<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Here is a "heads up!" for the AG Communities,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">SC Global Submissions will be open very soon - the window for submissions is short so I want to be sure folks here know about it now. The AG Community is certainly integral to the success of SC Global and as such is what makes SCGlobal successful with all of the ways the community has used the Access Grid in conjuction with other technologies for collaboration. We've been seeing the results of those showcased at SCGlobal since it started. For those who don't know, SCGlobal'06 is about showcasing global collaboration technologies. The twist this year is the emphasis on the high-end technologies that enable working collaborations as the main focus for SCGlobal'06 - any collaborative technology. I encourage those involved in any successful collaborative technologies/stories, etc. to submit.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 12px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Last year was the first year SC Desktop made it possible to join the conference and experience many Plenary, Technical, and Masterworks programs. That will continue this year thanks to inSORS. What's new this year is that we will time delay re-broadcast these sessions so that the International community can view them at a time that is more convenient and those who can't view it during the day view it much later on this half of the globe.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 12px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The site for SC Global'06 is Tampa and submissions will be open very shortly:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 12px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Submissions open on March 27th, 2006.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Submissions are due by April 17th, 2006.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Acceptance Notification is July 1, 2006.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Final Abstracts due July 31, 2006.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 12px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I encourage anyone who is involved in collaborative technology to submit to SC Global'06.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 12px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Information: <A href="http://sc06.supercomputing.org/conference/scglobal.php"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0021E7">http://sc06.supercomputing.org/conference/scglobal.php</FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Questions: <A href="mailto:scglobal@sc06.supercomputing.org"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0021E7">scglobal@sc06.supercomputing.org</FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks, John Q.</DIV><DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-- </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">John I. Quebedeaux, Jr.; Louisiana State University</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">SC Global'06 Communications Coord.; e-mail: <A href="mailto:johnq@lsu.edu">johnq@lsu.edu</A>; phone: 1-225-578-0062</DIV></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>