12 July 2006
Jolly Hotel Delle Terme
Europe/Zurich timezone
Do you wish you had an environment where all of your IT resources, from services, network devices, servers, data stores and applications are available to you when and where you need them most? The EGEE Industry Day, organised in Ischia on 12th July 2006, wishes to focus on how Grid computing does just that and how it enables enterprises and institutions to do more with less, deploying resources for new projects and improving time to market for new products. Representatives from public and private institutions such as Microsoft Italia, the University of Messina, IBM Italia & Gempliss Srl and CNIPA will present some of their ongoing initiatives available to businesses and governmental institutions demonstrating their solutions of deploying grid technology in their business or institution. Moreover, a range of business representatives have registered to exchange experiences including representatives from: Ricoh company Ltd, the National eScience Centre, Atos origin and more.
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Europe/Zurich
Jolly Hotel Delle Terme
Ischia, Italy (near Naples)
EGEE industry day will take place on the afternoon of 12th July 2006 at the Jolly Hotel, in conjunction with the International Summer School on Grid computing, held in Ischia, Italy (near Naples) from Sunday 9th to Friday 21st July 2006. Agenda Afternoon Session: Cost effective ways to dynamically build large computing and data grids Introduction on Grid and the EGEE project - Results, Benefits & Competitive Advantages 15:30 - 15:45 Concepts of Grid Technologies for Industry - Marco Briscolini, IBM Italia 15:45 - 16:00 IT infrastructure optimization in Italian Public Administration - Mauro Draoli, Head of Laboratory experiments at CNIPA 16:00 - 16:15 Snapshot of successful technology transfers in EGEE - David Garcia - Pôle Européen de Plasturgie, France 16:15 – 16:30 Enabling Personal Supercomputing in Business - Manuel Maina - Product Marketing Manager Microsoft Italia 16:30 – 16:45 Adopting Grid in Knowledge Management area - Lorenzo Gianoli Gempliss Srl, Italia 16:45 - 17:00 The GRID challenge: Can GRID be adopted in business?” – Antonio Puliafito University of Messina 17:00 –17:15 Coffee Break 17:15 - 17:30 Currently available Grid training - Dr David Fergusson NeSC, University of Edinburgh 17:30 - 17:45 How Industry can benefit from Grid Technology – Dr Fabrizio Gagliardi –Microsoft 17:45 - 18:30 Panel discussion with industrial representatives and Grid experts discussing issues such as • Stable standards in Grid • Cost effective ways to dynamically build large computing and data grids • Grid Training Panellists: Dr. Fabrizio Gagliardi,Dr. David Fergusson,Dr. Lorenzo Gianoli,Dr. Srinivasan Manikantan,Dr. Marco Briscolini 18:30 - 18:40 Conclusions & Next Steps