EGI User Forum 2011: Call for Participation
EGI welcomes extended abstracts for presentations, posters, stands and demonstrations
The European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) has announced the Call for Participation in the 2011 User Forum to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania (11-15 April).
The User Forum will be organised by EGI.eu in partnership with Vilnius University and LITGRID, the Lithuanian National Grid Initiative (NGI). The event will be held in conjunction with the European Middleware Initiative (EMI), with its first conference on distributed computing, through a number of dedicated technology tracks, alongside tracks featuring user experiences from within the EGI community.
Vilnius was selected to host the User Forum in September, after an open bidding process that started in Summer and concluded in September.
The conference will showcase the diversity of EGI’s user community and the broad range of topics which binds it together. The aim is to help everyone, from end-users to application developers, operations staff and technology providers, to share recent developments, work in progress and know-how through demonstrations, presentations, posters and workshops.
There will be many opportunities to meet new people and build working relations during the meeting's networking and social events, including a new ‘meet the experts’ session.
The User Forum welcomes online submission of extended abstracts from all members of the EGI community and their international collaborators from November 15th. The scope of potential topics is wide, but “we especially want to hear from users and com-munities new to e-Infrastructure,” says Steven Newhouse, Director of EGI.eu.
“The user forum is the ideal venue for newcomers to talk about their work – what they have achieved, the problems they may have encountered and solved, and the requirements they have identified to support their future work,” Newhouse adds. “The forum is a great way to build collaborations within the community around common topics and issues.”
Accepted abstracts will be compiled into a book to be published for the event. “The book of abstracts is not just a great way to tell people about your work – it will be a permanent snapshot of the EGI Community in 2011,” says Newhouse.
