EUIG2 at Climate Change Stand @ ICT2010
23 September 2010
ICT2010 is Europe's most visible forum for ICT research and innovation and will take place 27-29 Setpember at Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium. This biennial event has become a unique gathering point for researchers, business people, investors, and high level policy makers in the field of digital innovation. ICT 2010 will focus on policy priorities such as Europe's Digital Agenda and the next financial programme of the European Union for funding research and innovation in ICT.
EUIndiaGrid2 will participate at the event with a special information stand in collaboration with EUMEDGRID-Support, EGI-inSPIRE and ScienceTalk. The stand is titled "e-Infrastructure for Climate Change - a Worldwide Cooperation", and will focus on the global e-Infrastructure landscape showcasing major achievements, success stories and future perspectives from around the world with a special focus on climate change, a topic which particularly effects India, in places such as Mumbai (right), where flooding has become a problem. This includes activities of past and future projects such as Africa ROC, EELA-2, e-IRGSP2, EMI, EPIKH, HP-SEE, SEE-GRID-SCI, IGE, EUAsiaGrid, SEE-GRID-SCI, GISELA and CHAIN with emphasis on the synergy among network, grids, high performance computing and data repositories, and their impact on large scale applications and collaborative research.
The stand will be situated in the International Village Zone D, Stand D05
EUIndiaGrid2 is playing an important role in enhancing and increasing Euro-India cooperation on e-Infrastructures through collaboration with key policy players both from the Government of India and the European Commission. EUIndiaGrid2 also works closely with policy initiatives such as e-IRGSP2 and Euro-India SPIRIT
Global networks are the glue that holds together Scientific Research Communities around the world. Networks such as GÉANT (The Pan-European Education and Research Network), TEIN3 (The Trans-Eurasia Information Network) and the NKN (National Knowledge Network of India) are all key to this process.
Two main grids exist in India – the Regional component of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG ) and GARUDA, the India National Grid Initiative. Both initiatives strongly rely on the development of national and international connectivity. In this respect fundamental steps have been taken and impressive targets have been achieved.
