[slurm-users] Meeting Announcement / Partly-Cloudy 2019 / Friday October 18th

[Stuart Kendrick]

PARTLY-CLOUDY MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

https://partly-cloudy.fredhutch.org





MECHANICS

Partly Cloudy 2019

       Date:  Friday October 18th, 2019

       Location:  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA USA

       Cost:  $250

       Meeting Theme

               How are you using the Cloud today?

               What stops you from using it more?

               What changes to Cloud Services would increase your Cloud usage?

       URL:  https://partly-cloudy.fredhutch.org

       Registration Page:  Under Construction





OPTIONAL

       Fred Hutch will host hands-on BASH and Python training during the day on Thursday October 17th, aimed at researchers and the sys admins supporting them





AGENDA

Thursday Day

     Optional Hands-on Training (additional fee)

     Morning:  Intro to BASH

     Afternoon:  Intro to Python



Thursday Evening

6:00 - 9:00pm Welcome Dinner & Networking



Friday Morning

8:30 - 9:00 Bob Robbins, Scientist & Educator:  Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:00 - 9:30 Sam Minot, Staff Scientist/Fred Hutch:  Workflow Managers in a Cloudy World

9:30 - 10:00 Lukas Karlson, Cloud Architect / Broad Institute:  Cloud Billing and Cost Controls for Research at Scale

10:00 - 10:45 Break

10:45 - 11:15 Lance Smith, IT Director / Celgene:  Chargebacks, Cost Control, and Serverless in Pharma

11:15 - 11:45 Kate Hertweck, Bioinformatics Training Director / Fred Hutch:  Community Development

11:45 - 12:15 Shane Sanders + Sandeep Namburi, CyberInfrastructure Manager + Cloud Analyst / Jackson Labs:   Bursts, Forecasting, and Storm Avoidance: Utilization of Cloud Platforms



Friday Afternoon

12:15 - 1:15 Lunch

1:15 - 2:15 Breakout sessions

2:15 - 2:30 Break

2:30 - 4:00 Plenary Session

    What lessons will you take home?

    What changes to Cloud services would increase our adoption?



The Steering Committee intends to produce a white paper, based on the material the conference generates, capturing the answers to this last question, anticipating that this paper will be of value to Cloud providers.  Come help us build the content for this white paper.



--sk


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