Conmergence

GridKa School 2009 Attendees

Some GridKa School 2009 Abstracts available here.

surname	first name	organisation	institute / project
Jurczyk	Melchior	Student HS Mannheim
Castejón	Francisco	CIEMAT	Fusion
Nilsson	Daniel	Chalmers University of Technology
Zurek	Marian	CERN	ETICS
Aktas	Adil	Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg	Physikalisches Institut
Abad Rodriguez	Andres	CERN
Knese	Karsten	SCC, KIT
Zimmer	Artur	KIT	SCC
Mehl	Jeron	KIT	SCC
Stegmann	Jens	Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim	TextGrid
Jäger	Axel	KIT	SCC
Haberhauer	Franz	Sun Microsystems GmbH
Braune	Stephan	Leibniz Universität Hannover, RRZN	GDI-Grid
DAVID	Romaric	Université de Strasbourg	Project Euforia
Poghosyan	Gevorg	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	SCC
walker	rodney	LMU	ATLAS
Ressmann	Doris	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (KIT)	SCC
Dres	Helmut	KIT	SCC
Halstenberg	Silke	KIT	SCC
Möller	Klaus	DFN-CERT Services GmbH
Floros	Evangelos	GRNET S.A.	EGEE
Jin	Xin	Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen	OptiNum-Gridprojekt
Langner	Anja	KIT	SCC
Finston	Laurence	Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH, Göttingen	OptiNum Grid Project
Ratnikova	Natalia	KIT	EKP
Millar	Paul	DESY	dCache
Pattloch	Marcus	DFN-Verein
Metsch	Thijs	Sun Microsystems
Kemp	Yves	DESY
Jung	Christopher	SCC/KIT	HGF Alliance 'Physics on the Terascale'
Jrad	Foued	KIT	SCC / D-Grid
Gagliardi	Fabrizio	Microsoft
Sutter	Michael	KIT	IPE
Skole	Christian	KIT	EKP
Hanisch	Tim	Uni Karlsruhe	ekp
Bonsch	Markus	KIT	ekp
Gómez	Antonio	CIEMAT
Stotzka	Rainer	KIT-FZK	ipe / Grid Computing / EUFORIA-Meeting at IPE
Del Linz	Andrea	Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. (ELETTRA)	DORII
Gabriel	Sven	NIKHEF
Gutschera	Max	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	IPE
Spieß	Norbert	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	IPE
Schlichting	Frank	Sun Microsystems GmbH
Neuberger	Patrick	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	IPE
Götter	Michael	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	IPE
Reißer	Sabine	KIT	SCC
Berger	Joram	KIT
Dichev	Kiril	HLRS
Mol	Xavier	Karlsruhe Institue of Technology	Steinbuch Centre for Computing
Verena	Geißelmann	SCC/KIT
Fedynitch	Anatoli	II. Physikalisches Institut, Univ. Goettingen
Landhäußer	Andreas	T-Systems Solutions for Research GmbH	HPC eScience
Bonn	Matthias	KIT/SCC	SCC
Baun	Christian	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH	Institut für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
Wolf	Matthias	Universität Karlsruhe (TH)	EKP
Stober	Fred-Markus	KIT	EKP
Zeise	Manuel	Universität Karlsruhe	EKP
