South East Europe Regional Workshop towards long-term Sustainability of the European Grid Infrastructure

Wednesday, 19 April 2006 - 08:30
GRNET Headquarters, Mesogion Avenue 56, Athens Gre

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
19 Apr 2006
AM
08:30
Session A: Status and Future Plans of National Grid Initiatives (until 11:00)
08:30 Welcome and Introduction  
08:45 Summary of National Grid Initiative in Bulgaria - Prof. Kiril Boyanov (Director, Institute for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)  
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09:00 Summary of National Grid Initiative in Cyprus - Prof. Marios Dikaiakos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)  
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09:15 Summary of National Grid Initiative in Greece - Dr. Fotis Karayannis (HellasGrid Scientific Coordinator, GRNET, Greece)  
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09:30 Summary of National Grid Initiative in Israel - Prof. David Horn (Tel Aviv University, Israel)  
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09:45 Summary of National Grid Initiative in Romania - Prof. Doina Banciu (Director, National Institute for R&D in Informatics, ICI, Bucharest, Romania)  
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10:00 --- Coffee Break ---
10:15 Summary of National Grid Initiative in Serbia - Prof. Aleksandar Belic (Scientific Computing Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro)  
10:30 Summary of National Grid Initiative in Turkey - Prof. Cem Sarac (Director, Turkish Academic Network and Information Center, Turkey)  
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10:45 Questions and Discussions - Dr. Robin Middleton (Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom)  
11:00
Session B: Towards a sustainable European Grid Initiatve (until 14:00)
11:00 State of European Grids and the need for a sustainable European Grid Infrastructure - Dr. Kyriakos Baxevanidis (Deputy Head, Research Infrastructures Unit, European Commission,)  
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11:20 Organizational ideas for a sustainable future European Grid Infrastructure - Dr. Bob Jones (EGEE Project Director)  
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11:40 Discussion  
12:40 Wrap-up, reflecting feedback expressed by national representatives - Dr. Fotis Karayannis (HellasGrid Scientific Coordinator, GRNET, Greece)  
13:00 --- Light Lunch ---
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