1. GGF17 Registration Deadline 2. GGF17 Program Highlights 3. GGF17 Student Scholars Accepted ---------------------------------------------- 1. GGF17 Registration Deadline The Full registration deadline for GGF17 in Tokyo (10-12 May) is quickly approaching. To take advantage of the lowest rates, please sign-up at: http://www.ggf.org/GGF17/ggf_events_regstrtn_ggf17.htm. The last date to register at a discounted rate is May 1. Full program information is now available at http://www.ggf.org/gf/event_schedule/. 2. GGF17 Program Highlights Hiro Kishimoto (Fujitsu) and Masao Sakauchi (National Institute of Infomatics) will kick-off the program offering at the upcoming GGF17, collocated with the 3rd Grid World Japan Exhibition in Tokyo, May 10-12. Highlights include: - 40-plus group sessions - Free access to the Grid World Japan exhibition floor and program - 8 Birds of a Feather sessions on topics such as: Grid Education & Training (GET-CG) BoF HPC Profile BoF Data Movement Interface Standardization Software Certification BoF - Grid and Distributed Software Certification and Quality Assurance BoF Storage Networking Community Group BoF Standards Roadmap/Grid Internoperability Now (GIN) Joint BoF Plus a follow-up on the Interop Fest BoF from GGF16 - Workshops and technology updates on topics such as: Bridging the Divide between Application Requirements and Standards Grid Solutions in Cancer Research and Drug Discovery Usage of Grids in the Japanese Enterprise Managing Security across Grids Metadata, Search and Preservation Environments on Data Grids Gridsphere & Grid Portlets OGSA & Alternative Grid Architectures Grids and the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (see desc. below) ...and many more. - The Voice of the Community (VOC) forum and Vendor Adoption Forum (VAF) will be introduced at GGF17. The goal of the VOC is to bring end-users together to capture requirements and use cases that can then be incorporated into the GGF standards development process. The VAF will bring together the vendor & developer to identify issues and constraints that make Grid standards feasible and cost-effective to implement. For a full schedule, visit: http://www.ggf.org/gf/event_schedule/. 3. We are pleased to announce the following recipients of the GGF17 Student Scholarship: Kathryn Cassidy - Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Charles Dowling - DePaul University, US, Hao (Howie) Huang - University of Virginia, US, Ian Kelley - Cardiff University, UK, Diego Fernandez Slezak - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dylan Stark - Louisiana State University, US. GGF believes in fostering and encouraging the work of students as our future grid leaders. Join us in congratulating each and every one of our Scholars in Tokyo. Steve Crumb Executive Director, GGF scrumb@ggf.org +1 630-252-8610 +1 630-915-3324 (cell)