[communities] GGF Proposal Submission

[bcohen at bway.net]

proposers_name: Robert Cohen 
 
affiliation: Economic Strategy Institute 

email: bcohen at bway.net 

proposed_title: Production Grids in the Enterprise 

session_type: Workshop 

proposed_duration: Half Day 

target_audience: Corporate CIOs, heads of R&D, heads of IT or product development, users and technical experts 

num_attendees: 50-60 

abstract: Corporations are in the process of deploying production grids for R&D, design, product development and financial or risk analysis. This workshop will provide a way for enterprises to explain their experiences with early grids and the plans they have for the next year or two. It will highlight successes and point to challenges that are faced. The panels will provide an opportunity to include GGF experts working on OGSA and other standards to participate with enterprise experts when the panels will focus on standards issues. We expect to have three panels, focusing largely on EDA, telecoms, and aerospace/autos or pharmaceutical firms. 

synopsis: Goals:
1. Explain what enterprises have achieved with production grids and what challenges they still face.
2. Highlight significant standards that have helped or presented issues for enterprise implementation of production grids.
3. Identify ways that GGF can work more closely with enterprises and industry groups.

Outline:
1. Introduction to the panel event and explanation of goals.
2. Three panels with users, possibly including selected GGF experts on OGSA. Tentative commitments have been made by France Telecom and Airbus. We expect to invite EDA grid users Nokia, ST Microelectronics, and IBM; telecom users British Telecom, Telecom Italia and T-Systems; and aerospace/auto firms BAE, EADS, Rolls Royce, DaimlerChrysler, and several auto parts suppliers. About 45 minutes per panel.
3. Discussion following each panel presentation. Discussion will be about 20-30 minutes.
4. Wrap-up with summary of panels and discussion of greater involvement of enterprise grid users with GGF.

Outreach plans
1. Contact major vendors that are stakeholders in each area of interest. For instance, in EDA, IBM, Intel, Nokia, TI, and a few others have worked closely on grid deployment and will be able to suggest participants. In telecoms, members of the GGF Telecoms RG will be asked to participate or suggest panelists. In aerospace, Boeing has agreed to help find panelists from Airbus and other European aerospace firms. Engineous, a presenter at GGF15, has numerous auto industry clients in Europe, as does DataSynapse and IBM.
2. Will plan to use contacts in European firms to see if it is possible to get computer magazines to do stories on the panel discussion in Athens prior to GGF16 as a way to attract attendees. 
3. Will also do outreach using previous corporate attendees at GGF meetings, especially the Brussels and Boston plenary meetings that emphasized enterprise grids.  
 

tech_requirements: A conference phone capability or a Web broadcast capability would be very helpful, if the cost is not prohibitive. 

prereq_participants: Ability to do good presentations. We plan to screen suggested presenters to insure that there are lively presentations. 

advertise_suggestion: Email lists, possibly the EGA mailing list if EGA is willing to provide access to it. Lists such as the GGF Telecom RG.