after the call. I am not sure if this is helpful, but just to let you know that BT have been/are involved in a number of UK projects, e.g. GridCast. NeSC URL listing projects (some have now finished, others on-going): http://www.nesc.ac.uk/action/projects/search.cfm The BT "tech lab" website is: BT Exact Technologies - http://btplc.com/Innovation/ Perhaps Ian Osborne may have a few valuable comments to make on this. Many thanks and talk to you again next week. Best regards, Stephanie Stephanie Paker, EGEE-II Metaware SpA, Via F. Turati, 43-45 56125 Pisa Tel: +39 050 3871475 Fax: +39 050 3871401 Mobile: +39 347 2452814 e-mail: s.parker(a)metaware.it <mailto:s.parker@metaware.it> Website: www.eu-egee.org/ Website: www.beliefproject.org/

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Perhaps a Talk on whether Europe is ahead or behind in Grid computing?
by Robert Cohen 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

Dave, The new Enter the Grid as well as Simon Forge's report saying there should be a European Grid Agency have raised the point about where Europe stands relative to the US and Japan in adopting Grids. I could present materials comparing some of the main industries -- autos, aerospace and possibly pharma and finance adoption of Grids in the US, Europe and Japan from 2003-4 to 2010 -- in a talk in the first session on Setting the Scene. I think I am the only one with this type of data. In addition, my interviews bring out some interesting trends in the industries I have interviewed, such as when the main benefits will be gained and when Grid deployment will accelerate or slow. Interestingly, my data suggest that rather than a flattening after the next 3 years of Grid adoption, as assumed in the Forge paper and in the Insight Research estimates of European Grid growth, there would be an acceleration in Grid deployment. This would be linked to Grids growing as SOA s are deployed, Web services use grows, and semantic web technology expands. It is also a result of the fact that many firms believe that they will begin to achieve large economic and time-to-market gains later in this decade. Parenthetically, this also suggests that there is probably less of a need for a European Grid Agency and possibly more usefulness in focusing efforts on standards bodies such as OGF and other initiatives such as EGEE and GCN. So this might be a good opportunity to offer some contrast to other views on where Europe's use of Grids is at the present time and where it is going -- I have obtained forecasts in many of the interviews I have done with end users. Bob Cohen http://www.hoise.com/primeur/07/articles/weekly/AE-PR-03-07-3.html

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FW: EGEE User Forum: Call for Abstracts deadline extended to 14 February 2007
by Hannelore Hammerle 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

Dear all, please note that we have extended the UF call for abstracts. Could you please circulate the email below to your contacts? Many thanks, Hannelore Dear Colleague, Following several requests for a deadline extension for the submission of abstracts to the EGEE User Forum ( http://www.eu-egee.org/uf2 ) the Programme Committee has agreed to extend the deadline to 14 February 2007. Please note that this date is the absolute cut-off date to take the opportunity to submit an abstract. People interested in submitting an abstract are cordially invited to send it as soon as possible, since the Programme Committee has already commenced the processing of abstracts and is developing the User Forum programme. We are taking this opportunity to remind you that the second User Forum will be co-located with the OGF20 meeting in May in Manchester, UK. OGF20 (Open Grid Forum - http://www.ogf.org/ ) meeting will be held 7-9 May 2007 and the EGEE User Forum will be held 9-11 May 2007. This combined event will further strengthen the links between EGEE and the Open Grid Forum, bringing users and standards bodies together to ensure that the future of the Grid is complemented by the establishment of key standards. Kindest Regards, Massimo Lamanna (on behalf of the Programme Committee) http://www.eu-egee.org/uf2

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