1. INFSO-RI-031688 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE www.eu-egee.org EGEE USER FORUM co-located with the OGF20 Hosted by UK e-Science and the University of Manchester Manchester, May 9 th -11 th 2007

2. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE User forum - Manchester 9-11 May 2007 2 EGEE User Forum 9-11 May 2007 Manchester, UK Major user community event ( www.eu-egee.org/uf2 )www.eu-egee.org/uf2 –Applications and Users are the focus –Applications presenting and discussing their experiences and plans –Applications in direct contact with grid experts (from the middleware, from the infrastructure, etc…) Major EGEE project event – EGEE activities are represented on the programme committee  Cross-participation with the OGF event  Invited representatives of the EGEE Related Projects  Representatives of the Scientific Communities  http://egee-intranet.web.cern.ch/egee-intranet/User-Forum/prog-comm.html http://egee-intranet.web.cern.ch/egee-intranet/User-Forum/prog-comm.html –Co-located with the OGF20 event (http://www.ogf.org )http://www.ogf.org  Separated events (OGF 7-9 May 2007)  Looking forward to synergies (overlap day on May 9)  Encouragement to register for both events

3. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE User forum - Manchester 9-11 May 2007 3 Malcolm Atkinson (UK e-Science) Roberto Barbera (Univ. and INFN Catania; EGEE NA3 and NA4) Stefano Belforte (INFN Trieste CMS) Ian Bird (CERN EGEE SA1) Christophe Blanchet (CNRS; EGEE NA4) Vincent Breton (CNRS EGEE NA4) Francisco Castejon (CIEMAT; EGEE NA4) Donatella Castelli (CNR; Diligent project) Claudio Grandi (INFN EGEE JRA1) Wolfgang Gentzsch (D-Grid, e-IRG,OGF) Kristina Gunne (EGEE NA4) Brendan Hamill (Nesc UK; EGEE NA3) Hannelore Hammerle (CERN EGEE NA2) Frank Harris (CERN EGEE NA1) Bob Jones (CERN; EGEE Project Director) Massimo Lamanna (CERN; EGEE NA4/HEP) Erwin Laure (CERN; EGEE Technical Director) Douglas Irwin Mc Kinley (Metaware; EGEE NA2) Charles Loomis (CNRS; EGEE NA4) Johan Montagnat (CNRS; NA4/Biomed) Monique Petitdidier (CNRS; EGEE NA4) Pasquale Pagano (CNR; Diligent) Federico Ruggieri (Univ. Roma 3; EUChinaGRID and EUMEDGRID) Frederic Schaer (IN2P3; EGEE NA4) Markus Schulz (CERN; EGEE SA1) Mariuz Sterzel (CYFRONET; EGEE NA4) EGEE User Forum Programme Committee www.eu-egee.org/uf2 EGEE User Forum 9-11 May 2007 Manchester, UK

4. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE User forum - Manchester 9-11 May 2007 4 EGEE User Forum 9-11 May 2007 Manchester, UK Abstract submission opening day: 1 st December 2006 Abstract submission deadline: 31 January 2007 www.eu-egee.org/uf2 The programme committee solicits contributions with a focus on the users experience and plans in using the EGEE infrastructure Important topics will include data access, interactive usage, workload and workflows Abstracts discussing the experiences from the resource-provider community (as computing centres in the EGEE infrastructure) are also welcome. We are considering to host a session on grid monitoring The event programme will provide opportunities for oral presentations, poster sessions and on-line demonstrations. There will be substantial periods defined for discussions

5. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE User forum - Manchester 9-11 May 2007 5 EGEE User Forum 9-11 May 2007 Manchester, UK ABSTRACT TEMPLATE (www.eu-egee.org/uf2 )www.eu-egee.org/uf2 –Provide a high level description of the scientific/technical community and the application using, or planning to use, the EGEE infrastructure. –Describe the added value of the Grid for the scientific/technical application. This should include the scale of both the work and the potential user community, and also the possible relevance for other scientific or business applications –Describe the key Grid services which are essential for the application, and the achievements so far on EGEE. –Summarise the main issues encountered, or expected, in using the EGEE infrastructure, and highlighting any limitations in performance and functionality. –Presentation type (oral/poster/demo)

6. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE User forum - Manchester 9-11 May 2007 6 EGEE User Forum 9-11 May 2007 Manchester, UK EGEE Mission Help us to make this event a success! Abstracts !!!  The programme is ultimately determined from the abstracts  Prompt submission will help the selection process  Use www.eu-egee.org/uf2 and then go for the Call for Abstracts www.eu-egee.org/uf2 Participation !!!  Presentations  Posters  Demos