Introduction

• Kors Bos (NIKHEF)

Open Science Grid

• VIcky White (FermiLab)

Overview of OSG - what it is and why <br> High level look at how progress is being made through Activities and Working groups. <br> Motivation and synergy with EGEE in Europe.

Building the OSG infrastructure

• Rob Gardner (Univ. of Chicago)

Describing evolution from Grid3 to OSG. How we define the end to end drivers and goals <br> and work together to makethings happen even though we don't have top down funding and management.

OSG Organization, core middleware and interoperability with LCG

• Ruth Pordes (Fermilab)

Explaining what is going on in the various activity areas, technical groups and working groups. <br>Talk about Middleware strategies. Talk about interoperability activities and plans.

Grid Operations

• Doug Pearson (Indiana Univ.)

The operations model which merges grid operations and user support <br>and includes distributed support centers.

US ATLAS Facilities

• Bruce Gibbard (BNL)

Service Challenges and plans. <br>How US ATLAS facilities form part of OSG. <br>Service Challenges - LCG and OSG activities.

US CMS Facilities

• Ian Fisk (FNAL)

Service Challenges and plans. <br>How US CMS facilities form part of OSG. <br>Service challenges - LCG and OSG activities

Alice-US

• Larry Pinsky (Univ. of Houston)

CCIN2P3 Site Report

• Fabio Hernandez (CCIN2P3)

BaBar @ CC-IN2P3: an example of data management in a Tier A/1

• Jean-Yves Nief (CC-IN2P3)

After having presented the role and the activities of the BaBar Tier A in Lyon, I will put the emphasis on the data access model as well as the data distribution model for shipping the data between sites. I will also talk about the pitfalls and issues that can arise in this kind of infrastructure and the technical solutions that could be used to avoid them.

D0 Data Management & Grid Computing at CCIN2P3

• Tibor Kurca (IN2P3)

The SAM-D0 Data management and the D0 Grid computing system SAMGrid will be presented. <br>Its deployment at CCIN2P3, the current status and plans for the future.

Service Challenges Report

• Jamie Shiers (CERN)

Report on the SC meeting from the day before. <br>Report on SC2 which is in its third day while we are meeting. <be>Plans for SC3 in July.

discussion

• All

a.o.b. and next meetings

• Kors Bos (NIKHEF)