OGF23 is the largest and most important event taking place this year that will feature an extensive community program for all those interested in learning about Grid and distributed computing technologies. During the week, participants can choose from numerous sessions, workshops, seminars, keynote presentations and tutorials being offered by OGF and our event partners OGF-Europe and BEinGrid. Les Robertson, Project Lead of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Grid Project at CERN and Mario Compolargo, Acting Director in the European Commission, DG INFSO/F "Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures" will keynote the event and others are planned. The program committee has approved a number of community lead sessions on the following topics: - Cloud Computing - Grid Access Paradigms: Exploring Grid Applications - Using Grid Techniques to Optimise Energy Efficiency - Databases in the Grid: tools, middleware and applications - Workflows in Commercial Grid Deployments - Dynamic Service Level Agreements - Ensuring Quality in Open Source Grid Software - Interoperability between Europe, Latin American, and Asian Grids. In addition, OGF-Europe's program includes a Digital Repositories seminar, a session on Grid Economics and Business Models, and several tutorials. BEinGRID Industry Days will offer numerous case studies of grids deployments in over a dozen commercial sectors. These case studies will be supplemented by actual demonstrations of these deployments and the applications which leverage them. A full online program will be posted in the near future. ----------------- STREETGRID OGF is an event partner at this year's StreetGrid conference in New York on April 28. With nearly 200 registered attendees confirmed to attend, this year looks set to supersede last year's record breaking event. First launched by Waters Magazine in April 2007, Street Grid 07 was hugely successful in attracting senior level architects and technologists providing an open forum to debate the hot issues of grid management and development. This year's event will continue to build on this success providing invaluable educational presentations and thought-provoking debates. OGF is pleased to announce that OGF members are eligible for a special $100 discount. To claim your OGF discount, visit www.watersonline.com/streetgrid referencing VIP Code: SG08/OGF/V. For more information, visit the StreetGrid website at www.watersonline.com/streetgrid or contact Jianjia.chan@incisivemedia.com. Regards, John Ehrig Global Inventures Senior Program Manager 925 275-6677