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The International Collaboration to Extend and Advance Grid Education

The NeSC training team supports this event under their commitment to the ICEAGE project

ICEAGE Forum Agenda
(Ischia, Italy, Saturday 15th July)

Description

Joint session with ISSGC06 8:45am

Location: Pathaecusa B

Start9:00 am
Break10:30 – 11:10
Lunch12:30 – 14:30
End16:00
Panel16:30 – 18:00

Slides: [ppt]



1. Welcome, Introductions and Update (30mins)
  1. Forum purpose
  2. Work in progress and related projects
  3. Challenges
2. Formalities (part 1) (30mins)
  1. Terms of reference
  2. Electing two forum co-chairs
  3. Two representatives for the ICEAGE project board
3. Raising the importance and investment in e-Infrastructure Education (60 mins)
  1. Priority to educating EU citizens to take advantage of e-Infrastructure
  2. How do we connect with Academic decision makers?
  3. How do we engage with National decision makers?
  4. Suggest strategies
  5. Organise and prioritise the work to develop these strategies.
  6. Produce an ICEAGE forum position paper “Educating EU citizens for e-Infrastructure”.
4. Identify good grid education curricula (60 mins)
  1. Target cohorts & realistic time constraints
  2. Target academic attainments
  3. Content of curricula: core concepts and their illustration
  4. Strategy for developing and maintaining curricular recommendations
5. Planning and producing publication of the ICEAGE forum (60 mins)
  1. Should we produce recorded expert lectures?
    • Editorial Oversight?
  2. Should we produce recommended curricula or should we establish criteria for curricula?
  3. Propose policies for Education in grid computing
  4. Which topics should we address through forming a Task Force?
6. Wrap up (60 mins)
  1. Review of today’s meeting
  2. Date and form of next meeting
  3. Commitment to actions and formation of Task Forces
  4. Arrangements for future summer schools: programme committees, etc.
  5. Do we want any other formal meeting during the weekend, e.g. A forum breakfast?

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