Krauß	Peter	Universität Karlsruhe	EKP
Hackstein	Christoph	KIT	IEKP
Oberst	Oliver	KIT	SCC / IEKP
Tsigenov	Oleg	RWTH - Aachen
Heiss	Andreas	KIT
Schaefer	Jan	DESY	IT
Baranova	Tatjana	DESY	IT
Schwarz	Kilian	GSI	ALICE
Troendle	Daniel	KIT	EKP
Richling	Sabine	Universität Heidelberg
Seifert	Marc	Universität zu Köln, RRZK	SuGI
Mauch	Viktor	SCC
Grosse-Oetringhaus	Jan Fiete	CERN
Hejc	Gerhard	TimeTech
Haefele	Matthieu	University of Strasbourg	EUFORIA
Hoenen	Olivier	University of Strasbourg	EUFORIA
Bylec	Katarzyna	PSNC	DORII
Bozic	Caslav	KIT	AIFB / IME
Navaro	Pierre	University of Strasbourg	EUFORIA
Mitterer	Christoph Anton	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Fakultät für Physik
Böhringer	Stephanie	FZK	SCC/Gridka
Clevermann	Fabian	TU Dortmund	IceCube
Owsiak	Michał	PSNC	EUFORIA
Grybel	Kai	University of Siegen
Slavnic	Vladimir	Institute of Physics Belgrade Institute	EGEE-III
Plociennik	Marcin	PSNC	EUFORIA
Šubelj	Matjaž	LECAD lab, Fac. of Mech.Eng.	University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Kulovec	Simon	LECAD lab, Fac. of Mech.Eng.	University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bartsch	Detlef	Universität Bonn
Kos	Leon	LECAD lab, Fac. of Mech.Eng.	University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Freitag	Stefan	TU Dortmund	D-Grid
Scheurer	Armin	KIT
Büge	Volker	KIT	EKP
Held	Hauke	KIT / EKP
Abbas	Zafar	Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Fernández	Enol	IFCA
Campos Plasencia	Isabel	CSIC	IFCA
Hau	Steffen	Universität Mannheim	Rechenzentrum
Martschei	Daniel	KIT / EKP
Heide	Lars	Forschungszentrum Jülich
Schulz	Frank	SAP Research
Büchner	Otto	Forschungszentrum Jülich	JSC
Manzano	Cristina	Forschungszentrum Jülich	JSC
Popov	Dmitry	Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg
Bozic	Stefan	KIT	SCC
Farcas	Felix	National Institute for RD of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies	IT Department
Bystritskaya	Elena	DESY
Gogitidze	Nelli	DESY
Limmer	Steffen	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen
Padberg	Alexander	University of Bonn	Department of Geography
Berlich	Ruediger	Gemfony scientific
Bender	Andreas	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
Fomenko	Alexander	DESY, Hamburg	H1 experiment/Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow
Poschlad	Angela	KIT/FZK	Steinbuch Center for Computing
Aldzhanov	Viacheslav
Koenig	Tobias	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Mei	Wen	KIT / FZK	SCC
Motzke	Andreas	KIT / FZK	SCC / GridKa
Dulov	Oleg	KIT
Stadie	Hartmut	Universität Hamburg
Größer	Manfred	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH	SCC
Schäffner	Ingrid	KIT	SCC / GridKa

