1. caBIG™ Annual Meeting Update June 23-25 2008 June 13, 2008

2. 2 Agenda 2008 caBIG™ Annual Meeting Overview Logistics Program Summary Arch-Related Sessions World’s Fair/Awards Questions/Answers

3. 3 Annual Meeting Overview When: June 23-25 2008 Where: Omni Shoreham Hotel (note: reduced rate no longer available) To reserve a room contact: Omni Shoreham Hotel 2500 Calvert Street, NW (at Connecticut Avenue) Washington, DC 20008 Hotel Main Phone: 202-234-0700 Toll-Free Line: 800-545-8700 Hotel Main Fax: 202-265-7972

4. 4 Program Summary Day 1 caBIG™ Overview: Monday June 23 1:00pm-7:30pm Learn the basics about the NCI’s cancer Biomedical Information Grid (caBIG™) and how it can help you and your organization to accelerate biomedical research. Day 2 caBIG™ In Action: Tuesday June 24 8:30am-7:00pm Gain insight into the NCI’s caBIG™ initiative and how it is already driving changes in biomedical research for investigators and Institutions around the country. Day 3 caBIG™ Inside: Wednesday June 25 8:30am-3:30pm Get a look “under the hood” of caBIG and learn what being caBIG-compatible could do for you. Program Available at: https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/2008AnnualMeeting/monday.htm https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/2008AnnualMeeting/monday.htm

5. 5 Arch-Related Sessions Tuesday, June 24 (Day Two) Silver to Grid Data Services (Day Two and Three) Interest Area: Silver to Grid Data Services: A How-To Overview Part 1: Overview of Training and Demo of caGrid Semantic Interoperability Part 2: Developing a Silver-Level Compatible Data Service API Part 3: Deploying a Data Service on caGrid and Using caGrid Service APIs Deploying and Integrating caBIG™ Tools With Existing Informatics Systems and Workflows at The Jackson Laboratory Interest Area: Scientific Problem Solving

6. 6 Arch-Related Sessions (Cont.) Wednesday, June 25 (Day Three) Silver to Grid Data Services (Day Two and Three) Interest Area: Silver to Grid Data Services: A How-To Overview Part 1: Overview of Training and Demo of caGrid Semantic Interoperability Part 2: Developing a Silver-Level Compatible Data Service API Part 3: Deploying a Data Service on caGrid and Using caGrid Service APIs Compatibility Guidelines v3.0, Gold Compatibility Review Criteria and Review Process Interest Area: Deploying caBIG™ Tools caGrid: Current Overview and Future Plans Interest Area: caBIG™ Project Resources caBIG™ Tooling/caCORE SDK and Introduce Interest Area: caBIG™ Project Resources Security 201: Building the Trust Fabric Interest Area: Data Sharing and Security Framework

7. 7 World’s Fair/Awards Monday and Tuesday, June 23 and 24 The goal of the World’s Fair is to highlight caBIG™ tools and infrastructure that are available for adoption by those wishing to connect with caBIG™. Demonstrations at the World’s Fair will show how these tools can be used to support cancer research across the bench-to-bedside continuum, focusing specifically on the user experience At the World’s Fair there will be multiple exhibits by companies and organizations that are collaborating with the caBIG™ initiative Posters will also be on presentation (e.g. caBIG™ LMS, Compatibility, Data- Sharing, Standards, Vocabularies) An Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday June 24 th to honor those who have contributed to caBIG™

8. 8 For More Information Please reach out to the following people with questions and for more information: Cheryl Anderson anderson_cheryl@bah.comanderson_cheryl@bah.com (301)998-3231 Patti Kwong kwong_patti@bah.comkwong_patti@bah.com (301)998-6939 Jaimee Nusbacher nusbacher_jaimee@bah.comnusbacher_jaimee@bah.com