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EELA CONFERENCE SUMMARY

EELA CONFERENCE SUMMARY . Bernard M. Mar é chal EELA Deputy Project Manager 1 st EELA Conference - Santiago de Chile, 04-05/09/06. NEW EELA LOGO ???. Opening our arms To sister projects, new institutions and applications. SOME FIGURES. Certainly a benchmark 8 months after the EELA birth!

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EELA CONFERENCE SUMMARY

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  1. EELA CONFERENCE SUMMARY • Bernard M. Maréchal • EELA Deputy Project Manager • 1st EELA Conference - Santiago de Chile, 04-05/09/06

  2. NEW EELA LOGO ??? Opening our arms To sister projects, new institutions and applications

  3. SOME FIGURES • Certainly a benchmark 8 months after the EELA birth! • 4 sessions (3 “non-EELA”) • 30 presentations • Other Grid Projects 10 • Panel on common policies and issues 1 • EELA 7 • Applications 8 • EELA External Advisory Committee report 1 • LA network future 2 • Summary 1 • Attendance • 14 countries (5 “non-EELA”) • 126 registrations • 61 from Chile • 64 EELA members and 62 “non-EELA” members

  4. MONEY MATTERS • EELA FUNDING • EC funds • CIEMAT funds for Latin American Partners (400 K€) • Participants Contribution • AVERAGE SPENDING OF EC FUNDS (30/06/06) • 95.7 % of the First Installment

  5. MONEY MATTERS • PERCENTAGES OF THE EC FUNDS • MANAGEMENT (WP1): 6.6 % • TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES: 93.4 % • WP2: 31.9 % • WP3: 22.9 % • WP4: 38.6 % • EUROPE: 66.1 % • LA: 33.9 %

  6. IMPRESSIONS • Conference objectives met • Issues (network connection, VC) fixed in due time • EC presence very much acknowledged • EELA organization on the rails (thanks to WP1 team) • Demos as a proof that we actually have an EELA e-Infrastructure (thanks to WP2 team) • EELA as part of the EGEE production infrastructure • EELA applications took-off (thanks to WP3 team) • Dissemination and Knowledge Dissemination “aggressive” plans and impressive results (thanks to WP4 team)

  7. IMPRESSIONS • Important key words often heard • Grid • Human network • Training • Dissemination • Interoperation/Interoperability (EELA - EGEE as a good example) • synergy • Applications (Biomed leading the file !!!!!!) • Sister projects “love” EELA (thanks to this conference) • “non-EELA” applications willing to become EELA applications (thanks to this conference) • “non-EELA” institutions willing to become EELA partners (thanks to this conference) • A new “dimension” appeared in the GRID space: the Instrument Element (cf. GRIDCC)

  8. EELA - EC VC • Held on 05/09/06 • Very positive impression • EC congratulation for the good job • EC recommendation • DISSEMINATE AND TRAIN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE !!! • LOOK FOR, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, NEW APPLICATIONS/PARTNERS !!! • EELA SHOULD TRIGGER AND ATTRACT !!!

  9. EAC REPORT • Very objective advices • Certainly helpful • Recommendations will be followed • EELA congratulated • Many thanks to our External Advisory Committee

  10. MISSING KEY WORDS • Self sustainability: EELAn after/without EC support? • GRID@UNIVERSITY (undergraduate courses)? • EELA 2 should • Focus on strategic research areas (cf. Baltic Grid)? • Focus, also, on INDUSTRY? • Focus on applications with more social impact • biomed, health, climate vs HEP? • Be different from EELA (cf. SEEGRID 2 vs SEEGRID)

  11. NETWORK MATTERS • No network …… no Grid ….. No EELA !!! • Tough battles against ??? foreseen with, hopefully, the help of IST !!! • LA NRENs and of GRID community MUST help CLARA!!! • Long term: will LA governments be able to “smoothly” replace EC ???

  12. ACKNOWLEDGMENT • ORGANIZING INSTITUTIONS • UTFSM (Host), REUNA, UDEC, CLARA, EELA • EELA WP4 (Task 4.1) • Maria José Pourailly, Luis Salinas • Paola Arellano, Sandra Jaque, • Carlos Orrego, Cristian Morales, • Eduardo Silva, Fernando Ojeda, • Ian Ordenes, Juan Carlos Martinez, • Loreto Infante, Maria Paz Mirosevic, • Mauricio Leiva, Maurico Vidal, • Raquel Pezzoa.

  13. HERE WE WERE! • 1st EELA CONFERENCE - SANTIAGO DE CHILE

  14. AND THERE WE HOPE TO BE 2nd EELA CONEFERENCE (10 -12 May 2007) But, before, please attend the 1stREUNA e-Science Congress

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