Call for Participation: Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IS NOW LIVE

OPEN SOURCE GRID & CLUSTER CONFERENCE 2008

Featuring: GlobusWorld, Grid Engine Workshop, Rocks Cluster
Workshop

Join Users, Administrators, and Developers of Open Source
Grid and
Cluster Software from across the Globe at this unique event

Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference 2008
May 12-16, 2008
Oakland Marriott
Oakland, California

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:  March 21, 2008

Whether you are a Grid or Cluster expert with technical
advice to
share, or a leader with visions for the future of open
source Grid and
Cluster computing in research or industry, the Open Source
Grid &
Cluster Conference is the premier event for delivering your
message to
the Grid and Cluster community.  In past years, hundreds of
Grid and
Cluster professionals from research and industry have
attended
individual events such as GlobusWorld, the Grid Engine
Workshop, and
Rocks-a-Palooza to discuss Grid and Cluster adoption issues,
to
receive training and exchange information related to these
widely used
Grid and Cluster software systems. This year the Globus,
Grid Engine,
and Rocks communities are joining forces to create the most
comprehensive event on open source Grid and Cluster
computing to date.

The Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference program will
offer a wide
variety of conference sessions, mini-symposiums, panel
discussions,
workshops, and tutorials. Speaking opportunities range from
highly
technical research, development, and deployment
presentations to
targeted panels on commercial and research adoption
considerations. The Open Source Grid & Cluster
Conference will run
parallel tracks, some focused on Globus, Grid Engine, and
Rocks
community-specific topics, and others focused on
cross-cutting and
other open source Grid and Cluster software technologies and
uses.


KEY DATES AND DEADLINES
Abstract submission deadline - March 21, 2008
Acceptance notification - April 15, 2008
Presentation Slides Due - April 30, 2008

SPEAKING TOPICS
Submissions should be centered on the theme of uses and
implementation
of Open Source Software for Grid and Cluster Computing.

All proposals should be submitted online at
    http://
www.OpenSourceGridCluster.org/CFP.html

Questions should be sent to programOpenSourceGridCluster.org

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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ABSTRACT GUIDELINES
All submissions must include an abstract of no more than 500
words,
and a brief bio for each presenter. Abstracts should be
written so as
to be self-contained and to provide the technical substance
required
for the program committee to evaluate the session's
contribution to
the Open Source Grid and Cluster community. Please indicate
whether
the proposed session is specific to just one of Globus, Grid
Engine,
or Rocks. If the presentation was given at another
conference, then
the name, date, and location of the event must be noted in
the
submission. Abstracts should be submitted in plain text
format either
as an attachment or in the main body of the e-mail.
Abstracts and bios
for accepted submissions will be published on the Open
Source Grid &
Cluster Conference website and in other conference material
as the
description of the session. Presentation slides may be
published on
the Conference website and distributed with conference
material.

PRESENTATIONS
Presentation proposals may be submitted for individual time
slots of
thirty minutes. Please be sure to allow ten minutes for
Q&A within
this allotted time. Individual presentations will be grouped
with
similar topic presentations to fill an entire session.

BUILD YOUR OWN SESSION
Participants are invited to organize their own, complete,
ninety-minute session, including but not limited to the
following
categories. The submission must include an agenda, and the
names and
associations of all participants.

Panel Session / Mini-Symposium: These sessions will enable
conference
attendees to learn from a group of experts on a particular
topic. The
session organizer may deliver an opening talk to set the
context for
the remainder of the session. Panelists will then give
presentations
designed to stimulate audience participation, on their
preferably
diverse opinions, experiences or expertise regarding the
theme of the
session. At least ten minutes should be reserved at the end
for
questions from the audience.

Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) Sessions: These sessions will
allow
conference attendees to discuss focused subject areas. The
session may
include presentations and open discussion. Session
organizers will be
responsible for moderating these sessions and reporting on
their
outcomes.

WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS
Ample room is available for half-day and full-day
pre-conference
(Monday) and post-conference (Friday) workshops and
tutorials. Workshops may include topical meetings with open
registration or community/group meetings with resricted
attendance.
Tutorials may be on any topic related to the Open Source
Grid and
Cluster theme of the conference. Submissions must include
preferred
and minimum acceptable room size, and preferred and
acceptable
times. An extra nominal fee may be required of attendees or
the
organizer to cover additional costs such as A/V and food.


All proposals should be submitted online at
    http://
www.OpenSourceGridCluster.org/CFP.html

Questions should be sent to programOpenSourceGridCluster.org