Call for Community Participation GGF14 June 26-29, 2005 Chicago, Illinois USA The primary focus of GGF14 will be the Working and Research Group sessions. Groups will focus on the continued development of shared approaches, grid specifications and best practices for grids. Several critical drafts will be discussed and advanced toward publication during this event. In addition to these group sessions, GGF will offer a series of 30-60 minute invited talks and panels on the current and future status of Grids in different communities such as sectors of research (e.g., Astronomy) and industry (e.g, Telecommunications). New areas such as education are also solicited. This "community track" seeks to build new and strengthen existing communities of interest in GGF. Both new and existing communities are encouraged to submit a brief abstract for presentation in this community track. GGF14 attendees will gain unique insights from applications and technology experts discussing innovative approaches to deploying and using grids. A community track overview document and slides will be posted on the GGF14 website. GGF also welcomes proposals for traditional workshops to be held at GGF14. Proposals will be evaluated by essentially the same process (GROC) as in previous GGF meetings. Please email communities@ggf.org for more information if you are interested in proposing a GGF14 Workshop. The community activities described above may run in parallel with other GGF activities but every attempt will be made in scheduling these to minimize unnecessary clashes. Attendee feedback and participation will be helpful in shaping the community activities for GGF15, which will be held on October 3-6 in Boston. Please send us your opinions! GGF COMMUNITY ACTIVITY KEY DATES & DEADLINES Workshop Proposal submission deadline - May 6, 2005 Community Track Abstract submission deadline - May 11, 2005 Acceptance notification - May 16, 2005 Community Track slide deadline - June 17, 2005 Workshop Summary document deadline - TBD (post-GGF14) All proposals, comments and questions should be sent to communities@ggf.org. Thanks, Steve Crumb Executive Director, Global Grid Forum +1 630-252-8610 (Office) +1 630-915-3324 (Cell) scrumb@ggf.org