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

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GRNET Headquarters, Mesogion Avenue 56, Athens Gre

GRNET Headquarters, Mesogion Avenue 56, Athens Gre
Prof. Panayiotis Tsanakas, Chairman of the Board, GRNET, Greece
Description
Purpose and objectives: - To exchange information on the current status and future plans of National Grid Initiatives (NGIs) in South East Europe - To present the need for a sustainable European Grid Initiative to national representatives of the Government, Research and Technology - To gather input from policymakers and researchers on their desiderata and requirements for a supranational Grid computing infrastructure - To present preliminary ideas on how such an infrastructure might be organized, including the roles which national Grid initiatives would play - To present a draft roadmap towards a sustainable European Grid Infrastructure - To reflect on possible models and receive feedback on different Grid infrastructure proposals
External references
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attendees
    • Session A: Status and Future Plans of National Grid Initiatives
      • 1
        Welcome and Introduction
        • a) Welcome note
          Speaker: Prof. Ioannis Tsoukalas (State Secretary for Research and Technology, Ministry of Technology Greece)
        • b) Introduction note
          Speaker: Prof. Panayiotis Tsanakas (Chairman of the Board, GRNET, Greece)
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      • 2
        Summary of National Grid Initiative in Bulgaria
        Speaker: Prof. Kiril Boyanov (Director, Institute for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)
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      • 3
        Summary of National Grid Initiative in Cyprus
        Speaker: Prof. Marios Dikaiakos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
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      • 4
        Summary of National Grid Initiative in Greece
        Speaker: Dr. Fotis Karayannis (HellasGrid Scientific Coordinator, GRNET, Greece)
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      • 5
        Summary of National Grid Initiative in Israel
        Speaker: Prof. David Horn (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
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      • 6
        Summary of National Grid Initiative in Romania
        Speaker: Prof. Doina Banciu (Director, National Institute for R&D in Informatics, ICI, Bucharest, Romania)
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      • 10:00
        Coffee Break
      • 7
        Summary of National Grid Initiative in Serbia
        Speaker: Prof. Aleksandar Belic (Scientific Computing Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro)
      • 8
        Summary of National Grid Initiative in Turkey
        Speaker: Prof. Cem Sarac (Director, Turkish Academic Network and Information Center, Turkey)
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      • 9
        Questions and Discussions
        Speaker: Dr. Robin Middleton (Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom)
    • Session B: Towards a sustainable European Grid Initiatve
      • 10
        State of European Grids and the need for a sustainable European Grid Infrastructure
        Speaker: Dr. Kyriakos Baxevanidis (Deputy Head, Research Infrastructures Unit, European Commission,)
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      • 11
        Organizational ideas for a sustainable future European Grid Infrastructure
        Speaker: Dr. Bob Jones (EGEE Project Director)
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      • 12
        Discussion
        - European Grid Infrastructure concept - How National initiatives fit into the model - Sharing of responsibilities - Funding models - Roadmap
      • 13
        Wrap-up, reflecting feedback expressed by national representatives
        Speaker: Dr. Fotis Karayannis (HellasGrid Scientific Coordinator, GRNET, Greece)
      • 13:00
        Light Lunch