[grid-announce] GridWorld deadlines approaching

[Steve Crumb]

GGF eNews

1. GridWorld/GGF15 Advanced Registration Deadline Extended
2. Community Program Highlights
3. GridWorld/GGF15 Hotel Deadline Approaching

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1. GridWorld/GGF15 Advanced Registration Extended to 9 September

The deadline for saving $200 on advanced registration for GridWorld/GGF15 
(3-6 October, Boston, MA) has been extended to Friday, 9 September.  Take 
advantage of these savings by registering at: 
http://www.ggf.org/ggf_events_regstrtn_ggf15.htm.

2. GridWorld/GGF15 Community Program Highlights

*Community keynotes from Tony Hey, Vice President, Technical Computing for 
Microsoft Corporation and Andrew Grimshaw, Professor of Computer Science, 
University of Virginia.
*Grid Primer for Managers by GridWise Tech 
(http://gridwisetech.com/gridprimer) (note: available for additional fee)
*Technology updates from Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute (OMII), 
Globus, OGSA-DAI, New Technologies for Science Portals
*Workshops, invited talks and panels on technologies and applications 
including: Security and Privacy Needs of Health Grids, Leveraging Site 
Infrastructure for Multi-Site Grids, Grid Use Cases, Campus Grids, User 
Management and Access Control within the Grid, Use of Web Services for 
Network Monitoring Applications, Building Geographical Information System 
Grids, Provisioning & Managing Switching Infrastructure as a Grid Resource 
and Web Services Performance Issues & Research

Visit http://www.ggf.org/ggf_events_schedule_ggf15.htm for a complete 
listing of Community activities, abstracts and further opportunities for 
engagement.

3. GridWorld/GGF15 Hotel Information (Deadline 9 September)

Be sure to book your hotel room at the conference hotel, The Boston Park 
Plaza, by visiting http://www.ggf.org/ggf_events_lodging_ggf15.htm. You can 
also call toll free at (800) 225-2008 in the U.S. and Canada.  Outside the 
U. S. and Canada call (617) 426-2000. Be sure to mention that you are 
attending GridWorld to receive the $161 per night discounted room rate. 
Hotel cut-off date is 9 September.



Steve Crumb
Executive Director, Global Grid Forum
+1 630-252-8610 (Office)
+1 630-915-3324 (Cell)
scrumb at ggf.org