GridPP55

from Tuesday, 21 April 2026 (13:00) to Friday, 24 April 2026 (12:45)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
22 Apr 2026
23 Apr 2026
24 Apr 2026
AM
09:30
PMB F2F [scheduled in separate Indico] (until 13:30)
09:00
GridPP55 (until 10:30)
09:00 CERN DG Town Hall (LIVESTREAM)  
10:10 DC27 - initial planning - Alessandra Forti (The University of Manchester (GB)) Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))  
10:30 --- Coffee etc ---
10:55
GridPP55 (until 12:30)
10:55 Science DMZ Security (JISC) - Tim Chown  
11:20 Security Update - Dr Matthew Steven Doidge (Lancaster University (GB)) Matthew Doidge (Lancaster University) Dr David Crooks (UKRI STFC) David Crooks  
11:45 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 A word from our sponsors - Rowan Pavlovic (AMD)  
09:00
GridPP55 (until 10:30)
09:00 Tier-2 Storage - Samuel Cadellin Skipsey  
09:20 Storage Developments @ RAL Tier-1 - George Patargias Thomas Byrne  
09:40 Accounting: Current Landscape and Future Plans - Mr Greg Corbett Deniza Chekrygina  
09:50 Identify Management - Mr Greg Corbett  
10:00 Software Distribution - Matthias Mayer  
10:10 Data Transfer Services - Rose Cooper  
10:30 --- Coffee etc ---
10:55
GridPP55 (until 12:45)
10:55 Sustainability @ QMUL - Dr Sudha Ahuja (Queen Mary University of London) Dr Daniel Traynor (QMUL (UK))  
11:20 NetDRIVE - Alex Owen (University of London (GB))  
11:45 QMUL DC TOUR  
PM
14:00
GridPP55 (until 15:35)
14:00 Intro - Samuel Cadellin Skipsey  
14:05 "GridPP7 PI Talk" - David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB))  
14:45 Tier-1 Update - Alastair Dewhurst (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))  
15:35 --- Coffee etc ---
15:55
GridPP55 (until 17:45)
15:55 ATLAS Update - Brij Kishor Jashal (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
16:20 LHCb Update - Alexander Rogovskiy (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
16:45 CMS Update - Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))  
12:35 --- Lunch ---
13:35
GridPP55 (until 15:05)
13:35 EGI Software Vulnerability Group - Linda Ann Cornwall (RAL) Linda Ann Cornwall  
13:50 New People @ RALPP - Alison Elliot (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))  
14:05 AI4HEP workshop Report - Davide Costanzo (University of Sheffield (GB))  
14:30 Accelerating Discovery: How Google's AI is Shaping the Future of High Energy Physics Research - Thomas Sweetman Teresa Stephenson (PA Consulting)  
15:05 --- Coffee ---
15:30
GridPP55 (until 17:00)
15:30 Distributed GPU resources on GridPP - Albert Gyorgy Borbely (University of Glasgow (GB))  
15:55 "GridPP as a baseline AI infrastructure for science" - Dr Brij Kishor Jashal (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) Dr Brij Kishor Jashal (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)  
16:20 LHCONE for Tier-2s - Matthew Doidge (Lancaster University) Dr Matthew Steven Doidge (Lancaster University (GB))  
16:40 JISC update - Tim Chown  
19:00 --- Conference Dinner @ The Octagon ---