Name: GridPP55
Start: 2026-04-21T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-24T12:45:00+01:00
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GridPP55

from Tuesday, April 21, 2026 (1:00 PM) to Friday, April 24, 2026 (12:45 PM)

Monday, April 20, 2026
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

9:30 AM PMB F2F [scheduled in separate Indico]

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
2:00 PM GridPP55: Opening Session
Opening Session
2:00 PM - 3:35 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Intro - Samuel Cadellin Skipsey

2:05 PM "GridPP7 PI Talk" - David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB))

2:45 PM Tier-1 Update - Alastair Dewhurst (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))
3:35 PM Coffee etc
Coffee etc
3:35 PM - 3:55 PM
3:55 PM GridPP55: Experiments
Experiments
3:55 PM - 5:45 PM
Contributions

3:55 PM ATLAS Update - Brij Kishor Jashal (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

4:20 PM LHCb Update - Alexander Rogovskiy (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

4:45 PM CMS Update - Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))
Thursday, April 23, 2026
9:00 AM GridPP55: (CERN DG Townhall), Networking
(CERN DG Townhall), Networking
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM CERN DG Town Hall (LIVESTREAM)

10:10 AM DC27 - initial planning - Alessandra Forti (The University of Manchester (GB)) Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))
10:30 AM Coffee etc
Coffee etc
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM GridPP55: Security
Security
10:55 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

10:55 AM Science DMZ Security (JISC) - Tim Chown

11:20 AM Security Update - David Crooks (UKRI STFC) David Crooks Matthew Doidge (Lancaster University) Matthew Steven Doidge (Lancaster University (GB))

11:45 AM Tier-2 Security Site Survey Report - David Crooks (UKRI STFC) David Crooks Matthew Doidge (Lancaster University) Matthew Steven Doidge (Lancaster University (GB))

12:10 PM A word from our sponsors - Rowan Pavlovic (AMD)
12:35 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
1:35 PM GridPP55: AI For HEP
AI For HEP
1:35 PM - 3:05 PM
Contributions

1:35 PM EGI Software Vulnerability Group - Linda Ann Cornwall (RAL) Linda Ann Cornwall

1:50 PM New People @ RALPP - Alison Elliot (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))

2:05 PM AI4HEP workshop Report - Davide Costanzo (University of Sheffield (GB))

2:30 PM Accelerating Discovery: How Google's AI is Shaping the Future of High Energy Physics Research - Teresa Stephenson (PA Consulting) Thomas Sweetman
3:05 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:05 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM GridPP55: AI For HEP (and LHCONE)
AI For HEP (and LHCONE)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

3:30 PM Distributed GPU resources on GridPP - Albert Gyorgy Borbely (University of Glasgow (GB))

3:55 PM "GridPP as a baseline AI infrastructure for science" - Brij Kishor Jashal (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) Brij Kishor Jashal (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

4:20 PM LHCONE for Tier-2s - Matthew Doidge (Lancaster University) Matthew Steven Doidge (Lancaster University (GB))

4:40 PM JISC update - Tim Chown
7:00 PM Conference Dinner @ The Octagon
Conference Dinner @ The Octagon
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Friday, April 24, 2026
9:00 AM GridPP55: Storage and Services
Storage and Services
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Tier-2 Storage - Samuel Cadellin Skipsey

9:20 AM Storage Developments @ RAL Tier-1 - George Patargias Thomas Byrne

9:40 AM Accounting: Current Landscape and Future Plans - Deniza Chekrygina Greg Corbett

9:50 AM Identify Management - Greg Corbett

10:00 AM Software Distribution - Matthias Mayer

10:10 AM Data Transfer Services - Rose Cooper
10:30 AM Coffee etc
Coffee etc
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM GridPP55: Closing Session - QMUL + Sustainability
Closing Session - QMUL + Sustainability
10:55 AM - 12:45 PM
Contributions

10:55 AM Sustainability @ QMUL - Daniel Traynor (QMUL (UK)) Sudha Ahuja (Queen Mary University of London)

11:20 AM NetDRIVE - Alex Owen (University of London (GB))

11:45 AM QMUL DC TOUR