THIRD ANNUAL HPC USERS CONFERENCE

High Performance Computing:
Moving Beyond Islands of Innovation

 September 7, 2006

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington DC 20004

 

Co-Sponsored by the Council on Competitiveness
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 
the U.S. Department of Energy’s
National Nuclear Security Administration and Office of Science
and the National Science Foundation

 

The following speakers are confirmed. Please check back for additions to this agenda.

AGENDA

7:30 a.m.

 Breakfast/Registration

8:15 a.m.

Welcome

Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness

 

Dr. Karen A. Holbrook, President, The Ohio State Univeristy, and Co-Chair, Council on  Competitiveness HPC Advisory Committee

8:45 a.m.

Keynote Address

Dr. Robert Rosner, Director, Argonne National Laboratory

9:15 a.m.

Panel 1: High Performance Computing – Driving Competitiveness Through Collaborative Computing

Industry, university and government executives will discuss the potential for expanding HPC usage for regional economic development and indusrial competitive advantage through public-private sector collaboration.  What are the strengths and weaknesses of different public-private partnership models and how we can better leverage the country's HPC assets for a national competitive lift?

 

Moderator: Dr. Peter Freeman, Director, Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation

Panelists:

Beverly Clayton, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

 

Dr. Ian Foster, Director of the Computation Institute, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago

 

Jim Mainard, Head of Research & Development, DreamWorks Animation, SKG


Dr. Terry Talley, Chief Architect, Products and Infrastructure Technology, Acxiom

10:45 a.m.

 Break

 

11:30 a.m.

Results of New HPC User Surveys

Suzy Tichenor, Vice President and Director, High Performance Computing Initiative, Council on Competitiveness

12:15 p.m.

Luncheon

Dr. Michael Strayer, Associate Director, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Department of Energy

1:30 p.m.

 Panel 2: Driving HPC Through the Supply Chain

Industry executives representing both suppliers and purchasers will explore the challenges and benefits of using the supply chain to drive HPC to a broader user base, as well as the role of HPC in optimizing a company’s supply chain for added profitability and competitive gain.

Moderator: Marshall Phelps, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Corporation

Panelists:

Gary Abyad, President, Clopay Plastic Products Company

 

Tom Lange, Director, Corporate R&D Modeling and Simulation, The Procter & Gamble Company

 

Dr. Jayant S. Sabnis, Chief Engineer, Systems Analysis & Aerodynamics, Pratt & Whitney

 

Nancy Stewart, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

3:00 p.m.

Next Steps/Building the Strategy

Dr. David E. Shaw, Chairman, The D.E. Shaw Group and Co-Chair, Council on  Competitiveness HPC Advisory Committee

3:30 p.m.

Adjourn