[AG-TECH] ACCESS GRID RETREAT 2004 - JUNE 9-11, 2004
Mary Fritsch
fritsch at mcs.anl.gov
Fri Feb 27 16:24:50 CST 2004
ANNOUNCEMENT
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ACCESS GRID RETREAT 2004
June 9-11, 2004
Toronto, Canada
Hosted by Ryerson University
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/flevents/ag/agr04/
The 4th Access Grid (AG) Retreat will be held June 9-11 in Toronto, Canada.
This year's meeting will be hosted by Ryerson University in their Rogers
Communication Center, an ideal venue for collaboration and interaction.
The Access Grid is an ensemble of resources including multimedia
large-format displays, presentation and interactive environments, and
interfaces to Grid middleware and to visualization environments. These
resources are used to support group-to-group interactions across the Grid.
For example, the AG is used for large-scale distributed meetings,
collaborative work sessions, seminars, lectures, tutorials, and training.
The Access Grid began as a community effort in terms of development,
support, education, and training; and it continues to grow as a result of
this approach. The AG Retreats, an annual tradition, reflect this
community involvement.
The AG Retreats provide an interactive forum for Access Grid community
including developers, node operators, and users to share recent experiences
and research findings, to present ideas for future AG technical directions,
and to train and educate AG newcomers. Participants depend on the AG
Retreats for updates on topics ranging from AG collaboration experiences to
node installation and troubleshooting to AG development directions. The AG
Retreats are critical to the continued development, utility, and
improvement of AG.
Typically the format of the retreat has been a two-day program including
invited talks, contributed presentations, panel discussions, and
birds-of-a-feather meetings. This year, the retreat scope has been expanded
to accommodate the increasingly diverse interests of the global AG community.
As a special feature, Day 1 of the AG Retreat 2004 has been designated as
the AG Showcase a full day of the most interesting, unique, creative, or
practical applications of the Access Grid Toolkit. The AG Showcase will
include 16 presentations or demonstrations, accompanied by related posters,
selected from proposals received from the AG community-at-large. The
submission process and requirements will be posted by March 5, 2004.
Day 2 and Day 3 (June 10 and 11) of this year's retreat will include
hands-on working sessions, interactive panel discussions, special-interest
group breakouts, and visionary keynotes. The content will focus on current
AG practices and applications, future technical directions, and
collaborative project experiences. The program will run in two parallel
tracks: one focused on AG developer issues, and one focused on AG
operations and use. A call for participation will be issued throughout the
AG community by March 5, 2004, seeking presentations representing a broad
array of experiences, developments, and ideas.
Registration and housing information will be posted by March 15, 2004.
Special housing arrangements have been made by Ryerson University,
available on a first-come, first-served basis. The hosting organization has
kindly planned to provide a schedule for local events and activities to
accommodate those interested in Toronto (including weekend activities).
NOTE: Registration for this year's AG Retreat will be closed at 200
registrants.
Key Dates and Deadlines
March 5, 2004 -Call for Participation (AG Showcase and AG Retreat Program)
OPENS
March 15, 2004 -Registration OPENS
March 31, 2004 -Call for Participation DEADLINE
May 25, 2004 -Registration DEADLINE (assuming availability)
For more information, please contact
<mailto:ag2004 at accessgrid.org>ag2004 at accessgrid.org.
----AG 2004 Organizing Committee
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