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A new document is available for public comment.
Please consider reading documents in public comment, and providing
your comments to the document authors via the link provided for each
document. Brief comments are welcome, not only detailed analysis.
Public comments are an excellent indication of community interest and
support for a document.
* OGSA-DMI Plain Web Service Rendering Specification 1.0
All documents in public comment may be reached at this Web address:
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-- Greg Newby, OGF Editor
Dr. Gregory Newby, Chief Scientist of the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Univ of Alaska Fairbanks-909 Koyukuk Dr-PO Box 756020-Fairbanks-AK 99775-6020
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JOIN OGF 27 IN BANFF OCTOBER 12 - 16, 2009
OGF 27 is co-locating with Summit 09: Partnerships in CI Development
in Banff, Canada during October 12 - 16, 2009. The week-long event
brings together an international gathering of developers, suppliers,
and users who push the capabilities of cloud computing, Web 2.0,
advanced networks and other emerging cyberinfrastructure. For more
information, please visit http://www.summit09.ca.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS:
Call For Submissions -- Deadline: Friday, August 28
There is still time to participate in and/or lead sessions at OGF
27 / Summit 09.
View complete submission details and criteria here:
http://www.ogf.org/OGF27/cfp.php
Early Bird Registration Rates -- Deadline: Tuesday, September 1
There is less than one week left to register for OGF 27 / Summit 09
at Early Bird prices.
Register today to receive the discount!
http://www.summit09.ca/registration
Hotel Room Discounts -- Deadline: September 11
The deadline is fast approaching for hotel room blocks set aside for
this event.
Take advantage of advanced booking rates by securing your
accommodations today.
View the OGF 27 / Summit 09 hotel options here:
http://www.summit09.ca/hotels
Program Highlights Now Available
Visit the event website for a glimpse at some of the session being
presented in Banff.
** New this year ** OGF 27 / Summit 09 will be hosting a live
competitive cloud challenge.
This is your chance to demonstrate the features of cloud services
onto grid infrastructure. Entry
details are coming soon. View other program highlights here:
http://www.summit09.ca/programhighlights
International Visa Requirements
Temporary Resident Visas, along with an official Letter of
Invitation, will be required by some
international guests. Please make necessary arrangements for these
well in advance of your trip.
View the Visa guidelines here:
http://www.summit09.ca/visainformation
Keynote Speaker Announcements
Summit 09 is pleased to welcome the following speakers to our keynote
lineup:
- Andrea Donnellan // Geophysicist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
- Anthony Williams // Coauthor, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration
Changes Everything
- Bill Appelbe // Chief Executive Officer, Victoria Partnership for
Advanced Computing
- Jacques Mc Neill // Green ICT Initiative Coordinator, Prompt Inc.
- Rich Wolski // Chief Technology Officer, Eucalyptus
To register, or for more information on OGF 27 and Summit 09, please
visit:
http://www.summit09.ca
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Summit 09 is a culmination of three events: OGF 27, IEEE Grid 2009
and the Cybera / CANARIE National Summit, all taking place October 12
- 16, 2009 in Banff, AB, Canada.
Summit 09 is pleased to acknowledge its sponsors: Juniper Networks,
IBM, DataDirect Networks, ENMAX Envision, iCORE, Alberta Council of
Technologies, and the Institute for Space Imaging Science (ISIS).
Summit 09 Media Partners include: Backbone Magazine, HPCwire, iSGTW
and TechVibes.
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Joel Replogle Executive Director, Open Grid Forum
replogle(a)ogf.org http://www.ogf.org

OGF is participating in the joint conference of CloudWorld, Next
Generation Data Center (NGDC), and OpenSource World going on now,
August 12-13, 2009 in San Francisco, CA, USA.
OGF's VP of Standards, Chris Smith, is presenting a talk Thursday
August 13, from 9:15am - 10:00am in room 3004:
From Grid to Cloud: Leveraging Distributed Computing
Technologies in Moving to the Cloud
There are many challenges in the minds of enterprise CIO's about the
opportunities that cloud presents. On the one hand, the opportunity
to flex resources to meet demand, particularly with pay as you go,
addresses the challenge of sizing and capital expenditure for
occasional events. Another class of challenge is the security and
management of key corporate resources, for audit and compliance
purposes. So why would the typical CIO be interested in throwing
caution to the wind with a third party service provider?
This session will feature discussion of the potential for grid
middleware to provide a vehicle for the development of private
clouds, leveraging existing resources and infrastructure with the
potential for extending services into the cloud using commercial
suppliers. Much work has been done in the grid middleware community
to demonstrate the viability of grid as an application, an extensible
platform and an infrastructure in the cloud, thus providing an
effective "on ramp" to the cloud for the existing user base.
Visit us at booth 431 in the Solutions Showcase!
Why is OGF at the joint CloudWorld/NGDC/OpenSource World conference?
* To promote OGF's specifications and best practices
* To inform conference attendees of OGF's mission and invite
participation
* To promote OGF's Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) working
group
* OGF's Open Forum and Open Standards are a natural fit to many
at the conference
* To promote OGF's upcoming events
* To meet and network with organizations interested in cloud and
distributed technologies.
Conference website:
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/
Thanks,
Joel
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Joel Replogle Executive Director, Open Grid Forum
replogle(a)ogf.org http://www.ogf.org
