Hi all,

Both for your own interest as well as to forward to users and communities you like: the first European Globus Community Forum!

Cheers, DavidG.

We would like to inform you about the upcoming European Globus Community Forum (EGCF), taking place in Munich, Germany from May 18-19, 2011.

Participation is free of charge: http://www.ige-project.eu/events/egcf1

This event will give current and new Globus users and developers the opportunity not only to learn about the state of the union of the Globus software stack and how the IGE project can help scientists to leverage resources of the European distributed computing infrastructures (DCIs) for their research, but also gives a unique opportunity to actively participate in the building of the Globus community in Europe. This is your chance to network with other European Globus users and developers, to get to know each other, and to learn how your colleagues employ Globus to advance their science projects.

Lots of new features and services have been added to Globus lately, including hosted 'software as a service' and cloud offerings such as Globus Online!

The agenda of the meeting features highlights such as * keynote by Steve Tuecke on future development of Globus and Globus Online, * keynote by Steven Newhouse on the EGI vision of the DCI landscape in Europe, and * the constitution of the EGCF Council and the election of its speaker.

Besides these lighthouse events, workshops on the European Globus Hub, the IGE testbed, a European Globus Statistics Collector, and other important topics will take place, leaving plenty space for discussion on European requirements to Globus-related topics. A social dinner complements the event with genuine Bavarian food and drinks, and allows to mingle with colleagues and meet new people.

The EGCF is an integral part of the IGE project, which coordinates the support for Globus in Europe — the voice of the users will be heard not only in the project itself, but also amplified towards the Globus developer team in the United States. As such, it provides a great opportunity to bring in a community-centric, science-biased view into the Globus view by providing requirements, requesting features, and discussing best practices.

Register, free of charge, at

http://www.ige-project.eu/events/egcf1