2009 Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit May 27-28, 2009 Oak Ridge, TN

Live Stream Details Here

Wednesday -- May 27, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Exhibitor Set-Up Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex - Summit Exhibit Area
10:00 a.m. - 6:45 p.m	Summit Registration Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex
2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.	Welcome and General Session I: "Looking Back. Moving Forward - New Missions and New Opportunities in the Tennessee Valley Corridor" Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex Host: Ted Sherry, Manager, Y-12 Site Office, DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration Welcoming remarks: -Tom Rogers, Chairman, Tennessee Valley Corridor -Gerald Boyd, Manager, Department of Energy - Oak Ridge Office -Darrel Kohlhorst, President and General Manager, Y-12 National Security Complex -Congressman Zach Wamp Opening remarks: Congressman Zach Wamp; Congressman Lincoln Davis Keynote speaker: U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander Roundtable hosts: Congressman Zach Wamp and Congressman Lincoln Davis Roundtable participants: -Gerald Boyd, Manager, Department of Energy - Oak Ridge Office -Darrel Kohlhorst, President and General Manager, Y-12 National Security Complex -Ted Sherry, Manager, Y-12 Site Office, DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration -Dr. Thom Mason, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory -Dr. Dave Williams, President, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Coffee Break Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex - Summit Exhibit Area
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	General Session II: "Energy Innovation and the New Economy" Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex Host: Congressman Zach Wamp Keynote speaker: KR Sridhar, Principal Co-Founder and CEO of Bloom Energy Roundtable host: Congressman Zach Wamp Roundtable participants: -KR Sridhar, Principal Co-Founder and CEO of Bloom Energy -Gary Gilmartin, Laboratory Liaison Director, Y-12 National Security Complex -Dr. Dana Christensen, Associate Laboratory Director, Energy and Engineering Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory -Dr. Joe Hoagland, Vice President of Environmental Science, Technology & Policy, Tennessee Valley Authority
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Opening Reception Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex - Summit Exhibit Area
7:00 p.m. - TBD	Summit Attendee Dinner on Own
Thursday -- May 28, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Summit Registration Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Networking and Continental Breakfast Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex - Summit Exhibit Area
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	General Session III: "Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture - Bridging the Gap from Science to Commerce" Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex Host: Congressman Zach Wamp Keynote speakers: Congressman Phil Roe and Congressman Parker Griffith Roundtable host: Congressman Zach Wamp Roundtable participants: -Mike Cuddy, President and CEO, Technology 2020 -Dr. Alex Miller, William B. Stokely Professor of Management and Associate Dean for Executive Education, The University of Tennessee -Tom Rogers, Director of Industrial and Economic Development Partnerships, Partnerships Directorate, UT-Battelle/Oak Ridge National Laboratory -Grady Vanderhoofven, Fund Manager, Meritus Ventures, L.P. -Keith Buckner, Vice President of Manufacturing, Adaptive Methods -Todd May, Special Assistant to the Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Coffee Break Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex - Summit Exhibit Area
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	General Session IV: "Advancing our Regional Economic Development" Location: The New Hope Center, Y-12 National Security Complex Host: Congressman Zach Wamp Keynote speaker: Matt Kisber, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Roundtable host: Congressman Zach Wamp Roundtable participants: -Susan Reid, Executive Director, First Tennessee Development District -Tom Ballard, Director, Partnerships Directorate, UT-Battelle/Oak Ridge National Laboratory -Wayne Cropp, President and CEO, The Enterprise Center -Betty Huskins, President, Ridgetop Associates -Andrea Loughry, Chair, Mind2Marketplace -Greg Jones, Executive Director, Southern Kentucky Economic Development Corporation -Ethan Hadley, Vice President of Economic Development, Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County
12:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.	Oak Ridge Luncheon Tours   -- Y-12 National Security Complex  -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory  -- East Tennessee Technology Park  -- Oak Ridge Technology Tour (Oak Ridge Associated Universities' 21st Century      Classroom and Oak Ridge High School)

Ken Rubin on Practical Guide to SOA in Healthcare

From SOA Consortium

The Practical Guide to SOA in Healthcare, an output of the Healthcare Services Specification Project (HSSP), is a collaborative work of the OMG Healthcare Task Force & Health Level 7 (HL7). The goal of HSSP is to develop SOA specifications for health, specifically defining healthcare business services to enable interoperability between organizations across the health domain.

While not a standard, the practical guide provides context and guidance for healthcare IT organizations and professionals considering SOA. Using a fictitious example, the practical guide presents an 8-step process to establish a healthcare SOA, from enterprise architecture through sustainment, and includes valuable lessons learned.

During his talk, Rubin spoke of the current state of global healthcare, and anticipated changes with the new U.S. administration and Health IT programs. Walking through the practical guide, meeting attendees were keenly interested in the healthcare function to service mapping and the reference architecture. Rubin emphasized that the reference architecture is a starting point for people to think about the problem, and extend and amend for their own situations.

The first African Virtual Conference on Bioinformatics (Afbix '09), Online at Bioinformatics.Org, February 19-20, 2009

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Graduate students and researchers in computational biology, molecular biology and medicine.  The conference theme is "Tropical Bioinformatics."  While most of the presenters are either in Africa or studying African species, attendance is open to everyone.

MOTIVATION:
In addition to research on tropical diseases, pathogenesis and their vectors, the field of bioinformatics has become an important part of life science studies in Africa.  But, with the great geographical expanse of the continent, it is often impractical or uneconomical for African researchers to come together for conferences.  That is, in person.  The Bioinformatics Organization (Bioinformatics.Org) has therefore collaborated with the African Society of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (ASBCB) and Regional Student Groups (RSGs) in Africa to develop a bioinformatics conference that utilizes local institutions in Africa as "virtual hubs."

Participating African RSGs and the hub institutions:

- RSG East Africa (ILRI)
- RSG East Africa (ICIPE)
- RSG South Africa (SANBI)
- RSG Morocco (SMBI)
- RSG West Africa (Covenant University, Ota)

Other hub institutions:

- Notre Dame University, Indiana, USA

VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE:
Individual registrations cost only $10-30, depending on location.  Please see the conference description page (URL below).

