Newsletter 09/09
Last Call – Early bird registration closes on May 25
Keep in mind, fees will go up after Monday, May 25. Act now and take advantage of lower early bird registration rates. ISC’09 is already shaping up as the largest meeting in its 24-year history, with advance registration for ISC’09 now 30 percent ahead of last year’s record-setting figure.
Due to many improvements, like a new pricing system and a 4-day conference program, ISC’09 expects about 1,500 attendees June 23-26.And there’s more to it than that: the exhibition will be the most extensive ever with nearly 120 exhibitors representing the world’s top technology companies and research centers.
Don’t be left out. Register by next Monday to make ISC’09 an even more worthwhile investment.
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Step into the arena - Hot Seat Sessions make top vendors sweat
Unique to ISC, the Hot Seat Session are two afternoons of to-the-point presentations by industry powerhouses in computing, networking, data and storage, and supercomputing centers in Europe, Asia and North America.
Each speaker has 10 minutes to present their organization’s newest strategy, product or research developments. A panel of expert “inquisitors” then asks each speaker two in-depth, follow-up questions. The speakers have only five minutes to offer their responses—on the spot in front of an expected 1,500 conference attendees.
The two ISC’09 Hot Seat Sessions will be held in two parts, from 2:30–4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, and Thursday, June 25. All conference attendees are invited to attend the session.
For the complete program of the Hot Seat Sessions visit our website.
Meet and greet - Social Events on ISC’09
ISC’09 is the place to be where top HPC vendors, researchers, managers and students meet to see and hear the latest news about HPC.
Its well-established reputation for presenting well-founded, precise and up-to-date information in an environment that encourages informal conversations is one of the unique things that make ISC so special. ISC is also well-known for providing just the right after-hours settings to continue your networking, but at a more relaxed pace.
This year’s line-up of evening social events is our most eclectic.
Take a look on the events at our website social events and plan your schedule.
External Events
We would like to draw your attention to several events, which add more value to your visit at ISC’09:
CUDA – Workshop
Monday, June 22, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm / Hall C
This half-day workshop will provide an introduction to the CUDA architecture, programming model, and the programming environment of C for CUDA, as well as an overview of the GPU architecture, live demos, and strategies for optimizing CUDA applications. The workshop will also include a detailed case study on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) more information
JuRoPA Supercomputer Special Session
Thursday, June 25, 7:30am – 8:45am / Hall 3
Learn how JuRoPA brings together most experienced companies and research activity in a joint program to realize the next generation of general purpose cluster computing on the special breakfast session. In the JuRoPA project the companies Bull, Intel, Mellanox, ParTec, Sun partner together with FZJ to establish a cluster architecture based on Intel technology to overcome the limitation of high scalability of today’s general purpose supercomputing.
Third EDGeS User and Industry Forum Meeting
Friday, June 26, 2:00pm – 6:00pm/ Hall C2.1
The goal of the Symposium Enabling Desktop Grids for e-Science and Industry is to bring together Grid application users, developers and companies and discuss the possibilities of using this technology to get more computing power at reduced costs in universities and companies. Also linking different kind of Grids, Desktop Grids, Service Grids such as EGEE and supercomputer Grids such as DEISA will be discussed.
More information
Cultural ambassador - Hamburg Tip
We would like to come up with a tip for those who would like to sneak a peek into Hamburg’s cultural scenery. It offers you a chance to learn about the wealth of museums and the opera in the immediate vicinity of the Congress Center CCH.
Bucerius Kunstforum
“Bucerius Kunstforum” is a private museum located adjacent Hamburg;s City Hall (Rathaus)l. The modern installations are an exciting contrast to the architecture of the historic building. During the conference in June the exhibition features “150 Years of American Art”.
If you visit the museum, don’t miss the little cafe “Canaletto”, where you can rest for a cafe or a whole lunch.
http://www.buceriuskunstforum.de/h/150_years_of_american_art_137_en.php
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe MKG
Beside its great variety of collections of work from Europe, the Middle and Far East which span from the Ancient World to the present day, the museum is famous for its special exhibitions. A visit of the modern extension called “Schümann Flügel” in the inner courtyard is well worth seeing for its extraordinary architecture.
http://www.mkg-hamburg.de/mkg.php/en/sonderausstellungen/
Hamburg State Opera
First-class artistic performances make a visit to the opera an unsurpassable cultural experience. This is ensured by John Neumeier’s Ballett Company as well as the Australian conductor Simone Young, who was appointed Artistic Director in 2005.
Tickets and program:
http://www.hamburgische-staatsoper.de/0_english/2_state_opera/frameset_state_opera.php
Media Sponsors for ISC’09
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our media sponsors for their continuous support. They have been invaluable in helping us get the word out about our conference and provide you with the latest news from the world of HPC.
If you don’t know their publications already, please take a look.
