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Workshop 19+20/04/2007: Program | Venue | Hotels | Registration

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Open Workshop on e-Infrastructures

(e-IRG Workshop)

EML Heidelberg, Germany
April 19-20, 2007

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The series of open e-IRG workshops support the e-IRG activities by enabling and stimulating the discussion of e-infrastructure related topics with the community across thematic and country borders. Experts on various areas will get together to explore open issues and outstanding questions for enabling easy and cost-effective shared use of distributed electronic resources across Europe and beyond, based on sustainable e-infrastructures.

On Thursday and Friday April 19th and 20th 2007 there will be an open workshop organised by the e-Infrastructure Reflection Group. The workshop will be held in Heidelberg, Germany, at the European Media Lab. The main theme of the workshop will be on "A sustainable grid infrastructure for Europe" and the following sub-topics:

  • Topic 1: Towards a European Grid Infrastructure.

    It is our belief that we have successfully built local, national and community e-infrastructures until now, and might have got some good ideas on how to proceed on a European level. We want to share these ideas.

  • Topic 2: Sustainability for e-Infrastructures.

    It is our belief that, to create a sustainable e-infrastructure for Europe, we have to consider economic and social aspects as well. We certainly want to learn from the experience of large institutions, industry, and the Internet.

  • Topic 3: Bridging the gap between academia and industry.

    It is our belief that a European e-infrastructure should be of interest for both research and industry. We want to learn when requirements are different and lead to different infrastructures, and when they are similar, so that research and industry can benefit from the same e-infrastructure.

The e- Infrastructures Reflection Group (e-IRG) defines and recommends best practices and policies for European e-Infrastructures. The purpose of the workshop is to encourage interaction between the scientific communities and the political, advisory and monitoring levels. Based on the presentations and discussions during the workshop the e-IRG will publish Recommendations to the European Commission and national governments. The results will also be included in future versions of the e-IRG White Paper and Roadmap.

Route description and information on shuttle busses etc
How to get to EML's Studio Villa Bosch

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

13:00-14:00   Welcome buffet and registration at EML
14:00-14:30   Welcome and Introduction to the workshop (Leif Laaksonen and Wolfgang Gentzsch)
14:30-18:00  

Topic 1: Towards a European Grid Infrastructure.

It is our belief that we have successfully built local, national and community e-infrastructures until now, and might have got some good ideas on how to proceed on a European level. We want to share these ideas.

  • Dieter Kranzlmüller, Joh. Kepler University Linz, EGI Coordinator
    A European Vision and Plan for a Common Grid Infrastructure
  • Steven Newhouse, Director OMII-UK
    User requirements for and concerns about a European e-Infrastructure
  • Kimmo Koski, CSC Finland and HET
    Results of the HPC in Europe Taskforce (HET)
  • Kyriakos Baxevanidis, CEC
    European e-Infrastructure: current status, opportunities, challenges
  • Victor Alessandrini, DEISA
    Enabling cooperative extreme computing in Europe
  • Tony Hey, Corporate Vice President Microsoft, former Head of UK e-Science Programme
    From research infrastructures to industry participation; a long way to go ?


Friday, April 20th, 2007

09:00-12:00  

Topic 2: Sustainability for e-Infrastructures.

It is our belief that, to create a sustainable e-infrastructure for Europe, we have to consider economic and social aspects as well. We certainly want to learn from the experience of large institutions, industry, and the Internet.

  • Costas Courcoubetis, Dept. of Computer Science, Athens University of Economics and Business
    Sharing policies and resource provisioning in Grids
  • Daniel Veit, Professor of Business Administration and Information Systems ? E-Business and E-Government, University of Mannheim
    Grid Economy and Business Models; from Web to Grids
  • Neil Geddes, UK National Grid Service Building a sustainable European Grid Service; lessons learned from a national experience
  • Prof Rob Procter, National Centre for e-Social Science, Manchester University
    Challenges for Sustainability: Perspectives and experiences from e-Social Science
  • John Wood, CEO CCLRC and ESFRI Chair
    A European roadmap for new, large-scale Research Infrastructures and the need for a common e-Infrastructure
12:00-13:00   Lunch buffet at EML
13:00-16:00  

Topic 3: Bridging the gap between academia and industry.

It is our belief that a European e-infrastructure should be of interest for both research and industry. We want to learn when requirements are different and lead to different infrastructures, and when they are similar, so that research and industry can benefit from the same e-infrastructure.

  • Ulf Dahlsten, Director, CEC
    Pre-commercial Procurement of innovation; A missing link in innovation in Europe
  • Bob Jones, EGEE
    EGEE's vision and roadmap to involve industry
  • Thierry Priol, INRIA, Scientific Coordinator of CoreGRID
    An e-Infrastructure for Grid Research and the Industry: the CoreGRID experience
  • Michael Resch, Director HLRS, University of Stuttgart
    Collaboration with industry; from HPC to Grids


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