PHYSICAL ATTENDANCE:
For more information about attending this conference via one of the aforementioned hubs, please contact afbixx@gmail.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Please visit the conference description page: http://wiki.bioinformatics.org/Afbix09

Kim Solez Provides Fall 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting Presentation Pointers

Kim Solez posted these comments in response to Internet2: Full Speed Ahead by Roger Smith, 11/22/2008, InternetEvolution.com

Hi Roger,

Great report! Just a few more links to engage the readership a bit more directly:

The Internet2 Detective (many people are connected to Internet2 and don't know it!)

Presentations from the recent Fall 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting highlighting advances in:

overall structure and capability

musical performance and instruction

social networking

<ed.note>Note especially: "How Social Networks can leverage and enable Web 2. 0 & Semantic Web/Grid", "Move to Virtual Team Science"</ed.note>

telemedicine and telepresence

Ironically Internet2 works as well as it does because of the relatively small number of users. This means that even in educational institutions that have been a part of the effort from the beginning it is unknown to most students and faculty. So an article like your can provide a great service making people aware of a remarkable resource that exists somewhat hidden right under their noses!

All the best. - Kim

Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)

The Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) is a geographically distributed virtual community of shared resources offering tremendous potential to advance the diagnosis and treatment of disease. BIRN is changing how biomedical scientists and clinical researchers make discoveries by enhancing communication and collaboration across research disciplines.

BIRN ...

• hosts a collaborative environment rich with tools that permit uniform access to hundreds of researchers, enabling cooperation on multi-institutional investigations.
• synchronizes developments in wide area networking, multiple data sources, and distributed computing.
• designs, tests, and releases new integrative software tools that enable researchers to pose questions and share knowledge across multiple animal models (mouse, human, and non-human primate).
• receives funding from the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), established in 2001.

2008 Fiber To The Home Conference & Expo September 21 - 25, 2008 Gaylord Opryland® Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, TN

<ed.note>The conference's theme is "Linking Communities at the Speed of Light" but more intriguing to me is the the scheduled appearance of Don Tapscott (The Naked Corporation: How the Age of Transparency Will Revolutionize Business, Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs, Creating Value in the Networked Economy, Blueprint to the Digital Economy: Creating Wealth in the Era of E-Business, Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation, The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence, Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World, Paradigm Shift: The New Promise of Information Technology)  adreessing his latest work, Wikinomics How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. Implicit in Tapscott's writings is management's buy-in of the distrubuted digital enterprise-enabled results-only collaborative work environment. If you happen to be one of those creatures (especially if you are from Nashville), I invite you to join the Linkedin.com Project Net-Work group and Technology Nashville.</ed.note>

Sunday, September 21, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration Opens
Monday, September 22, 2008
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration Opens
8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Developer Panel Workshop  *Additional fee*
8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Home Networking Workshop  *Additional fee*
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Track Session - Series 100  *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	FTTH Executive Summit *By invitation only* Moderated by: Don Tapscott, Author
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Track Session Series 200  *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	EXPO Grand Opening & Opening Reception *Open to all registered attendees*
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration Opens
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Opening General Session    *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only* Keynote Speaker - Don Tapscott, Author Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sponsored by: FTTH Council Awards Sponsored by: FTTxcellence Awards Sponsored by:
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Refreshment Break    *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Global Carrier Keynote Panel   *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.	EXPO Hall Opens   *Open to all registered attendees*
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.	Luncheon in EXPO Hall  *Open to all registered attendees*
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.	ITCo Panel  *Conference Pass attendees only*
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Track Session Series 300  *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.	Track Session Series 400   *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.	Track Session Series 500   *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	International attendee Reception   *By invitation only*
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Registration Open
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast  *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Government and Regulatory Panel
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	Track Session Series 600  *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	Track Session Series 700  *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Refreshment Break  *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Track Session Series 800  *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 a.m.	Panel Session Series 900  *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	On Own for Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	EXPO Hall Opens
4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.	Closing General Session with Keynote Speaker  *Conference Pass and Day Pass attendees only*
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.	EXTRAVAGANZA - Closing Reception with Entertainment *Additional fee* "Don't forget your dancing boots!"
Thursday, September 25, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Post Conference Workshops

European Commission Marie Curie Initial Training Networks Call For Proposals

The European Commission has published a call for proposals under the 'People' section of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The call relates to the Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITNs), which are intended to improve the career perspectives of early-stage researchers in both the public and private sectors, thereby making research careers more attractive to young people.

