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26 August 2010
Catherine Gater

Last week to register for the EGI Technical Forum 2010 at the reduced rate

Register for the EGI Technical Forum 2010 before 2 September to take advantage of the reduced rate.

The EGI Technical Forum 2010 is the first major event within the EGI community, bringing together European distributed computing projects, National Grid Initiatives and grid users in Europe and around the world. The event is hosted by the Dutch NGI, BiGGrid with sponsorship from IBM and Aruba Networks.

Register at www.egi.eu/EGITF2010  BEFORE 2 SEPTEMBER to benefit from the normal conference rate, before the full rate is applied.

Keynote speakers include Kostas Glinos, Head of the GÉANT and e-Infrastructures Unit at the European Commission, Alex Hardisty of the LifeWatch project and Paul Strong from the Open Grid Forum.

Some highlights in the programme include:

  • EEF Requirements and the ESFRI project - looking at the future needs of scientific communities in the long term.

  • User Training - getting started in EGI, including an introduction to grid computing and a practical demo.

  • Services for the EGI Heavy User Communities - advice for users seeking an update on the tools, services and capabilities for users from high energy physics, earth and lifes sciences, astronomy and astrophysics

  • Telling your story - tips for good communication with the media.

The EGI User Community Support Team will also be running a series of sessions describing the range of user support services that EGI provides. The Forum will provide an excellent opportunity for all of those involved in delivering grid-related support at a national level to both learn about what these services are and how they can be integrated into national support services to improve the user experience in each country. The EGI community support team is partly based in Amsterdam and partly distributed amongst various partners. The Forum will provide the first opportunity for NGIs to meet this team and discuss and plan community support issues for the evolving infrastructure.