OGF is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com, to its roster of exceptional OGF23 (Barcelona, June 2-6) keynotes including Les Robertson from CERN and Mario Campolargo from the European Commission. Dr. Vogels will present on Tuesday afternoon, June 3, along with Diego Pavia, CEO of ATOS Origin Iberia, as part of the joint keynote to kick-off the BEinGRID Industry Days event, co-located with OGF23. Register today...discounted rate closes soon! http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/registration.php In addition to an attractive list of keynotes, other highlights of the OGF23/BEinGRID program include: - Numerous demonstrations of grid applications in a wide range of sectors including finance, supply chain management, media, leisure and environmental sciences - Workshops on commercial implementations of workflow, using grid to optimize energy efficiency, dynamic service level agreements, and a host of other relevant topics - Sessions focused on quality in open source grid implementations, data grids, interoperability between production research grids, and cloud computing - Thirty OGF chartered groups will meet to advance grid specifications, develop best practices, increase OGF specification adoption and explore new access paradigms for grid users - OGF-Europe will host a full-day seminar on how grids enable Digital Repositories and multiple tutorials on implementing grid middleware and building grids that manage distributed data - A poster gallery and an exhibition area hosted by OGF-Europe that is open to any organization or funded project wishing to gain greater visibility in the grid community - A plenary session to discuss the European Grid Initiative (EGI) on Tuesday morning, June 3. Discounted registration and hotel reservations will remain available for a short time only - see http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/ Exhibition and sponsorship opportunities are still available. Details can be found at: http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/sponsor.php The online schedule may be found at: http://www.ogf.org/gf/event_schedule/index.php?event_id=10 All conference questions may be sent to wulf@ogf.org. See you in Barcelona! Regards, John Ehrig OGF Program Manager 925 275-6677