This will be achieved through a trans-national networking mechanism, aimed at structuring the existing high-quality initial research training capacity throughout Member States and Associated countries in both the public and private sectors. It will be implemented by supporting competitively selected networks of organisations from different countries engaged in research training.

The networks will be built on a joint research training programme, responding to identified training needs in defined scientific or technological areas, with appropriate references to interdisciplinary and newly emerging supra-disciplinary fields.

The action is primarily for researchers from Member States and Associated countries, but is also open to researchers from third countries.

The budget for the call is €185,000,000.

The deadline for submitting proposal documents is 2 September 2008 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time).

Further information here.

U.S. Department of Labor Dictionary of Occupational Titles Call for Participation

We are writing to request your assistance with an important program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) known as the Occupational Information Network (O*NET). The USDOL is gathering occupational information in an effort to better define worker and work characteristics such as knowledge, skills, abilities, activities, and work context for nearly 900 occupational categories in the U.S. economy. As the data is collected and published, it will be used by millions of employers, workers, educators, and students (http://online.onetcenter.org). Much of the information already is in use by agencies and organizations across the nation (http://www.doleta.gov/programs/onet/oina.cfm).

The O*NET program is seeking experts in the occupations of Bioinformatics Scientist, Bioinformatics Technician, and Biostatistician.  The last complete update of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles was conducted by USDOL in the late 1970s. Basic criteria includes that data be provided by individuals who have performed the occupation for at least one year, have a five or more years of experience in the notedoccupation, andhave performed in that same arena duringthe past six months. This can bepracticing, consulting, teaching, instructing, supervising, etc. A short description of the occupation currently being updated is listed below. Please use the description, not the title, to decide if you may be a good match:

Bioinformatics Scientists:  Conduct research using bioinformatics theory and methods in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. May design databases and develop algorithms for processing and analyzing genomic information, or other biological information.

Bioinformatics Technicians:  Apply principles and methods of bioinformatics to assist scientists in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. Apply bioinformatics tools to visualize, analyze, manipulate or interpret molecular data. May build and maintain databases for processing and analyzing genomic or other biological information.

Biostatisticians:  Develop and apply biostatistical theory and methods to the study of life sciences.

The Bioinformatics Organization, Inc. is asking for volunteers from our membership to assist in the collection of information about these occupations.  Please be assured that your decision regarding participation in O*NET will not impact your standing as a member of the Bioinformatics Organization, Inc..

RTI International (RTI), a nonprofit research firm, is assisting USDOL with the O*NET data collection effort.  Please send an e-mail indicating your interest to participate, including your experience, title, last name, first name, address 1, address 2, City, State, ZIP code, day time Phone number, and Bioinformatics Scientist, Bioinformatics Technician, and Biostatistician area of specialty to Ron Wandscher, Business Liaison, at rwandscher@onet.rti.org.  You can also call 877-233-7348 ext. 108.

By participating, you will contribute to a key resource providing our nation with continuously updated occupational information.  Thank you in advance for your time and effort.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s Tech 2007 Conference - October 10-11, Chapel Hill, NC

The Conference will explore the future of emerging and converging technologies that are reshaping today’s hottest industries. Now in its 17th year, the Tech Conference will focus on the latest cutting-edge markets and global opportunities in clean technologies, gaming and digital media, medical devices, new materials, nanotechnology, telecom, internet, software and hardware and more. Attendees will be inspired by speakers and panelists including Najmi Jarwala, president of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA; Edward Iacobucci, CEO of DayJet Corporation; and Don Dodge, director of Microsoft’s Emerging Technologies division and author of the blog, The Next Big Thing. Tech’s Demo Pavilion will serve as a launch-pad for over 35 innovative technologies from entrepreneurial companies, university groups, corporations and research institutions from across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. And, new this year, the hottest gaming technology companies will showcase their innovations at a special reception. Visit http://www.cednc.org/tech to learn more or call (919) 549-7500.