1. EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE www.eu-egee.org EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks EGEE-II and Business Stephanie Parker Metaware S.p.A. EGEE-II NA2 MEETING 8 May 2007, Manchester, UK

2. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 2 Contents Roadmap for Industrial Involvement Status Industrial Groups Targeted Business Partners EGEE-II Business Associates Industry Task Force Industry Forum Industry Days Community Members Surveys Conclusions & Challenges ID Future Plans & Goals Specific Sectors Targeted Outreach & Dissemination Organising an Industry Day Expected Outcomes An Eye to the Future IF Newsletter IF Steering Committee Global view Q & A

3. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 3 Industrial Groups Targeted Start of EGEE-IITo Target Industry and SMEsIndustry and SMEs (including new users) Early Grid UsersAutomotive/Aerospace Industry Grid UsersBio-informatics & Bio-medicine Energy (Oil, Gas & Electric) Financial Services Media Public Administration & Civic Protection Telecommunications

4. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 4 Business Partners CEA (France) –Working with the Fusion community CGG (France) –Seismic Imaging and Reservoir simulation – BEinGRID (BE18) CRSA (France) –Finance - Risk Management in Finance – BEinGRID (BE11) CS-SI (France) –Responsible for Q.A. and Technology Transfer to SMEs DATAMAT (Italy) –gLite middleware development & testing Metaware (Italy) –Dissemination and outreach to Businesses and Industry –Leads the Industry Forum and organises Industry Events TID (Spain) –Telecoms Signatories of the project contract with responsibilities in EGEE-II

5. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 5 EGEE Business Associates (EBAs) (1 of 3 ) Provides opportunities for companies to engage in technical work in collaboration with EGEE, such as: –Coordinated technical developments –Market surveys –Exploitation strategies –General transfer of know-how and services to industry First year of EGEE-II –3 EGEE Business Associates  GridwiseTech  Nice  Platform

6. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 6 Future EBA Plans (3 of 3) Both companies potential as an EBA is an outcome of the Pisa Industry day (Jan 07) –Negotiations about to start Avanade –IT Consultancy  Help to make EGEE infrastructure more commercially viable Excelian –UK-based Grid Consulting Company for Finance Bring know-how & technical expertise Assist in adapting EGEE infrastructure to meet needs of Financial Services Sector

7. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 7 Industry Task Force (ITF) (1 of 3) Comprised of 11 representatives from: –EGEE-II industrial partners –participants from EU-funded Grid projects –external companies running applications Mandate: –Assess gLite in industrial contexts –Liaise with IF and TCG  Technical direction of EGEE-II and business needs –Define EGEE technical requirements for industry –Support channel for commercial and technical requirements for industrial take-up external to EGEE –Support gLite Business Applications

8. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 8 Business Applications (2 of 3) BEinGRID –3 different applications  Earth Sciences – seismic imaging & reservoir simulation  Earth Observation – atmospheric retrieval parameters  Finance and Insurance – Risk Management SMEs –OpenPlast project - Develop and deploy Grid platform for plastics industry –Cambridge Ontology - Ported gLite application and GridPP sites Health –Health-e-Child – Biomedical information platform for Paediatrics –WISDOM – using EGEE infrastructure for drug discovery Energy –TOTAL, UK - Ported application using GILDA testbed

9. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 9 Industry Forum Platform designed to give Industry: –First point of contact for industry –Opportunity to learn about EGEE & its benefits to businesses –Find out how Industrial Applications can be deployed on EGEE using gLite middleware 110 new members - totalling 285 Commercial EGEE Partners within the IF: –39 EU-funded research infrastructure & grid projects contacted for Industrial collaborations  12 interested in synergies with EGEE –Key role in organising  EGEE’06 Business Track – Sept 06  Enterprise Requirement Workshops at OGF20/EGEE User Forum – May 07  EGEE’07 Business Track – Oct 07 Organise Industry Days

10. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 10 EGEE-II Conferences EGEE’06 Conference –Dedicated Business Track  1 half-day and 1 full-day with 3 morning parallel sessions  Gave sponsors a commercial platform as well as offered presentations – Plenary and Keynote Intel, Oracle, HP & Sun Microsystems Oracle – Closed room Workshop  25-150 attending Business Track EGEE’07 Conference –Second Business Track  ITF and IF - Programme Committee Sponsors Training Tutorial and Demos Present results of past 12 months EBAs and Business Applications Parallel sessions on specific vertical markets

11. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 11 Enterprise Workshops Manchester, UK – 9-11 May 07 –In conjunction with OGF20 –Over 800 registrants –Combined event aimed:  Further strengthen the links between EGEE and OGF  Bring users and standards bodies together - establish key standards –Industry Form co-hosted Enterprise Requirement Workshops  Financial Services  Pharma  Automotive and Aerospace  ending in Cross Industry Issue discussion

12. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 12 Industry Days (ID) (1 of 4) Platforms to enable current and potential adopters of grid technology to:  Interact with EGEE project  Understand gLite  Exchange knowledge and experiences  Benefits for the adoption of grid by industry  Discuss technical and non-technical barriers  Download agenda & PDF presentations –Guidelines:  Federation-based  Frequent 1-2 Months  Short, one-day format  Interactive – panel discussions with a max of 50 participants  Sector specific to tailor presentations and have focused audience  Media coverage www.eu-egee.org/egee_events/industryday

13. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 13 Industry Days (2 of 4) VenueDateTopicParticipants Paris, France27 Apr 06Launching ID70 Cambridge, UK16 May 06SMEs20 Ischia, Italy12 Jul 06Data grids50 Catania, Italy26-27 Oct 06SMEs100 Helsinki, Finland24 Nov 06Bioinformatics50 Pisa, Italy24-26 Jan 07Finance50 Budapest, Hungary23 Feb 07Large Enterprise48 Madrid, Spain1 Mar 07Joint EGEE/EELA30 8 Industry Days in 6 EU Countries in first 12 Average of 50 Participants

14. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 14 Industry Day Results (3 of 4) Total UK –Attended the industry day in Paris –Ported application to GILDA testbed –Presented the results of their work in the EGEE’06 Business Track Cambridge Ontology –2 person startup company attended Industry day in Cambridge –Ported gLite application - Content Based Image Retrieval System –Support from Qi3 and EGEE - awarded mini-PIPSS funding grant by UK’s PPARC –Now growing and attracting private funds

15. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 15 Industry Days Results (4 of 4) Potential EBAs –Avanade (IT, NL) –Excelian (U.K.) Community Members –Increase in specific vertical markets –Increase in Industry Forum members –Brought in involvement in ISVs and experts Speakers and participants –Large enterprise and SMEs –EU-funded projects –EGEE representation EGEE Stakeholders –Increase involvement/awareness in under-represented sectors

16. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 16 Community Members 1 of 3 Community Members (2 of 3) Peaks in membership closely connected to Industry Days

17. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 17 Community Members 2 of 3 EGEE-II boasts a progressive increase in Community Members from Industrial sectors –More than 400 Community Members –100 Representatives from the Industry sector + 34 SMEs

18. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 18 Industry Day & External Surveys Benefits of adoption –Doing more & doing it faster –Saving on & more efficient resources –New market opportunities Barriers for adoption –Security - sensitive data with sensitive applications –Standards & Policies – to encourage long-term investment –Training – need to offer training tailored to businesses –Software license management – how users access commercial packages & how ISPs generate revenue –Networking – costs of network services is prohibitive

19. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 19 Industry Outcomes Lessons Learnt –More current & potential end-users in audience –More business players –Sector specific –Local Organisers  Apply to Industry Forum Chair  Reviewed by Industry Forum Steering Committee  Topics based on relevance of Grid adoption in the region –50 participants is effective –Increase success stories and case studies in presentations Output –Challenges in adopting gLite or EGEE-II Infrastructure  Through post-event surveys and round table discussions –Documented through Post-event Reports

20. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 20 Conclusions & Challenges Conclusions Gaining experience and learning important lessons on how to approach, involve and recruit Industry Growing number of databases on specific sectors, assisting recruitment for future Industry Days EGEE-II moving in the right direction and setting specific goals to increase the scope in terms of sectors & geographical scope Challenges Increase Industry Days on under-represented sectors Widen geographical scope More & better in results

21. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 21 NA2 Partner Brainstorming Brainstorm: which sectors to target, how to target them, activities before, during, after ID new ideas & suggestions

22. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 22 Future ID Plans & Goals Specific Sectors to Target Automotive & Aerospace Biotech & Pharmaceutical Energy (Oil & Gas) Media Telecommunications Public Administration and Civil Protection

23. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 23 Outreach & Dissemination Select specific industry group Partners sharing contacts & DBs Agenda Development & Speaker Recruitment Issues & opportunities to be explored Website Text & Press Releases Partners sharing press contacts & assisting dissemination Technology Transfer Offices Industrial Associations: members & channels Grid press contacts Chambers of Commerce Press Offices

24. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 24 Audience Needs Venue -attractive to business players -area conducive to networking -Info Display area (optional) Speakers - EGEE representative highlighting EGEE Benefits for Business - experts (key issues & challenges) from the sector & ISVs - case studies & success stories Industry Info Kit -Final Agenda -How to Get Involved -Relevant Applications -gLite -Press Release

25. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 25 Reporting on Goals Set Post-event Survey -views on key benefits & issues -Key challenges for specific sector or organisation type Post-event Report -main activities for outreach & dissemination -Main opportunities identified -Issues & challenges raised -Chair report(s) -Specific follow-up activities Post-event article (interview) -New application -Key issues & challenges -Standards -SMEs perspective

26. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 26 Expected Outcomes Business interested in adopting gLite Potential EBA Expert for IF Steering Committee Interesting Case Study

27. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 27 Eye to the Future 1 of 3 Future Industry Days Planned –Slovakia, September 07 – Grid & Bio-informatics –Paris, France, November 07 – Grid and Finance Under discussion (2007-2008)  Austria  UK  Greece –Cover remaining under-represented areas of EGEE-II

28. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 28 Eye to the Future 2 of 3 IF Newsletter -every 2 months (2007: May, July, September, November 2008: January, March) -Articles & interviews on EGEE Grid infrastructure, IFT applications, training -Special reports on industry groups -Case studies, -Key issues & top-level challenges -Key standards Circulation 285+ IF members community members from specific sectors ID participants Pertinent contacts Contributions, suggestions & feedback welcome

29. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 29 Eye to the Future 3 of 3 IF SC – new mandate -Address key issues & challenges arisen -Permanent Members -Contributing Experts Two Focus Groups -SMEs (business drivers, needs, solutions to barriers, business models) -Key standards (exploring collaboration with OGF)

30. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-II & Business- S. Parker - NA2 Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 2007 30 Thank you Stephanie Parker s.parker@metaware.it