1.         Call For Participation (final week)

2.         Registration (final week for early rate)

3.         Hotel Reservations

4.         Student Scholarships

5.         Group Chair Scheduling

6.         Sponsorship Opportunities

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1. OGF23 Call For Participation

The OGF23 CFP deadline is Friday, April 11.  As with previous OGF events, we are soliciting proposals for content that supports our mission of accelerating grid adoption in both research and industry. While all proposed content related to grid technology and usage is welcome, content related to the following topics is being particularly sought:

-OGF Specification Adoption

-Digital Repositories

-Data Management in a Grid Environment

The complete CFP can be viewed at http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/cfp.php.

2.  OGF23 Registration

Register today to take advantage of OGF23’s Early Registration rate which expires on Friday, April11!  Registration is available by fax, phone or online.  For complete details and to register, please visit http://ogf.org/OGF23/registration.php.

3.  OGF23 Hotel Reservations

OGF has secured a block of sleeping rooms at the Barcelo Sans Hotel (meeting location). Reservations must be made on or before May 15, to receive the discounted rate.  Due to the busy travel season in June, attendees are encouraged to book as early as possible.  Reservations can be made via fax, by calling the hotel directly (be sure to reference ‘OGF23’), or online via http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/lodging.php.

4.  OGF23 Student Scholarships

A limited number of student scholarships are available for qualifying students.  Hosted by OGF, OGF-Europe and CoreGRID, the OGF23 student scholarship program provides a unique opportunity for students to participate in OGF program sessions and group sessions as well as network with distinguished community participants and leaders.  Application details and eligibility requirements can be found at http://ogf.org/OGF23/students.php. 

5.  Group Chair Scheduling

OGF Group Chair session scheduling will remain open until April 21.  Session scheduling and document details along with a link to the online session request site can be accessed via http://ogf.org/OGF23/chairinfo.php.

6.  Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsoring OGF events provides numerous opportunities for your organization to gain greater visibility and recognition as a Grid leader in our global community.  Please review the sponsor prospectus at http://ogf.org/OGF23/sponsor.php and consider sponsoring OGF23.

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About OGF23

The global grid community will gather for Open Grid Forum’s twenty-third event in Barcelona, Spain on 2-6 June, 2008, strategically placed in easy reach of many European & global experts. Hosted by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, OGF23 is also the first international event where the recently EU-funded OGF-EUROPE project, will play a primary organizing role in the overall event and the program. This project focuses on mobilizing and integrating communities on grid standards & best practices. During a portion of the week (3-5 June), the EU-funded BEinGRID project will be co-locating its "Industry Days" event which includes results of their business experiments using grid technologies. BEinGRID will also show numerous demonstrations of grid deployments in various commercial environments. A small commercial exhibition will also be an important part of this multi-faceted event.