[ogf20pc] Problems with Monday workshops

[Dave Berry]

Dear PC,

It seems that some Europeans will have problems travelling on the Monday
of OGF20 - see Ramin's message below.  Ramin makes the point for
industrialists but I assume this will also affect some academics too.

Of course, the Monday is also a holiday in the UK and I was rather
relying on the international contingent to compensate for this.

I have also received a request from Nic Walton saying they would prefer
the astronomy workshop to be on the Wednesday; I don't know whether this
is for the same reason. 

We can discuss this on next week's call.  If anyone has points to add in
the meantime, please do let me know.

Best wishes,

Dave.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ramin Yahyapour [mailto:ramin.yahyapour at udo.edu] 
Sent: 01 March 2007 09:03
To: Steve Crumb
Cc: 'Berengere Fally'; Dave Berry
Subject: Re: OGF20 Workshop proposal: SOKUs

Dear Steve,

I discussed with Berengere Fally who is helping in organizing the
participation of industrial speakers to our workshop and
also synchronizing with the CoreGRID industrial partners for its
advisory board meeting.

She informed/reminded me that the Monday slot is quite inconvenient for
most.
At least for Europeans we have the problem that the deadline for
the first call of the European framework program ends on May 8th.
As you know, this is of major importance for many of us.
That is, people will be reluctant to travel on that monday.
We already got this information from several of our industrial contacts.
That is, they would probably not be available for Monday and also not
for
our co-located IAB meeting. Thus, our question: is there any chance
whatsoever
to get the sessions for our workshop on Tuesday or Wednesday?

I know that Monday is the typical workshop day, but as our
plenary sessions relies on high quality speakers from European industry,
we need some help here.

Ramin

Steve Crumb wrote the following on 26.02.2007 23:31:
> Ramin,
> 
> In the most recent version of the schedule, I see the SOKU workshop
> scheduled first thing Monday morning (9-1230).  I note that this is a
draft
> and that Dave and the PC hold the keys to finalizing it.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steve Crumb
> Executive Director, OGF
> scrumb at ogf.org
> +1 312-895-5931 (new)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ramin.yahyapour at googlemail.com
[mailto:ramin.yahyapour at googlemail.com]
> On Behalf Of Ramin Yahyapour
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:23 PM
> To: Steve Crumb
> Cc: Berengere Fally
> Subject: Fwd: OGF20 Workshop proposal: SOKUs
> 
> 
> Dear Steve,
> 
> regarding Berengere's request about information of the SOKU workshop
> timing:
> 
> I submitted a proposal for OGF20 on the topic:
> "Evolutions of GRIDs Towards Service Oriented Knowledge Utilities
(SOKUs)".
> In the mail below, Dave Berry informed me that our proposal has been
> accepted but cut down to two 90 minutes slots.
> 
> As written in our proposal, we plan to bring many key European
industrial
> stakeholders to the meeting. This could be achieved by co-allocating
our
> industrial advisory board (IAB) meeting from CoreGRID to Manchester.
That's
> why Berengere is eager to know on which day we will get our 2
sessions. As
> you might imagine we will not be able to keep these industrial people
many
> days in Manchester. Thus, it is essential to organize our IAB meeting
on the
> day before, after or on the same day than the workshop.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Ramin
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dave Berry <daveb at nesc.ac.uk>
> Date: 21.02.2007 18:56
> Subject: OGF20 Workshop proposal: SOKUs
> To: ramin.yahyapour at udo.edu
> Cc: Geoffrey Fox <geoffrey.fox at gmail.com>, bcohen at bway.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Ramin,
> 
> Thank you for submitting your proposal for a workshop at OGF20.  The
> programme committee view the content of your proposal highly and are
> recommending that it go ahead, although with several caveats.
> 
> Firstly, we are very tight for workshop space at OGF20.  Therefore we
are
> allocating your workshop 2 90-minute sessions instead of the 4 that
you
> requested.  We believe this will give you adequate time for a focussed
> workshop that concentrates on the issues involved in SOKUs.
> 
> Secondly, I would like to bring your attention to the enterprise
> requirements track being organised by Bob Cohen (CC'd).  This is part
of an
> ongoing OGF process that brings key users of Grid together to discuss
their
> requirements for Grid standards.  The results of these sessions then
steer
> the standards activities of OGF.  At OGF20, sessions are planned on
the
> following industries: Pharmaceuticals, Finance, and (in a third
session)
> Automotive & Aerospace.  If you have contacts within these industries
who
> would be interested in participating in this activity, please contact
Bob.
> I'm sure that CoreGrid members will be welcome to attend these
sessions and
> hear what the industry representatives will have to say.
> 
> Thirdly, I would like to bring your attention to another track at
OGF20,
> called "Grids Mean Business".  This will present Grid solutions to a
> business audience, with the intention of demonstrating how Grid
technologies
> can already solve real business problems.  The focus will be on Grid
users
> presenting case studies.  In addition, the track will include one
discussion
> session on licencing and another on security. Please let me know if
any of
> your members would be interested in participating in any of these
sessions.
> 
> Finally, we received a presentation proposal from the NextGrid
project.  The
> programme committee suggested that perhaps that perhaps a presentation
about
> NextGrid would fit well into your workshop. Please contact Mark
Parsons
> (m.parsons at epcc.ed.ac.uk) to discuss this possibility.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Dave Berry
> Deputy Director, Research & E-infrastructure Development National
e-Science
> Centre, 15 South College Street
> Edinburgh, EH8 9AA                  +44 131 651 4039
> 
> 


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