1. EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE www.eu-egee.org EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks NA2 Face-2-Face Sarah Purcell NA2 Activity Manager CESNET, Prague, 27-28 November 07

2. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 2 Programme Tuesday/Wednesday Morning – Reviews by federation Tuesday Evening – Dinner: Jarmark Restaurant Rest of Wednesday – EGEE III, Industry, Material, Website, Metrics, Events, AOB.

3. EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE www.eu-egee.org EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks NA2 at CERN Sarah Purcell NA2 Activity Manager CESNET, Prague, 27-28 November 07

4. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 4 NA2 Personnel Sarah Purcell – Activity Manager Anne-Lise Goisset - Dissemination Support Officer Cristy Burne – iSGTW Editor

5. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 5 Main Activities Press releases and media relations (TNA2.1) Event attendance/co-ordination (TNA2.6) Dissemination materials – brochures, booklets, info sheets (TNA2.3, 2.4) iSGTW (TNA2.4) Website – Technical sites for NA1, NA2 (TNA2.5) Management accountabilities – reporting, deliverables, milestones

6. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 6 Press and Media 5 press releases since the annual project review –EGEE ’07 –New EBAs –100,000 jobs a day –Avian Flu –Interoperability Positioned articles in GRIDToday –EGEE ’07 Special Report in GRIDToday Increasing the media list –Alphagalileo –The Economist –BBC Radio 4

7. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 7 Events EGEE’07 –Provided assistance with organisation and publicity –NA2 presentations  New concept – a slot in other activities’ sessions  Very positive feedback – increasing for next year – more activities, more sessions SC’07 –Joint stand with GRNET and INFN –Some organizational hiccups, but all went well in the end –Good media opportunity – distributed 20 press packs and new press release –New promotional toys –Successfully negotiated a pitch for next year, despite the new rules –Learnt a lot to help with planning for next year

8. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 8 Material New material to use in dissemination –4-page flyer  Lighter than annual report (cheaper to produce, easier to transport)  More attractive than info sheets  Will continue to be relevant into EGEE III –User Forum Abstracts book  Provides an excellent snapshot of the scientific impact of the project  Planned for all future User Forums  ISBN number means it can be cited, and considered a proper publication by authors, encouraging future submissions –Related Projects Booklet  Produced in conjunction with RPLO  Convenient size and format  Highlights the depth and breadth of the project –Belief video “Creative Connections”

9. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 9 Material Current material - http://egee-na2.web.cern.ch/egee-NA2/material.html –Info sheets – Maintained and updated –Posters – Maintained and updated –Folders –Glossy brochures –Annual report –General presentations –Stickers –Business cards Material Distribution –Receive requests –Package and post requested material

10. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 10 iSGTW international Science Grid This Week (www.isgtw.org)www.isgtw.org Weekly newsletter in collaboration with Open Science Grid (USA) –For the international scientific Grid community –Highlighting research using Grid technology –Covering technological developments and opinions Subscriber base: 3236 (EGEE newsletter: 1800) Website hits: >50 000 visits/month

11. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 11 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Total monthly visits to iSGTW.org 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 Oct- 06 Nov- 06 Dec- 06 Jan- 07 Feb- 07 Mar- 07 Apr- 07 May- 07 Jun- 07 Jul-07Aug- 07 Sep- 07 Month Number of visits iSGTW iSGTW subscriptions 3000 3500 Apr-05 Jun-05 Aug-05 Oct-05 Dec-05 Feb-06 Apr-06 Jun-06 Aug-06 Oct-06 Dec-06 Feb-07 Apr-07 Jun-07 Aug-07 Month Number of subscribers iSGTW readership increasing dramatically

12. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 12 Websites Maintain and update

13. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 13 Websites Maintain and update*: –Technical website - http://egee-technical.web.cern.ch/egee-technical/ http://egee-technical.web.cern.ch/egee-technical/  3620 unique visitors from Switzerland, France, Italy, UK, Hungary and more  Most visited: List of RPs, Timesheets, Activities, FP7 –NA1 - http://egee-technical.web.cern.ch/egee-technical/NA1/index.htm http://egee-technical.web.cern.ch/egee-technical/NA1/index.htm  237 unique visitors from Switzerland, Italy, UK, France, S Korea and more  Most visited: Management, Gender, GAP Partners, GAP Best practice –NA2 - http://egee-na2.web.cern.ch/egee-NA2/ http://egee-na2.web.cern.ch/egee-NA2/  1083 unique vistors from Switzerland, Italy, UK, France, Hungary and more  Most visited: Material, Style, NA2 Meetings, Partners *Data since 1 May 2007

14. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 14 Website Metrics web form –Collaborated with NESC to develop the metrics web form http://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/NA2/login.cfm http://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/NA2/login.cfm Web Task Force –Contributed to development of the new EGEE website

15. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 NA2 F2F 27-28 November 07 15 Management Deliverables and Milestones http://egee-na2.web.cern.ch/egee-na2/deliverables-milestones.html –NA2 specific – EGEE newsletter, Openlab, 1st Tuesday, Annual Dissemination Report –Contributing to others – Quarterly Report, GAP Activities Management Meetings/Presentations –Weekly PEB –All Activity Meetings –EU Reviews Internal events –NA2 meetings!