Thursday, October 08, 2009

New Details on Al Gore Keynote at SC09

The SC09 folks have announced the title of Al Gore's Keynote Presentation for Thursday, November 19th. The SC09 Keynote will be titled, "Building Solutions - Energy, Climate and Computing for a Changing World."

Gore will deliver the keynote presentation on Thursday, November 19th for the anticipated crowd of 11,000 attendees made up of leading computational scientists, researchers, and supercomputing experts from around the globe, many of whom work on HPC platforms and supercomputers researching life-changing issues such as disease understanding, drug discovery, renewable energy, and global climate change.

Here's a recap featured speakers at SC09:

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH

Opening Address: The Rise of the 3D Internet: Advancements in Collaborative and Immersive Sciences

Speaker: Justin Rattner, Intel Corporation
Time: 08:30AM - 10:00AM
Room: PB253-254-257-258


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH

Plenary Speaker: Systems Medicine, Transformational Technologies and the Emergence of Predictive, Personalized, Preventive and Participatory (P4) Medicine

Speaker: Leroy Hood, Institute for Systems Biology
Time: 08:30AM - 9:15AM
Room: PB253-254-257-258


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH

Keynote Address:Building Solutions: Energy, Climate and Computing for a Changing World

Speaker: Former U.S. Vice President, Al Gore
Time: 08:30AM - 10:00AM
Room: PB253-254-257-258

Friday, October 02, 2009

Hurry! Register for SC09 Now and Save Big Time

The SC09 early registration deadline is October 12th. A new fee structure for SC09 makes it even more advantageous to register early this year. Registering early can save you up to $250 off your technical program registration (depending on your registration category). Also, registering by Oct. 12th can save you up to $305 off tutorial fees.

Register early for both and save up to $555!

To register for SC09, please visit the Registration Site.