EGEE-II INFSO-RI Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks NA2 Face-2-Face Sarah Purcell NA2 Activity Manager CESNET, Prague, November 07

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F 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.

EGEE-II INFSO-RI Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks NA2 at CERN Sarah Purcell NA2 Activity Manager CESNET, Prague, November 07

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

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F 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

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F 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

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F 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

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F 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”

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F November 07 9 Material Current material - –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

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F November iSGTW international Science Grid This Week ( 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: > visits/month

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F November Total monthly visits to iSGTW.org 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 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

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F November Websites Maintain and update

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F November Websites Maintain and update*: –Technical website  3620 unique visitors from Switzerland, France, Italy, UK, Hungary and more  Most visited: List of RPs, Timesheets, Activities, FP7 –NA  237 unique visitors from Switzerland, Italy, UK, France, S Korea and more  Most visited: Management, Gender, GAP Partners, GAP Best practice –NA  1083 unique vistors from Switzerland, Italy, UK, France, Hungary and more  Most visited: Material, Style, NA2 Meetings, Partners *Data since 1 May 2007

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F November Website Metrics web form –Collaborated with NESC to develop the metrics web form Web Task Force –Contributed to development of the new EGEE website

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI NA2 F2F November Management Deliverables and Milestones –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!