CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The 6th Annual Access Grid Retreat - May 15-17, 2006
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/flevents/ag/agr06
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Co-hosted by Internet2
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: Friday April 7, 2006
The 6th Annual Access Grid (AG) Retreat will be held May 15-17 in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, USA. This year's meeting will be co-hosted by Internet2.
The Access Grid is an ensemble of resources including multimedia large-format
displays, presentation and interactive environments, and interfaces to Grid
middleware and to visualization environments. These resources are used to
support group-to-group interactions across the Grid. For example, the AG is
used for large-scale distributed meetings, collaborative work sessions,
seminars, lectures, tutorials, and training. The Access Grid began as a
community effort in terms of development, support, education, and training and
it continues to grow as a result of this approach. The AG Retreats, an annual
tradition, reflect this community involvement and are critical to the continued
development, utility, and improvement of the AG.
The AG Retreat program provides an interactive forum for the Access Grid
community including developers, node operators and users. This year's Retreat
will include information about the current state of the Access Grid software
and community, and the road ahead, including the next major release of the
Access Grid software, AG3. Presentations in the following subject areas are
encouraged:
- Technology presentations
Extensions of core Access Grid software
Shared Applications and Services
Distributed systems
Streaming audio and video
Networking: Multicast and multicast bridging
Meeting archiving
Security issues
Scheduling
- Innovative uses of the AG
Medicine
Visualization
Scientific domains
Remote access to instruments
- Distance education
- Regional updates
- User requirements and improvements
- Requirements from diverse communities
(Presentations outside of these areas will be given equal consideration)
The Access Grid Retreat is an ideal environment for the AG community to share
recent experiences and research findings, to present ideas for future AG
technical directions, and to train and educate AG newcomers. Two tracks of
sessions allow participants to focus on either AG technical issues or
activities related to AG operations. This annual meeting will not be broadcast
over the Access Grid, but, as with past retreats, focus on bringing the global
community together with face-to-face discussions on topics ranging from AG
collaboration experiences to node installation and troubleshooting to AG
development directions. Given that this year's AG Retreat will be located in
Internet2 facilities, presenters are encouraged to include demonstrations that
leverage the excellent network capabilities available. The most impressive
presentations, as decided by the Program Committee, will be awarded with a
prize.
HOW TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS
Speakers are requested to submit extended abstracts of no more than 1000 words,
not including figures or references. Speakers should define their interest in
submitting a proposed panel discussion (including title and proposed speakers),
or an individual presentation (including title). Abstracts should be written so
as to be self-contained and to provide the technical substance required for the
program committee to evaluate the presenter's contribution, and to provide
sufficient detail for the program. Presentations including live demonstrations,
for example introducing a new shared application or service, must list the
hardware and network requirements necessary for the demonstration.
Abstracts must be submitted by Friday, Apr il 7, 2006. Please submit to
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>.
Speakers will be selected by Friday, April 14, 2006. Confirmations will be sent
via email.
For more information, please contact the AG Retreat Program Committee at
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>.
