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OGF-25 Welcome Craig A. Lee, President, OGF

OGF-25 Welcome Craig A. Lee, President, OGF. March 2, 2009. La Ciminiere, Catania, Sicily. Thanks To Our OGF-25 Event Sponsors. Network Providers. A Special Thanks to our Organizational Members. PLATINUM and GOLD. A Special Thanks to our Organizational Members. SILVER. OGF-25 Overview.

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OGF-25 Welcome Craig A. Lee, President, OGF

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  1. OGF-25 WelcomeCraig A. Lee, President, OGF March 2, 2009 La Ciminiere, Catania, Sicily

  2. Thanks To Our OGF-25 Event Sponsors Network Providers 2

  3. A Special Thanks to our Organizational Members PLATINUM and GOLD 3

  4. A Special Thanks to our Organizational Members SILVER 4

  5. OGF-25 Overview • PC Chair: Martin Walker • Formerly of HP • 45 group and BoF sessions • 13 community sessions • 16 tutorials • 17 workshops 5

  6. Introducing New VP of Enterprise • Ian Osborne • Intellect UK, www.intellectuk.org • UK trade association for IT, telecoms & electronics • Grid Computing Now! Project Director • a knowledge transfer programme of the UK Technology Strategy Board • www.gridcomputingnow.org • Goals of the Enterprise Function and GCN! align very well • Part of OGF-Europe 6

  7. Introducing New AdCom Chair The OGF Advisory Committee (AdCom) provides advice, insight and a broad perspective on strategic directions to assist the management of the OGF. • Martin A. Walker • Distinguished Technologist at HP • Segment Mgr, HPC and Grids at HP • Segment Mgr, HPC at Compaq Computer • HPTC Segment Mgr at Compaq • Marketing Director, HPC at DEC • Director, Parallel Applications at Cray Res. Inc. • R&D Program Mgr, Myrias Research Corp. • Member of Scientific Staff at Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics 7

  8. Goals & Challenges for OGF • Maximizing value of our current “portfolio” • HPC Basic Profile, SAGA, DRMAA, … • Grid Sustainability • Moving from project funding to operational budgets • Clouds and Virtualization • Dynamic provisioning with simple APIs • Green IT & Green Grids • Managing Energy Policy • Establishing the OGF “brand” across the entire spectrum of distributed computing 8

  9. Event Planning • Results of Event Survey • At least one large meeting ("jamboree") per year • A second large meeting is possible if a good co-location opportunity exists • Otherwise, OGF will have two WG-focused meetings per year • Expected Meetings in 2010 • Large meeting in Europe in the Spring • Co-location opportunity exists • Two WG-focus meetings • One in North America, one in Europe • Managing Travel Costs • Not all groups have to meet at every OGF • Groups could meeting closer to their "center of gravity" 9

  10. Upcoming Events • OGF-26 • Chapel Hill • North Carolina, USA • May 26-29, 2009 • Registration Open! • OGF-27 • Banff, Alberta, Canada, Oct 12-16, 2009 • With IEEE Grid 2009 & Cybera/CANARIE Natl Summit 10

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