BalticGrid-II Project Grid Open Day, May 12, Riga, Latvia1 BalticGrid Innovation Lab (BGi) Initiative Åke Edlund BalticGrid Project Director

Grid Open Day, May 12, Riga, Latvia2 Building an industry network bottom up If the mountain won’t come to us, we have to go to the mountain…

Grid Open Day, May 12, Riga, Latvia3 Building an industry network bottom up BalticGrid Planned activities SA1-3, NA1- 4, JRA BGi - BalticGrid Innovation Lab BalticCloudCourses SME connectivity

4 The BGi idea Grid Open Day, May 12, Riga, Latvia BalticGrid Planned activities SA1-3, NA1- 4, JRA BGi - BalticGrid Innovation Lab BalticCloudCourses SME connectivity SME usage of BG resources, higher productivity, competitive advantage Networking Courses

BGi course – building scalable business on BG resources Different types of courses  2-3 days crash courses  Semester long courses  Being part of e.g. “Software Project” course  Example applications  Labs are done on the BC infrastructure The course is being developed at the moment  First run: 18 th and 25 th of May, University of Tartu, Estonia (crash course + “startup school”) We also plan to do both technical and more business oriented courses  Economics of Cloud computing 5 BG 2nd AHM, GOD, , Riga

6 Networking – BGi course alumni and industry Grid Open Day, May 12, Riga, Latvia b usiness ! BalticGrid Planned activities SA1-3, NA1- 4, JRA BGi - BalticGrid Innovation Lab BalticCloudCourses SME connectivity

7 “Standing on the shoulders o f g i a n t s ” Grid Open Day, May 12, Riga, Latvia SME usage of BG resources, higher productivity, competitive advantage “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” Isaac Newton, 1676 SMEs and startups are all invited to use the BalticGrid resources. This is well invested time. See next presentation on how the BalticCloud adds an entrance to the vast BalticGrid resourses.

8 BGi Status Started January 2009 Initiated the BalticCloud  Rolling out in all Baltic and Belarus – See BalticCloud presentation  Course pilot, starting May 18+25, Tartu University, two day course, including hands-on cloud computing and “startup school” – To be followed up by courses in Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus …. stay tuned! Grid Open Day, May 12, Riga, Latvia BalticGrid Planned activities SA1-3, NA1- 4, JRA BGi - BalticGrid Innovation Lab BalticCloudCourses SME connectivity

9 Summary slide  BGi is a novel way of engaging SMEs to use BalticGrid resources.  It is a long term bottom-up approach, taking more time to build  Goal is a robust usage and network, available long after the end of the BG project Grid Open Day, May 12, Riga, Latvia BalticGrid Planned activities SA1-3, NA1-4, JRA BGi - BalticGrid Innovation Lab BalticCloudCourses SME connectivity