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BalticGrid Innovation Lab (BGi) Initiative. Åke Edlund BalticGrid Project Director. Building an industry network bottom up. If the mountain won’t come to us, we have to go to the mountain…. Building an industry network bottom up. The BGi idea.
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BalticGrid Innovation Lab (BGi) Initiative Åke Edlund BalticGrid Project Director Grid Open Day, May 12, 2009 - Riga, Latvia
Building an industry network bottom up If the mountain won’t come to us, we have to go to the mountain… Grid Open Day, May 12, 2009 - Riga, Latvia
Building an industry network bottom up Grid Open Day, May 12, 2009 - Riga, Latvia
The BGi idea Grid Open Day, May 12, 2009 - Riga, Latvia
BGi course – building scalable business on BG resources • Different types of courses • 2-3 days crash courses • Semester long courses • Being part of e.g. “Software Project” course • Example applications • Labs are done on the BC infrastructure • The course is being developed at the moment • First run: 18th and 25th of May, University of Tartu, Estonia (crash course + “startup school”) • We also plan to do both technical and more business oriented courses • Economics of Cloud computing BG 2nd AHM, GOD, 12.05.2009, Riga
Networking – BGi course alumni and industry Grid Open Day, May 12, 2009 - Riga, Latvia
“Standing on the shoulders of giants” • “If I have seen a little further it is by • standing on the shoulders of Giants.” • Isaac Newton, 1676 SMEs and startups are all invited to use the BalticGrid resources. This is well invested time. See next presentation on how the BalticCloud adds an entrance to the vast BalticGrid resourses. Grid Open Day, May 12, 2009 - Riga, Latvia
BGi Status Started January 2009 Initiated the BalticCloud • Rolling out in all Baltic and Belarus • See BalticCloud presentation • Course pilot, starting May 18+25, Tartu University, two day course, including hands-on cloud computing and “startup school” • To be followed up by courses in Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus …. stay tuned! Grid Open Day, May 12, 2009 - Riga, Latvia
Summary slide • BGi is a novel way of engaging SMEs to use BalticGrid resources. • It is a long term bottom-up approach, taking more time to build • Goal is a robust usage and network, available long after the end of the BG project Grid Open Day, May 12, 2009 - Riga, Latvia