Announcement of Globus Workshop

[Lisa Childers]

                           LIVE! ON THE ACCESS GRID
                  The Globus Toolkit: Middleware for the Grid

                       A 2-Day Workshop and Tutorial on
                  Globus--An enabling tool for Metacomputing

We are soliciting your interest in participating in this event, showcasing
the use of the Access Grid for the benefit of Alliance members.

Please respond indicating your interest by March 29th.

WORKSHOP DATES: May 3-4, 2000

TIME:
Day 1: 10:00 - 5:00 EST
Day 2: 10:00 - 5:00 EST
(Node system tests to begin at 8:30am EST both days.)

DESCRIPTION:
The goal of this two-day workshop is introduce the concept of Grid computing
and
the Globus Toolkit, a software toolkit for supporting Grid applications.
The
workshop will include:

* a high-level overview for executives, directors, scientific leads,
  and program managers
* an introductory tutorial explaining the capabilities and services
  provided by the Globus Toolkit
* a full-day, detailed tutorial for software developers.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPATING SITES:
* Solicit participation from local communities (email announcements, etc.).
* Provide seating and an operational Access Grid Node for attendees.
* Provide a Master of Ceremonies to facilitate attendee participation in the
workshop.
* Schedule node operators for the duration of the workshop, as well as for
preliminary practice sessions.

Sites may elect to offer refreshments and/or receptions at their discretion.
(We invite your comments on this.)

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU NOW:
Please send your answers to the following questions to Lisa Childers
(childers at mcs.anl.gov) or Lee Liming (liming at mcs.anl.gov).

* Is your AG site interested in participating in this workshop?
* What is the capacity of your site (seating)?
* Who should be the contact at your site for...
    o planning,
    o technical support,
    o Master of Ceremonies
* Which of the following times would your planning and technical contacts
  be available for a teleconference to plan your participation?
    o Friday, March 30, 4:00PM EST
    o Monday, April 3, 11:00AM EST
    o Wednesday, April 5, 4:00PM EST

WORKSHOP COORDINATORS:
Scott Lathrop, NCSA
Lee Liming, Argonne National Laboratory
Lisa Childers, Argonne National Laboratory
Stephanie Teevan, Army Research Lab
Tom Coffin, NCSA
Janet Thot-Thompson, NCSA

WORKSHOP SPONSORS:
* NSF Digital Government Program
* Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Major Shared Resource Center
  (MSRC) Programming Environment and Training (PET) Program
* National Computational Science Alliance
* Argonne National Laboratory