OTHER SEMINARS - FIRST TUESDAY GENEVA @ CERN:<br>Special Topic: Grid Technology

<!--HTML--> Over the last year, the concept of a Grid of geographically distributed computers providing huge computing resources "on tap" to companies and institutions has led to a great deal of interest and activity from major computer hardware and software companies. The session is hosted by the CERN openlab for DataGrid applications, a recently established industrial partnership on Grid technologies, and will profile both CERN's activities in this emerging field and those of some key industrial players Due to seating limitations, those interested should register for this event at <http://www.rezonance.ch/index.php?tab=inscription.php&date=2002-09-27&loc=ge> before hursday 26th 12:00. The conference will be in the Main Auditorium, building 500 17:00-19:00, followed by networking and aperitif in Restaurant 1 from 19h00-21:00. Program 17:00 - 17:05 Introduction Geneviève Morand (event organiser) introduces First Tuesday Geneva François Grey (CERN host) introduces program and speakers 17:05 - 17:15 Elevator pitches 2-3 people in the audience will stand up and announce an activity of interest 17:15 - 17:30 CERN, the LHC and the Grid Hans Hoffmann, Director for Scientific Computing and Technology Transfer at CERN 17:30 - 17:45 The CERN openlab and EU DataGrid project Manuel Delfino, Division Leader of IT at CERN 17:45 - 18:00 CERN, public research and entrepreneurship Erkko Autio, Helsinki University of Technology 18:00 - 18:15 Grid Economics: Grid Value and Practical Realization Chris Kenyon, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory 18:15 - 18:30 Grid research at HP Michel Benard, Hewlett-Packard Europe 18:30 - 18:45 MammoGrid: Large-scale Distributed Mammogram Analysis Miguel Mulet-Parada, Mirada Solutions Limited 18:45 - 19:00 Panel with Questions from audience (all speakers are on the panel) 19:00 - 21:00 Aperitif and networking in Restaurant 1