Wednesday, February 6, 2013

OSG All Hands Meeting - Final Days to Get Special Lodging Rates

We are less than 5 weeks away from the OSG All Hands Meeting! The deadline for reserving rooms at the negotiated conference rate is February 9th. This hard deadline is fast approaching. If you want to obtain a room at the special rate, you must book by this coming Saturday! Details for accommodations can be found at http://pti.iu.edu/osgahm-2013/hotel_transportation. If you plan on attending please register and make your lodging arrangements soon.

The OSG Operations Center and Indiana University will be hosting the annual OSG All Hands Meeting on the week of March 11th on the downtown Indianapolis campus of IUPUI. Indiana University has been a long term core partner of the OSG and has provided operational infrastructure and support services since the inception of the project.

The scheduled topics include:
* Monday, March 11th: US ATLAS and CMS Tier 2/Tier 3 Facilities Meeting; Interoperations with EGI and WLCG
* Tuesday, March 12th: Campus Infrastructures Community Workshop
* Wednesday, March 13th: State of the OSG; Scienctific Highlights; Technology Discussion
* Thursday, March 14th: Technology Discussions and User/Admin Hands-On Sessions; Meetings will conclude at approximately lunchtime.
* OSG Council Meeting: Thursday afternoon and Friday morning

A detailed schedule is under constructions at https://indico.fnal.gov/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=5610

Please visit the 2013 OSG AHM site at http://pti.iu.edu/osgahm-2013 for information, details, and registration.

Lothar Bauerdick, OSG Executive Director
Bill Barnett, IU Research Technologies Director of Science Community Tools
Fred Luehring, IU HEP Research Scientist
Therese Miller, Manager of Collaboration and Engagement for Research Technologies
Rob Quick, OSG Operations Area Coordinator