Dear OGSA colleagues, For those of you who are unable to attend the Open Grid Forum OGF30 meeting October 25-29 in Brussels, the following event may be of interest. The Symposium on Authentication Technologies for Research and Education will be held Monday, Oct. 4 on the campus of Texas Tech University, to be followed immediately by the associated 5th Anniversary celebration and meeting of the International Grid Trust Federation and The Americas Grid Policy Management Authority October 5-7. The Symposium and its included Roundtable on Cloud and Grid Security Standards are co-sponsored by the Open Grid Forum. Registrations are open now at the conference web site, http://indico.rnp.br/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=85 . At this symposium , we are interested in hearing about advances in working solutions in campus security infrastructures that can contribute to solutions for simple but effective provision of strong authentication in research, educational, government and industrial settings. Talks will be short, but not unduly so, and participants will be given adequate time to explain and expand on their idea or project The audience will be a group of people familiar with this problem and knowledgeable about working solutions in concept or in practice that have a track record or substantial promise for near-term deployment progress. We expect active feedback from active projects that have deployed some of these solutions in large-scale academic, industry, government and research settings. The associated Roundtable on Cloud and Grid Security Standards will focus on authentication, authorization and access for emerging technology in applications that need high security, especially in ways that impact the academic and research communities and that bridge the gap between these and commercial activities. The Symposium and Roundtable will be held on the main campus of Texas Tech University. The subsequent TAGPMA/IGTF 5th anniversary celebration will be held at the International Cultural Center on the grounds of Texas Tech University, near the TTU Museum and National Ranching Heritage Center. This top-notch facility will provide an appropriate setting to recognize and commemorate the value to international research provided by TAGPMA and the other member authorities of the IGTF since its formation in October 2005. A block of rooms at a special conference rate is available at each of two locations below. PLEASE BOOK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY BY EARLY SEPTEMBER, TO ENSURE THESE RATES! Overton Hotel – Held until September 4th 2322 Mac Davis Lane Lubbock, TX 79401 1-888-776-7001 Rooms are booked under: Symposium on Strong Authentication Technologies IGTF October 4-7 Rate $109 Standard King or Standard 2 Queens Staybridge Suites – Lubbock - Held until September 20th 2525-19th Street Lubbock, TX 79410 1-877-834-3613 Rooms are booked under: TAGPMA-IGTF Symposium – October 4-7 Rates: Queen Suite $85.00 King Suite $105 For further information, contact: Jodi McMurray Administrative Business Assistant Texas Tech University High Performance Computing Center Box 41167 Administration RM 233 Lubbock, TX 79409-1167 T 806.742.4354 Ext 390|F 806.742.4358 jodi.mcmurray@ttu.edu www.hpcc.ttu.edu Yours, Alan Sill, Ph.D Senior Scientist, High Performance Computing Center Adjunct Professor of Physics TTU VP of Standards, Open Grid Forum ==================================================================== : Alan Sill, Texas Tech University Office: Admin 233, MS 4-1167 : : e-mail: Alan.Sill@ttu.edu ph. 806-742-4350 fax 806-742-4358 : ====================================================================