Grid Computing Planet Conference & Expo, Boston, MA - October 28

Agenda* - Monday, October 28, 2002

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration

9:00am - 9:15am

Opening Remarks/Announcements

10:00am

Exhibit Hall Opens

9:15am - 10:15am

Keynote
Bret Greenstein, Worldwide Project Executive, Grid Computing, IBM Corporation

10:15am - 10:45am

Morning Break

10:45am - 11:45am

Grid Overview
This session is designed to define and explain the basic technological principles of Grid computing, as well as outline how companies are using Grid in the real world today.
Moderator:
Chris Nerney, Conference Chair, Grid Computing Planet Conference & Expo
Panelist:
Geoff Brown, Technical Director, ATS Core Technologies, Oracle Corporation
Dr. Stephen L. Scott, Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

11:45am - 12:45pm

Using Grid To Improve IT Performance
This session will explore how Grid computing can optimize IT workload and improve resource management by harnessing idle processing power in your network, simplifying data access and reducing administrative oversight. We will also cover performance planning and runtime queue optimization.
Ian Lumb, Grid Solutions Manager, Platform Computing
Dr. Richard Freund, CTO & Acting CEO, GridIQ

12:45pm - 2:00pm

Lunch Break / Visit Exhibit Hall
Luncheon Keynote - Grid Computing: The Next 10 Years
René Copeland, Vice President, Sales, Government and Life Sciences, Platform Computing

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Grid Computing Case Studies Panel
Grid computing today is increasing productivity, and saving millions of dollars at leading companies across a spectrum of industries. This panel discussion will provide you with the opportunity to hear directly from some of these leading companies on how Grid computing has impacted their business and bottom line.
Moderator:
Ahmar Abbas, Managing Director, Grid Technology Partners
Panelists:
Paul Bemis, Vice-President, Fluent Inc.
Dr. Richard Kahn, Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, American Diabetes Association
Dr. Alexander Karapetyan, Researcher, Haas School Of Business, University Of California At Berkeley
David Levine, President & CEO, Butterfly.net
Kathleen Stenson, IT Consultant

3:30pm - 3:45pm

Afternoon Break

3:45pm - 4:30pm

PC-Based Grid Computing
This session will discuss how to harness the untapped processing power of desktop PCs within an enterprise for compute-intensive jobs. Topics covered will include cost savings, scalability and running applications.
Dr. Stephen L. Scott, Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

4:30pm - 5:00pm

The Grid as Infrastructure for Collaborative Science
The origin of the Grid concept is in providing high performance computing on demand, yet it has the potential to enable much more. Research in the areas of Scientific Collaboratories and Virtual Facilities has demonstrated the power of enabling researchers to assemble not only computing resources, but data, unique instruments, and colleagues, to address scientific questions more rapidly and more completely than currently possible. The Grid Infrastructure can make the development of Collaboratories easier but realizing these benefits will require the creation of infrastructure above the Grid and changes in the way scientific applications are architected.
James D. Myers, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Computational Science and Mathematics, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

5:00pm - 6:00pm

"Not With My Computer You Don't": Dealing With The Organizational Politics Of Grid
Grid computing involves much more than technology. It involves establishing IT processes, policies, procedures and rules, as well as "selling" the Grid concept to sometimes reluctant peers and colleagues. This panel session looks at the non-technical challenges to a Grid environment.
Moderator:
Chris Nerney, Conference Chair, Grid Computing Planet Conference & Expo
Panelists:
Suzanne George, Director of Operations and Engineering, Globexplorer Inc.
Dr. Stephen L. Scott, Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Networking Cocktail Reception

7:00pm

Exhibit Hall Closes