GridWorld/GGF15 October 3 - 6, 2005 Boston Park Plaza Hotel **** Presentation opportunities are available in some GridWorld/GGF15 Community activities - see below. Information about the complete community program can be accessed via http://www.ggf.org/ggf_events_ggf15_Community_Involvement.htm. **** Campus Grids Sunday, 02-October (Harvard University) with GridWorld/GGF15 panels on Monday, 03-October Production Grid Services and Harvard University are sponsoring a workshop on Grids on Campus. The workshop will be held at Harvard University on Sunday, October 2, 2005, from 9am-3pm. There is a Call for Speakers online at www.psc.edu/~lfm/PSC/Grid/PGS-RG. As followup, there will be two roundtable discussions at GGF on Monday, October 2, to look at common areas of interest identified during the workshop. More information is also available at the PGS-RG website. **** Leveraging Site Infrastructure for Multi-Site Grids Monday, 03-October 11:00am - 7:30p This community activity will explore the how VOs spanning multiple sites can benefit from increased leveraging of the infrastructure of those sites. Both traditional high-performance computing sites as well as other types of institutions such as academic campuses will be explored. Also explored will be some of the challenges involved in this model, including standards, VO-vs-site roles and attributes, and privacy. For more information or if you are interested in presenting, please contact Von Welch (vwelch@ncsa.uiuc.edu). **** New Technologies for Science Portals Monday, 03-October 4:00p– 7:30p We are pleased to announce the Geographical Information System Grid Community Activity at Global Grid Forum 15. The format of this activity will be a series of half-hour presentations on featured projects, including GEON, LAITS, SERVOGrid, and LEAD. We also welcome 10-15 minute briefings. For more information or if you are interested in presenting, please contact Marlon Pierce (mpierce@cs.indiana.edu). We will follow up the project with an open call for papers for a special issue on GIS Grid applications in Currency and Computation: Practice and Experience. **** Web Services Performance: Issues and Research Tuesday, 04-October 11:00a – 3:30p This community activity entitled "Web Services Performance: Issues & Research" will be held at Global Grid Forum 15. The format will be a series of invited talks, and a panel discussion. The goal is to foster lively discussions on web services performance. For more information or if you are interested in presenting, please contact Kenneth Chiu (kchiu@cs.binghamton.edu). **** Use of Web Services for NM Applications Wednesday, 05-October 11:00a - 3:30p The "Use of Web Services for NM Applications" community activity is aimed at anyone who feels that they need more Web Services knowledge. This pseudo-tutorial will provide a thorough overview of Web Services whilst allowing participants to ask detailed (and perhaps lengthy) questions. The sessions are being organised for groups in which development of Web Services, although required, is not the core business of the group. The organisers, the Network Measurements-WG, are one such group. For more information, please contact Mark Leese (m.j.leese@dl.ac.uk). **** Grid Requirements, Roadmaps, and Use Cases Thursday, 06-October 11:00a - 3:30p This GGF-15 community session will present several short talks on these topics, including a presentation on the GGF Use Case Repository prototype. The talks will be followed by a short panel discussion and questions from the floor. For more information, please contact Craig Lee (craig@rush.aero.org). **** +++++++++++++++++++ Julie Wulf-Knoerzer Manager of Community Development Global Grid Forum wulf@ggf.org ph. 630/252-7163 fax 630/252-4466