Here is the text for the workshop proposal for GGF15. Please comment, correct, etc. I believe there are also other names to be added to the committee, but need to hear from people before I add them. thx LM GGF15 Workshop Proposal - Campus Grids Workshop Description: PGS-RG (Production Grid Services) is looking to sponsor a full day of case studies from campus grid sites, describing their grids. Harvard (Jay Sircar) has offered to host this workshop on their campus, probably on Sunday, 1-October. The cases that will be presented should discuss how the grid came about, how they got funding and executive buy-in/support, what it's used for, etc. We want to give each speaker a good block of time to present their grid, but we're pretty open about how the presenters define "campus". This leaves us open to include enterprise and commercial grids, if they can demonstrate a campus-type perspective (rather than special-purpose only grids). The full-day timeframe should give each grid 30-45 minutes to present their case study. To follow up, then, we'd like to host a series of panels at GGF15, to talk about commonalities across the grids - formation methodologies, recruiting applications, best/common practices, lessons learned & pitfalls, etc. The pre-GGF workshop talks should be pretty parallel; the panels at GGF would then cut across all of the grids, but addressing different issues in more detail. We want to get a good cross-section not only of presentations, but also of participants, so part of the workshop planning will have to include outreach to campuses that might not traditionally attend GGF meetings. a) When you want meeting and how long: We are proposing a full-day workshop on Sunday, 2 October 2005, the day before GGF15 opens. To facilitate logistics, Jay Sircar of Harvard University has offered to host the workshop on Harvard's campus. This is close enough to the GGF venue that hotels and transportation should not be adversely complicated. We would request that GGF arrange for the conference rate at the hotels to include Saturday 1-October and Sunday, 2-October, to accommodate workshop participants. b) How we or you advertise/estimate of interest: The calls for submissions and participation should be extended to all GGF members as well as sites involved in providing campus grids to their populations. We anticipate 50-100 attendees, based on past workshop experiences and the initial interest expressed for this topic. c) Related meetings: In addition to the workshop prior to the opening of GGF, we would like to host a series of open discussions at GGF, for workshop participants to discuss in more detail specific aspects of providing production-quality campus grids. d) Publication: The presentations and followup discussions will be summarized into a GGF informational document. All presentations will be made available on the PGS-RG website. e) Workshop Committee: Laura McGinnis, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Co-chair PGS-RG - lfm@psc.edu Judith Utley, Old Dominion University, Co-chair PGS-RG - jputley@earthlink.net David Wallom, Bristol University, Co-chair PGS-RG - david.wallom@bristol.ac.uk Jay Sircar, Harvard University - jsircar@harvard.edu ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Laura F. McGinnis, Project Coordinator Data & Information Resource Services Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center email: lfm@psc.edu 4400 Fifth Avenue, # 409D voice: 412-268-5642 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 fax: 412-268-8200 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++