GridPP55

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


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Apr 22, 2026
Apr 23, 2026
Apr 24, 2026
AM
9:30 AM
PMB F2F [scheduled in separate Indico] (until 1:30 PM)
9:00 AM
GridPP55 (until 10:30 AM)
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 ---
10:55 AM
GridPP55 (until 12:30 PM)
10:55 AM Science DMZ Security (JISC) - Tim Chown  
11:20 AM Security Update - Dr Matthew Steven Doidge (Lancaster University (GB)) Matthew Doidge (Lancaster University) Dr David Crooks (UKRI STFC) David Crooks  
11:45 AM Tier-2 Security Site Survey Report - Dr Matthew Steven Doidge (Lancaster University (GB)) Matthew Doidge (Lancaster University) Dr David Crooks (UKRI STFC) David Crooks  
12:10 PM A word from our sponsors - Rowan Pavlovic (AMD)  
9:00 AM
GridPP55 (until 10:30 AM)
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 - Mr Greg Corbett Deniza Chekrygina  
9:50 AM Identify Management - Mr Greg Corbett  
10:00 AM Software Distribution - Matthias Mayer  
10:10 AM Data Transfer Services - Rose Cooper  
10:30 AM --- Coffee etc ---
10:55 AM
GridPP55 (until 12:45 PM)
10:55 AM Sustainability @ QMUL - Dr Sudha Ahuja (Queen Mary University of London) Dr Daniel Traynor (QMUL (UK))  
11:20 AM NetDRIVE - Alex Owen (University of London (GB))  
11:45 AM QMUL DC TOUR  
PM
2:00 PM
GridPP55 (until 3:35 PM)
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 ---
3:55 PM
GridPP55 (until 5:45 PM)
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))  
12:35 PM --- Lunch ---
1:35 PM
GridPP55 (until 3:05 PM)
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 - Thomas Sweetman Teresa Stephenson (PA Consulting)  
3:05 PM --- Coffee ---
3:30 PM
GridPP55 (until 5:00 PM)
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" - Dr Brij Kishor Jashal (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) Dr Brij Kishor Jashal (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
4:20 PM LHCONE for Tier-2s - Matthew Doidge (Lancaster University) Dr Matthew Steven Doidge (Lancaster University (GB))  
4:40 PM JISC update - Tim Chown  
7:00 PM --- Conference Dinner @ The Octagon ---