Dear OGF working group members, Please see the message below, which has also been sent to an extensive list of past and current OGF participants. A dedicated team of volunteers has been working hard to prepare a set or events at eScience and OGF 36 that I think you will enjoy. As many of you know who are working on our current standards, this is the time to step up to make the world aware of our work on standards for distributed computing, to develop these standards and to implement them in practice in important settings. OGF has accomplished a great deal. Now is the time to capitalize on this work, reconstitute it and to move forward. We urge you to make use of the details below to plan to attend OGF 36 in Chicago, Oct. 8-10 2012, and to join us between now and then in planning this event. Please contact your fellow working group members, chairs and area directors, and see the notes below for important tips on how to save yourself money on the combined OGF and eScience registration, and also by registering early to get the best possible overall rates. We look forward to seeing all of you in Chicago. Please do also pass this information on to interested colleagues. Alan Sill Vice President of Standards Open Grid Forum ------------------------------ Dear OGF Alum: You may not have attended an Open Grid Forum (OGF) event in a long time, but many of the standards that we have worked to achieve—from Grids to Clouds to Networking—are now in production. Open Grid Forum (OGF) events have brought our diverse community together, allowing us to communicate ideas and share our work. OGF will be holding its 36th conference from 8 to 10 October, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is beautiful in October, and the city is one of the largest international hubs in the United States, offering easy access from anywhere in North America or Europe. Conference themes include: • Clouds & Cloud Standards • OGF Standards and Profiles in Production (for example in XSEDE): o JSDL, DRMAA o OGSA stack (OGSA-WSRF BP, OGSA BSP) o HPC Basic Profile, HPC File Staging Extensions o RNS, ByteIO, gridFTP, SRM o SAGA o VOMS, WS-Agreement • Networking • New work in clouds, production grid interoperability, delegation, networking, and so on. OGF36 is being held in conjunction with the 8th IEEE International eScience Conference, offering a rare opportunity to bring together the global community—representatives from business, governmental, scientific, and academic organizations—in an open forum for ideas and discussion. We encourage you to join us in Chicago for a chance to find out how OGF standards have been implemented, reunite with old colleagues, meet possible collaborators, and learn about new innovations. The registration form, as well as the detailed schedule, containing information about the speakers and programs can be found on the OGF website (http://www.ogf.org/OGF36/). NOTE: If you are also attending the 8th iEEE eScience Conference, remember to enter the OGF36 Discount Code, OGF36, to receive $100 off of your registration costs. See you in Chicago. Gina L. Corell, Ph.D. Communications Director The University of Virginia Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering UVACSE 434-243-1107 http://www.uvacse.virginia.edu/ _______________________________________________ ogf-alumni mailing list ogf-alumni@ogf.org<mailto:ogf-alumni@ogf.org> https://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-alumni