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WLCG Open Technical Forum (OTF) #8

from Tuesday, 3 February 2026 (13:00) to Wednesday, 4 February 2026 (17:00)
CERN (30/7-018)

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3 Feb 2026
4 Feb 2026
AM
08:30 --- Morning coffee ---
08:55 Introduction to Day 2 - Alessandro Di Girolamo (CERN) Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB)) Johannes Elmsheuser (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) James Letts (Univ. of California San Diego (US))  
09:00 ATLAS and Tapes - retrospective and future needs - Mario Lassnig (CERN)   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
09:30 ALICE and Tapes - retrospective and future needs - Irakli Chakaberia (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)) Latchezar Betev (CERN)   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
10:00 CMS and Tapes - retrospective and future needs - Panos Paparrigopoulos (CERN) Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
10:25 LHCb and Tapes - retrospective and future needs - Christophe Haen (CERN)   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
10:45 --- Coffee and tea ---
11:15 Operational retrospective - feedback from the Tape sites - Julien Leduc (CERN) Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
PM
13:00 --- Welcome coffee/tea ---
13:30 WLCG OTF#8 Introduction - James Letts (Univ. of California San Diego (US)) Alessandro Di Girolamo (CERN) Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB)) Johannes Elmsheuser (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
13:40 Technology and Market Evolution of Tape - Vladimir Bahyl (CERN)   (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
14:30 Tape Service at BNL SDCF - Tim Chou Tim Chou (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
15:10 CTA+dCache - FNAL experience - Scarlet Rachel Norberg (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))   (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
15:50 --- Coffee and Tea ---
16:10 dCache evolution plans - Mr Tigran Mkrtchyan (DESY) Tigran Mkrtchyan (CERN)   (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
16:50 CTA experience and evolution - Michael Davis (CERN)   (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
18:00 --- drinks and chips/snacks in R1 ---
12:05 --- Lunch ---
13:15 Performance Tape Tests (PTT) - Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB)) Panos Paparrigopoulos (CERN)   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
13:50 CNAF - tape infrastructure - Andrea Rendina   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
14:05 StoRM Tape evolution - Enrico Vianello (INFN-CNAF)   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
14:40 Experience at Tier2s: NET2/NESE and DESY - Eduardo Bach (University of Massachusetts (US))   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
15:10 Tape archive metadata - Xin Zhao (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
15:40 FTS and Tapes (and Tokens) - Steven Murray (CERN)   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)