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NA3 Open Meeting

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Karlsruhe, Germany

Karlsruhe, Germany
David Fergusson
Description

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this meeting is to review NA3 progress, plan for the future and share experiences. The meeting has specific goals of jointly arriving at decisions and action plans in a number of areas to be discussed in small breakout groups. The areas currently identified are -

  • Planning. The next training and execution plans.
  • Liaison between NA3 and JRA1, JRA3, SA1, NA2 and NA4. Areas to be covered include: a grid training platform; training needs; timing of middleware and production service changes; interface between NA3 and other activities.
  • Training Materials - the Repository and Quality Assurance.
  • E-Learning - identifying directions.

It is expected that participants will arrive in Karlsruhe on the evening of 23rd September.
We will be arranging a meeting place for those who would like to meet up informally for a meal on that evening.
We intend to end the meeting in time for participants to catch return flights on the evening of 24th September.

REGISTRATION is open from now until 20th September.
Registration is being managed by the UK National e-Science Centre, via registration web page.

VENUE LOCATION Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe ("Research Centre Karlsruhe"),Institute for Scientific Computing, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.

FURTHER DETAILS
This page gives details of travel to Karlsruhe, and hotels. Participants are asked to book their own accommodation.

ANY PROBLEMS with local arrangements, contact Ruediger Berlich, Tel. +49 (0)7247 825678.

    • 09:00 → 09:05
      Welcome 5m
      Speaker: Rudiger Berlich (Forschungszentrum, Karlsruhe)
    • 09:05 → 09:30
      NA3 Overview 25m
      Speaker: David Fergusson (National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)
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    • 09:30 → 10:30
      Federations 1h
      A representative of each federation will give a brief presentation on the NA3 activities within that federation.
      Speaker: Malcolm Atkinson (National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)
    • 10:30 → 10:45
      Introduction to Working Groups 15m
      The leader of each working group will highlight the issues to be discussed by the group and the outcomes to be acheived.
      Speaker: Dave Berry (National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)
    • 10:45 → 11:00
      Coffee 15m
    • 11:00 → 12:30
      Working Group Meetings 1h 30m
      Parallel Sessions -
      • Planning 1h 30m
        Approximately 15 minutes for each of the topics -

        • (1) Future Events
        • (2) New Courses
        • (3) Training Materials and Repository
        • (4) e-Learning
        • (5) Discussion, Integration and Commitments

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      • Liaison 1h 30m
        Approximately 45 minutes for each of the topics -

        • (6) Technical Liaison (SA1, JRA1, JJRA3 and JRA4). Chair: D. Berry
        • (7) Networking Liaison (NA2, NA4). Chair: M. Mineter

        Speaker: Dave Berry
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    • 12:30 → 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:00 → 15:00
      Working Group Meetings 1h
      Parallel sessons of the working groups, to formulate issues and commit to action points.
    • 15:00 → 15:30
      Plenary Session 30m
      5 minute presentations from each working group.
      Speaker: Malcolm Atkinson (National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)
    • 15:30 → 15:45
      Coffee 15m
    • 15:45 → 16:30
      Plenary Session continued 45m
      General Discussion.
    • 16:30 → 16:40
      Closing Remarks 10m
      Speaker: Malcolm Atkinson and David Fergusson (National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)
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