The First European Across Grids Conference will take place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on the 13^th and 14^th of February, 2003. This conference is organized by the Crossgrid Project Consortium, USC, UDC and CESGA. It will follow the yearly CrossGrid Project Internal Workshop, an event which will be held from the 10^th through the 12^th of February, 2003.

The objective of the Across Grids Conference is to bring together and support a collaboration of all people participating in European and other Projects, researchers, developers, practitioners and potential users of grid technologies.

This international meeting will cover

• overview of main European grid projects,
• presentation of hot research problems in grid,
• examples of grid applications,
• grid infrastructure, middleware, quality of service and other tools,
• other grid related topics

We encourage all colleagues working in this field to present their grid technology related research at this conference.

We are pleased to announce that the Deadline for Abstract Submission has been moved to Sunday, December the 15^th.

A presentation will be accepted on the basis of an abstract in PDF or PS format which should

• contain the title, authors and their affiliations,
• up to 1500 words including results and up to two figures,
• abstracts should be sent to acrossgrid@cesga.es before December 15, 2002 at 15:00 hours CET.

Submitted abstracts will undergo a peer review process. Positively reviewed abstracts will be invited to send the full paper version, which should not exceed ten single-spaced typed pages, formatted using the LNCS guidelines (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Papers will be selected either for oral presentation or for poster sessions.

It's planned to publish a post-proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Download here the first Call for Abstracts (in PDF) .

The First European Across Grids Conference will provide a Forum for:

• the presentation of up to 32 different peer reviewed research papers,
• key note addresses from researchers from leading institutions in grid technology development,
• poster sessions,
• a Globus Toolkit 3 tutorial
• a user forum that intends to stir up debate about the social implications of the application of grid technologies in various fields such as (medical research and intervention, corporate life and business or public administration)

Find here a Agenda for the 1^st European Across Grids Conference

Find here a Agenda for the 2003 Crossgrid Project Workshop

Andres Gomez (CESGA, SPAIN)
Brian Coghlan (TCD, Ireland)
Dick van Albada (UVA, Nederlands)
Holger Marten (FZK, Germany)
Jorge Gomes (LIP, Portugal)
Jesus Marco (CSIC, Spain)
Marian Bubak (Cyfronet-UCI, Poland)
Marios Dikaiakos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Michal Turala (INP Krakow, Poland)
Norbert Meyer (PSNC, Poland)
Peter Sloot (UVA, Nederlands)
Yannis Perros (Algosystems, Greece)

Antonio Puliafito (University of Messina, Italy)
Domenico Laforenza (ISTI-CNR, Italy)
Emilio Zapata (University of Malaga, Spain)
Fabrizio Gagliardi (CERN, Switzerland)
Francisco Tirado (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
Ian Foster (Argone National Laboratory, USA)
Jaroslaw Nabrzyski (Pozman Supercomputing Centre, Poland)
Javier González Castaño (University of Vigo, Spain)
Jose Salt (IFIC-CSIC, Spain)
Kyriacos Baxevanidis (CEC, EU)
Laurent Lefevre (INRIA RESO/LIP, France)
Manuel Delfino (Port d'Informació Científica, Barcelona)
Marian Bubak (Cyfronet-UCI, Poland) 
Marios Dikaiakos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Mark Parsons (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Miron Livny (University of Wisconsin, USA)
Paul Messina (Argone National Laboratory, USA)
Wolfgang Gentzsch (SUN Microsystems, USA)

Francisco Fernandez Rivera (University of Santiago, Spain)
Ramon Doallo (University of Coruña, Spain)
Andres Gomez (CESGA, Spain)
Tomás Fernández (University of Santiago, Spain)
Fernando Bouzas (CESGA, Spain)

Crossgrid Project
University of Santiago
University of A Coruña
Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia (CESGA)

Registration is closed.

 
Registration for First European Across Grids Conference
February 13^th & 14^th, 2003

Attendance of researchers, corporate affiliates and public administration officials with an interest in Grid Technologies is strongly encouraged.

 
Registration for 2003 CrossGrid Project Workshop
February 10^th through 12^th, 2003

This Workshop is an internal CrossGrid Project Event. Only members of project partner and subcontracted institutions and corporations will be admitted to this workshop. Do not attempt to register if you are not a researcher directly involved in the CrossGrid Project.

