HOTEL RESERVATIONS A reminder that tomorrow, May 15 (Thursday), is the deadline for reserving sleeping rooms at the Barcelo Sants Hotel. After tomorrow, rooms under OGF's discounted rate will only be issued based on availability. Reserve your room now to take advantage of these discounted rates! See http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/lodging.php. REGISTRATION Friday, May 16, is the deadline for Advance Registration. After Friday, registration fees will increase to the on-site rates. See http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/registration.php. OGF23 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS OGF23 Keynotes- Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com Les Robertson, CERN Diego Pavia, CEO, ATOS Origin Mario Campolargo, European Commission Other highlights of the OGF23/BEinGRID program include- - Workshops on commercial implementations of workflow, using grid to optimize energy efficiency, and a host of other relevant topics - Sessions focused on quality in open source grid implementations, data grids, interoperability, and cloud computing - Thirty OGF chartered groups - Multiple tutorials on implementing grid middleware and building grids that manage distributed data hosted by OGF-Europe - A plenary session to discuss the European Grid Initiative (EGI) on Tuesday morning, June 3. Complete schedule can be found at http://www.ogf.org/gf/event_schedule/index.php?event_id=10. OGF ESCIENCE STRATEGY All interested in learning about and providing insight into OGF eScience function activities are invited to participate in an informal discussion with Prof. Geoffrey Fox (OGF VP, eScience) prior to OGF23 on Sunday, June 2. These informal meetings will take place from 10:00a - 3:30p - location tbd. Please contact Julie Wulf-Knoerzer <wulf@ogf.org> if you are interested in engaging in such a discussion. EXHIBITION AND SPONSORSHIP Exhibition and sponsorship opportunities are still available. Details can be found at: http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/sponsor.php.