Registration for Harvard's Biomed HPC 2008 Leadership Summit is now open

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Harvard Medical School
June 19, 2008
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Dear Colleague,  
 
I am pleased to extend a personal invitation for you to participate in
Harvard's 
Second Biomedical High Performance Computing Leadership Summit in Boston

on October 6th and 7th with a reception on the evening of October 5th.

Harvard's Biomedical High Performance Computing Leadership Summit 2008 
is the premiere event for the people who create and deploy high
performance 
computing infrastructure in biomedical fields. The Summit convenes
leaders from 
around the country and the world to share ideas and collaborate on
today's and 
the next generation of grid and cluster computing in biomedical research

environments. Approximately 200 CTOs, CIOs, and Senior Grid and Cluster 
Designers from top research and biomedical organizations as well as
technical 
leaders from HPC vendors around the country will come together to hear 
presentations and discussions in four focus areas:
 
* Building and maintaining large scale HPC infrastructure
* Managing biomedical storage growth
* Connecting to national and international grids
* Green computing and data center efficiency  
 
In addition to the presentations, there will be a break-out track with 
participation from the attendees as well as a special keynote and gala
dinner.  
 
Register for the Summit at:   

https://biomedhpc.med.harvard.edu  
 
Early bird registration closes on August 1st -- so register today to
secure your
spot!

I look forward to seeing you at the Summit!


Marcos Athanasoulis
Director, Information Technology
Harvard Medical School
Chair, Biomed HPC Leadership Summit