Cooperation and outreach
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Long term vision
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position the National Centre for Scientific
Research and France in the grid
international landscape
Create the french national structure in the
european initiative now formed
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Objectives and means
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draw the attention of the targets, attract
the partners, increase the reputation of
the participants, generate a request for
services
Relationships to mediae, Internet site,
publications, presentations, events
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Last actions
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Press release,
Inaugural day,
Press article,
Web Pages,
Leaflet,
Poster,
Internet workshop and Grids in Africa
Workshop Mibio’08, EGEE User Forum
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Projects in progress
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« Ville européenne des Sciences »
14-16 nov. Grand Palais, Paris
Colloquium « Prospective » 6-7 Oct.,
Paris
« ICT08 », Nov. Lyon
EGI during ECRI, 9-10 Dec. 2008,
Versailles
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Cooperation
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Cooperation actions with respect to Sub-Saharian Africa
Conference of Montpellier, in partnership with the
foundation “Shares Knowledge” Action within the
framework Africa
Visit in South Africa, May, 2008 in cooperation with the
French embassy, Visit in Senegal July, 2008
Set up the first EGEE computing grid node in subSaharan Africa at the Data-processing Computer Centre
of the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar (UCAD).
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Training of African experts in France, September 2008
Organizing a large African workshop on grid toward grid
users in Africa, in December 2008, in Durban.
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Training
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maintain and drive the infrastructure
operations, provide the necessary
training, support and dissemination for
existing and new user communities that
use the infrastructure, and work in close
collaboration to ensure the infrastructure
is prepared for sustainability.
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10 September 2008
Conclusions & prospectives
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Many already commited actions since our birth
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In 2009, the future « Institut Français des
Grilles » (infrastructure,..)
« Livre blanc », results of the Prospective
colloquium (communication, ..)
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10 September 2008