[GRID-ANNOUNCE] Last Chance to Save on OGF21

[John Ehrig]

Pre-event registration for OGF21 closes this Friday, September 28.  This
is your last chance to save up to $100 off the on-site registration fee.
We have had two great events this year and we expect to end the year
with increased momentum around our standards, research, and enterprise
activities. Please register today at
http://www.ogf.org/OGF21/events_regstrtn_ogf21.php

OGF21 (Seattle, Washington October 15-19) will feature an exceptional
technical working group program, workshops on software solutions and
scientific applications, and an enterprise track focused on Grid use in
IT data centers:
**TECHNICAL PROGRAM: Over 80 sessions dedicated to advancing the work of
OGF's research, community and working groups including OGSA, Reference
Model, Virtualization, GLUE, SAGA, GRAAP, and many more.  Also, learn
about the SC07 demonstration plans of the HPC Profile, GIN and Byte I/O
groups. 
**WORKSHOPS:
 - Web 2.0: This full day workshop features presentations on research
and commercial applications of Web 2.0 technology including HPC,
Cyberinfrastructure, Semantic Research, Social Networking and more. 
 - Geospatial: This half day workshop is a collaboration with the Open
Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Engage on topics such as grid-enabling the
OGC's Web Processing Service and a NSF proposal on Community-based Data
Interoperability Networks.
 - GridNet2: this workshop will highlight the work of the UK eScience at
the OGF and in related standards bodies and encourage work across
different working groups. 
**SOFTWARE AND SOLUTIONS: The software and solution track features over
a dozen sessions dedicated to open-source and commercial software
providers discussing their offerings and interacting with grid users and
managers on desired features. The software providers will also
participate in a round-table discussion on critical requirements to the
interoperation of production grids around the world, as identified by
OGF's GIN Working Group.
**ENTERPRISE: This full day track is dedicated to the emerging
application of Grids in enterprises. Sessions will focus on thought
leadership and case studies of Grid deployments in the IT data center,
grids and server virtualization and data caching applications.
Presentations by Boeing, SAS, Platform Computing, Oracle, Gemstone,
Gigaspaces, Intel and others are anticipated.

To view the program schedule, visit
http://www.ogf.org/gf/event_schedule/?event_id=8. 

OGF21 sponsorship opportunities are also still available.  By sponsoring
OGF21, you will position your organization as a Grid thought leader and
innovator and build brand awareness and visibility within the grid
community.  http://www.ogf.org/OGF21/events_sponsorship_ogf21.php

Don't forget, register today and save
http://www.ogf.org/OGF21/events_regstrtn_ogf21.php
 
Regards,

John Ehrig
Open Grid Forum
Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager
925 275-6677
www.ogf.org
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