REGISTRATION FEE: Registration fee includes: coffee breaks, lunch during the congress at Monte da Condesa Restaurant, social program events
PARTICIPANTS	EARLY REGISTRATION (until 10th January)	STANDARD REGISTRATION (from 11th January to 3rd February)	LATE REGISTRATION (At Secretariat)
CROSSGRID WORKSHOP REGISTRATION	265.00 €	325.00 €	375.00 €
ACROSS GRIDS CONFERENCE AND USER FORUM REGISTRATION	220.00 €	265.00 €	310.00 €
ACROSS GRIDS CONFERENCE AND USER FORUM + GT-3 TUTORIAL REGISTRATION	285.00 €	340.00 €	400.00 €
CROSSGRID WORKSHOP + ACROSS GRIDS CONFERENCE AND USER FORUM + GT-3 TUTORIAL REGISTRATION	335.00 €	405.00 €	475.00 €

SOCIAL PROGRAM: (cost per accompaning person)
EVENT	COST/PERSON
Guided visit to Santiago	6.20 €
Wellcoming dinner (Tuesday 11th at 21:00, Carretas Restaurant)	30.50 €

WAY OF PAYMENT:

BANK TRANSFER TO:    Beneficiary´s name: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela    Account number: 00492584902214002210    Bank name: Banco Santander Central Hispano    In order to: FIRST EUROPEAN ACROSS GRIDS CONFERENCE

We strongly recommend that attendants and participants make flight and hotel reservations through the official conference travel agency, ULTRATUR S.A. They have negotiated special discount prices with hotels in Santiago. You can book your hotel reservations using the registration form.
Room availability is limited, so PLEASE REGISTER AND RESERVE HOTEL ROOMS ASAP.

ACCOMODATION: Price includes breakfast and VAT.
HOTEL	Single Room	Double Room
H. AC PALACIO DEL CARMEN ***** C/Oblatas, s/n - 15703 Santiago, Phone No.: 981 552 444	129.47 €	141.24 €
H. HESPERIA COMPOSTELA **** C/Hórreo, 1 - 15702 Santiago, Phone No.: 981 585 700	104.33 €	112.35 €
H. HESPERIA GELMÍREZ *** C/Hórreo, 92 - 15702 Santiago, Phone No.: 981 561 100	72.76 €	79.18 €
H. HERRADURA *** Avda. Juan Carlos I - 15706 Santiago, Phone No.: 981 552 340/42	75.48 €	89.30 €
H. VIRXE DA CERCA *** Rua Virxe da Cerca, 27 - 15703 Santiago Phone No.: 981 569 350	71.69 €	92.02 €
HOTEL SAN LORENZO ** San Lorenzo, 2 - 15820 Santiago Phone No.: 981 580 133	36.86 €	54.68 €

The First European Across Grids Conference is sponsored by:

• HP Invent
• Gridsystems
• Galician Network for Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing Technologies (REDEGRID)
• University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)
• University of A Coruña (UDC)
• Ministry of Science and Technology
• Supercomputing Centre of Galicia (CESGA)

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The First European Across Grids Conference welcomes support from Corporate Sponsors.

At this time we have openned sponsoring opportunities for different panel sessions and social events.

Please get in touch with the Organising Committee through fbouzas@cesga.es to find out about these opportunities.

Transport from airport

The airport is 12 Km away from Santiago Center. The bus service only connects the airport with the BUS STATION, which is far from hotels and the city center. We recommend you that you take a taxi from airport to hotel. The fee is close to 14.00 €

Wheater in Santiago

Mean Temperature	8.6 ºC
Mean Minimum Temperature	5.6 ºC
Mean Maximum Temperature	12.3 ºC
Mean Humidity	78.7 %
Mean Minimum Humidity	60.7 %
Mean Maximum Humidity	90.5 %

Source: meteo.usc.es (2002)

City Map

Click over the map to get a more detailed map of the University Campus and the Old Town.

The FEUGA building is in front of Faculty of Mathematics. Follow the signs we will place around Campus Sur.

The Airport

Santiago de Compostela is well connected by airplane with the main cities in Europe and with all the world via Madrid or Barcelona.

