EMI is partially funded by the European Commission under Grant Agreement RI NA2 : Outreach and Training Emidio Giorgio, INFN NA2 Leader 2 nd EMI Periodic Review Brussels, 12 June 2012

EMI INFSO-RI NA2 Objectives Recommendations from 1 st review 2 nd year strategy – Achievements Toward 3 rd year : conclusions and outlook Overview 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review2

EMI INFSO-RI Objective 4: Strengthen the participation and support for user communities in the definition and evolution of middleware services – Sub-objective 4.1: Establish a dissemination plan to make the objectives and achievements of the EMI project known and a sustainable training and knowledge exploitation plan to integrate the results of the project in the long-term activities of EGI, PRACE and other DCIs and transfer knowledge and competences to community and commercial initiatives – Associated Y2 deliverables and milestones NA2 objectives 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review3

EMI INFSO-RI Recommendations from Y1 review 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review5 “Improve online promotion and marketing to increase traffic to website so that many more people will use the website than the currently reported numbers.” “Improve online promotion and marketing to increase traffic to website so that many more people will use the website than the currently reported numbers.” “Improve the website, taking into consideration the suggestions made elsewhere in this review report.”

EMI INFSO-RI Web presence – web site revamping – New channel : social (Google Plus, Facebook), high level video Dissemination – promotion of EMI through the web site Publications – EMI Technical conference proceedings – Production of dissemination content – Factsheets Training 2 nd year strategy 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review6

EMI INFSO-RI New channels 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review7 See References [1-5]

EMI INFSO-RI Dissemination 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review8

EMI INFSO-RI Web content 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review9 Leading Publication of “Proceedings of EGI Community Forum 2012 – 2nd EMI technical conference” Proceeding of Science – SiSSA ~60 contributions Leading Publication of “Proceedings of EGI Community Forum 2012 – 2nd EMI technical conference” Proceeding of Science – SiSSA ~60 contributions See References [6-11]

EMI INFSO-RI Web presence 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review10

EMI INFSO-RI Web accesses overview 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review11 Trends comparison Nov Apr 2011 Nov Apr 2012 Top 5 visited pages Products Emi-1-kebnekaise Documentation Releases Emi-1-kebnekaise-updates Top 5 search keyword Emi middleware emi Emi grid European middleware initiative Configure LB WMS same host

EMI INFSO-RI In reach – Debian packaging tutorial – EMI 2 QA policies changes Out reach – DCISS 2011 : Basic and advanced end users training – GridKa school for sysadmin – EGI TF : End users tutorial – Second EMI Technical Conference Sysadmin and developer sessions featuring EMI 2 highlights (WNoDeS, EMI-ES, ARGUS API) Material available on the EMI Web Site [R14] – Synchronized with EGI repository Training 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review12

EMI INFSO-RI KPITargetY2 Number of international events organised 21 Number and type of published material 463[1] Number of training events 47 Key Performance Indicators 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review13

EMI INFSO-RI Consolidation of Y2 achievements Support the transition from project to collaboration – ScienceSoft Future events – OGF 35/36 – EGI Technical Forum 2012 – EMI event 2013 Training – webinars – document deployment scenarios – Joint training with EGI/NGI Conclusion and outlook 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review14

EMI INFSO-RI Questions ? Thanks for listening 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review15

EMI INFSO-RI [R1] [R2] [R2] [R3] [R4] [R5] [R6] [R7] [R8] [R9] [R10] [R11] [R12] [R13] [R14] References 12/06/12Bruxelles, 2nd EMI Periodic Review16