The next opportunity to get together to share ideas, experiences and best practices will be on 12-13 October 2016, when there will be a meeting of SIG-MSP in Rome, hosted by GARR.
Registration is open: register!
Information about hotels, the venue and how to get there are all available via the GARR website.
This is the preliminary agenda, which still leaves a lot of room for your contributions!
If you have any agenda topic ideas please contact Laura.Durnford@geant.org or add them into the agenda suggestions page.
| WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 | |||||
| TIME | WHAT | WHO | SLIDES | ||
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| 12:00-13:00 | ARRIVALS, LUNCH AND EMAILS | Kindly provided by GARR | |||
| 13:00-13:10 | Welcome, introductions | Martin Bech | |||
| 13:10-13:30 | Host welcome & presentation | Federico Ruggieri, GARR | |||
| 13:30-15:00 | GÉANT Clouds session |
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| Ready for adoption: IaaS and other services - update and discussion (1 hour) | Andres Steijaert (SURFnet) and Mandeep Saini (GÉANT) | ||||
| European R&E cloud broker service - proposal and feedback (30 mins) | Jan Meijer (UNINETT) | ||||
| 15:00-15:15 | COFFEE / TEA / EMAILS | Kindly provided by GARR | |||
| 15:15-15:45 | Cost savings follow up : HEAnet value for money report | Robert Hackett (HEAnet) | |||
| 15:45-16:15 | Towards a joint e-infrastructure services portfolio? | Annabel Grant (GÉANT) | |||
| 16:15-17:15 | Update on a possible user engagement task force TBC | TBC | |||
| 17:15-17:30 | Day wrap up | Martin Bech | |||
| 19:00 | Social activity, followed by dinner | Kindly provided by GARR | |||
| THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER 2016 | |||||
| TIME | WHAT | WHO | SLIDES | ||
| 09:00-09:10 | ARRIVALS & EMAILS | ||||
| 09:10-10:45 | Themed session - Sources of funding for projects and innovation | ||||
| GÉANT Community Programme options | Valter Nordh (SUNET) / Nicole Harris (GÉANT) TBC | ||||
| 10:45-11:00 | COFFEE / TEA / EMAILS | Kindly provided by GARR | |||
| 11:00-12:45 | Session 4 - lightning talks! Open call for 10-minute slots | ||||
| 12:45-13:00 | Wrap up, next meeting, AOB | Martin Bech | |||
| 13:00 | LUNCH AND EMAILS | Kindly provided by GARR | |||