DEPARTURES:
Barcelona
IB4246	7.15	8.45	A320	1234567
IB4210	13.45	15.15	A320	1234567
IB1569	19.25	20.55	A320	1234567
JK617	20.55	22.30	MD-80	12345_7
Bilbao
IB8353	9.25	12.15	DH-3	1234567
IB8357	19.45	21.01	DH-3 12345	______7
Buenos Aires
AR1120/AR1131	14.00	6.05+1	B747	___4___
Caracas
VE1004	8.20	14.30	DC-10	____5__	(via OPO)
Geneva
UX1645	14.20	19.15	B737-300	_____6_
IB4440	16.25	18.25	MD-88	_____6_
London
IB4236	15.40	16.45	MD-87	1234567
Lanzarote
UX9746	19.45	21.20	B737-300	_2_____
Las Palmas
UX9748	19.45	21.25	B737-300	___4___
Malaga
UX9431	22.05	23.35	B737-300	___4___
Madrid
IB545	6.30	7.35	MD-88	1234567
JK600	7.20	8.25	MD-80	123456_
UX9542	8.00	8.55	B737-300	12345_7
IB541	8.45	9.50	A320	1234567
IB549	11.10	12.15	DC-9/B757/A321	1234567
JK602	11.15	12.25	MD-80	1234567
UX8552	12.30	13.50	ATP	1234567
IB567	13.40	14.45	MD-88	1234567
JK606	15.30	16.35	MD-80	12345__
IB559	16.15	17.20	MD-87	1234567
IB551	18.05	19.10	B757	1234567
JK604	19.35	20.45	MD-80	1234567
IB569	20.40	21.45	MD87/B727	1234567
IB561	22.15	22.30	MD-88	_____6_
New York
UX9452/017	08.00	15.40	B737/767-300	_____6_
Palma de Mallorca
UX9391	01.00	2.40	B737-300	_2__5__
UX9393	19.50	21.30	B737-300	____5__
UX9393	23.35	01.20	B737-300	_2_____
Tenerife
UX9746	19.45	21.25	B737-300	_____6_
UX9746	19.45	23.00	B737-300	_2_____	(via ACE)
UX9746	19.50	22.35	B737-300	1______
Zurich
UX1647	7.40	10.00	B737-300	_____6_
IB4446	9.55	12.10	MD-88	_____6_

 

ARRIVALS:
Barcelona
IB 1570	10.40	12.15	A320	1234567
IB4219	16.40	18.15	A320	1234567
JK618	18.30	20.10	MD-83	123456_
JK616	15.40	17.20	MD-83	______7
Bilbao
IB8554	9.25	10.45	DH3	12345_7
IB8356	17.35	19.10	DH3	1234567
Buenos Aires
AR1120	20.00	12.27+1	B747	__3____
Caracas
VE1004	18.00	6.50(+1)	DC-10	___4___
Geneva
UX1646	17.10	19.15	B737-300	_____6_
IB4441	19.15	21.25	B737-300	_____6_
London
IB4137	11.35	14.35	MD-87	1234567
Lanzarote
UX9746	22.10	02.30	B737-300	_2_____	(via TFS)
Las Palmas
UX9749	22.15	01.55	B737-300	___4___
Madrid
IB546	8.30	9.40	DC-9	1234567
JK611	9.20	10.35	MD-80	1234567
UX8553	10.50	12.00	ATP	1234567
IB552	11.45	12.55	MD-88	1234567
JK605	13.40	14.55	MD-80	12345__
IB542	14.10	15.20	MD-87	1234567
IB548	16.10	17.20	B757-200	1234567
JK613	17.40	18.55	MD-80	1234567
UX9453	17.50	18.45	B737-300	1234567
IB554	18.45	19.55	MD-87	1234567
IB564	19.40	20.50	A320	1234567
JK619	21.30	22.45	MD-83	1234567
IB568	23.30	00.40	MD-88	1234567
Malaga
UX9432	19.45	21.15	B737-300	__3____
New York
UX016	17.30	06.30+1	B767-300	____5__
Palma de Mallorca
UX9392	22.30	01.10	B737-300	1__45__
UX9392	21.00	22.45	B737-300	_2_____
Tenerife
UX9745	22.15	01.55	B737-300	_____6_
UX9745	22.25	02.10	B737-300	1______
UX9745	23.50	02.30	B737-300	_2_____
Zurich
UX1648	11.00	13.30	B737-300	_____6_
UX4445	13.15	15.40	B737-300	_____6_

More information

• official website of Santiago
• http://www.santiagoturismo.com
• http://www.turgalicia.es