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2-6 June 2008; Barcelona, Spain
Blogging from the 23rd Open Grid Forum (OGF23)

OGF23 has gathered more than 400 participants, all working to accelerate grid adoption to enable business value and scientific discovery. The 23rd meeting of the Open Grid Forum, and the first event held by new project OGF-Europe, OGF23 promises to be an exciting week. Find out more through the GridCasts and OGF23 blog.

Latest podcasts from Barcelona (Total : 13 - click to see)

June 4th - Live from the OGF23 welcome reception - Part I
June 3rd - Dieter Kranzlmueller on pricing and grids
June 3rd - Future challenges of grid computing?
June 3rd - Jamie Shears on the achievements of the LCG
June 3rd - Is investment in grids paying off?
June 3rd - Mario Campolargo on the global inpact of grids
June 3rd - Craig Lee on grids for non-specialists
June 3rd - Mario Campolargo on grids in Europe
June 3rd - Francesc Subiradia on grids and energy
June 3rd - Grid computing in Brazil
June 2nd - Helmut Heller and Siew Hoon Leong - Leibniz Supercomputing Centre
June 2nd - Miguel Estaban - Ontogrid

The 23rd Open Grid Forum (OGF23) - BLOG

	Flavia Donno Flavia is a self-confessed “grid geek” who also enjoys motorcycles, mathematical thinking and mountain climbing. With a PhD in Information Engineering (completed with a newborn baby in tow!), Flavia is interested in grid standardization, interoperability, and data and storage management.

	Sergio Andreozzi Watch out for Sergio, our roving photographic reporter. Sergio is an active player in OGF as part of the GLUE Working Group and also involved with OGF-Europe. With a varied background in research, development and teaching about grid computing, Sergio likes spending his free time behind the camera..

	Dieter Kranzlmüller Dieter is leading the EGI_DS project, an effort to design a sustainable pan-European grid infrastructure. Before EGI, Dieter served as EGEE deputy project director. Dieter is a computer science professor at the Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich and particularly enjoys parallel programming and debugging.

	Cristy Burne A biotechnologist with zero experience in IT, Cristy somehow spent last year editing iSGTW and has now joined the GridTalk team to continue her foray in to computer science. Cristy has worked as a technical editor in Japan, a science presenter in South Africa, and a freelance writer in Australia.

	David Wallom David is the technical manager of the Oxford e-Research Centre and technical director of the UK National Grid Service. When not messing around with computers he spends most of his time either trying to sell his house (not the easiest thing in Britain at the moment!), or rebuilding his 1934 vintage racing car.

	Rosa M. Badia A computer scientist also keen on the outdoors, Rosa is active in grid projects across Europe and the world. Rosa is a Barcelona local, mother of twins and the manager of grid computing at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. Rosa particularly enjoys the relevance of grid computing to fields like medicine or chemistry.

	Sven van den Berghe Sven is a principal researcher at Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe. He has an HPC background but has spent the last decade developing grid middleware, mainly Unicore. Sven finds that his best ideas come when walking his two Labradors through his local woodlands—or on the back of a beer mat in a pub.

	Corentin Chevalier Corentin is GridTalk's technical wizard. Corentin has just joined the grid universe. He's specialized in website conception, particularly flash, animations and dynamic systems. He also keeps close track of new technologies and concepts, of which grid computing is a biggie. Unlike fellow blogger David, Corentin is trying to buy a house.

	Stephanie Parker Stephanie’s job is to understand how emerging and novel technologies can deliver major benefits to the private and public sectors. She has worked closely with business and research communities across Europe, China, India, Latin America and the South Pacific, and is also involved in OGF-Europe.

	Jens Jenson Jens studied maths and physics at the universities of Odense and Aarhus in Denmark, and eventually got a PhD in maths. After a spell as a maths post doc, he worked in quantum cryptography. Jens has been working in grid computing at RAL for about 6.5 years. He does not own a car, does not have a dog, and has never been to Aberdeen.