1. INFSO-SSA-26637 International Collaboration to Extend and Advance Grid Education Education and Training at IST Conference, Helsinki Malcolm Atkinson Director e-Science Institute UK e-Science Envoy 23 rd November 2006

2. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 Abraham Lincoln Take Home Story To take advantage of e-Infrastructure – Make commensurate investments  In Education  In Training Education, Training & Outreach – Essential to support emergence of e-Infrastructure Education, Training & Outreach – Vital to exploiting e-Infrastructure Engage more minds in creating our future Engage young minds in creating their future If you think the cost of education is expensive, consider the cost of ignorance

3. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 What is important?

4. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 Where does investment have most impact?

5. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 Which is Europe’s Greatest Asset?

6. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 Choose: Educate or Waste Investment

7. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 What & who do we teach – in times of change? Grunts & body language 500,000 years Speech 50,000 years Writing 5,000 years Printing 500 years Tele-communications 50 years Broadcasting 50 years Home computers Internet & WWW Mobile phones Grid & Web2.0 Web3.0 & Ubiquitous connected devices Famous wrong predictions – The UK will never need more than 3 computers – There is no market for bitmap displays – No one will want a computer at home – 640Kbytes is enough memory for anyone Global grids – EGEE & OSG Web 2.0 – Sharing & community action – MySpace, MyStreet, Mobile phones – More countries than UN – 2.7 billion users – > 40 billion SMS in UK in 2006 – 2008 Handset < €15 to make You are here € In  30 years “Wellbeing” the global-scale killer app., Sir Robin Saxby Oct. 2006

8. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 Complementary Approaches Training – Targeted – Immediate goals – Specific skills – Building a workforce Education – Pervasive – Long term and sustained – Generic conceptual models – Developing a culture Both are needed Society Graduates EducationInnovation Invests PreparesCreate Enriches Organisation Skilled Workers TrainingServices & Applications Invests PreparesDevelop Strengthens Emphasis here in times of change

9. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 The Challenge & Response Challenge – Engaging best minds – Reaching citizens – Motivating change – Creating curricula – Creating teaching material – Supporting teaching – Educating educators – Scaling up For all disciplines For all levels E & T And rapidly adapting to – Advances in understanding – Social change – Technology change Response – Collaboration & pooling – Across Europe – Globally – Europe led – But today far short of what is needed EGEE & EGEE II Training – > 30 active partners – Training team & events – Shared material, portal & t-Infrastructure – Aiming for catalysis CT7: Training Activities ICEAGE Education – Forum & policy – Influence & Support Working together

10. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 EGEE II Training Leading international collaboration – http://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk – 32 EGEE II partners – ~20 associated projects Training events – 67 events since April ’06 – + contributions to 3 Summer Schools – 1333 attendees Pool of Training Material – Digital library http://egee.lib.ed.ac.uk Self-paced learning T-Infrastructure – Gilda https://gilda.ct.infn.it – gLite training VO Impressions – GridKa School 2005 Dr. Mike Mineter / EGEE

11. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 CT7: Training Activities Bringing together training & education – From all EU Grid Research & Grid Infrastructure projects – Led by CoreGrid www.coregrid.net – Chaired by Rosa Badia – Co-chair David Fergusson – Training Roadmap – Coordinated list of events – Common processes based on EGEE training – CoreGrid Summer Schools  80 participants @ CSS06  B, CH, CL, CZ, D, ES, F, GR, HU, IT, NL, UK  35 lectures, 25 lecturers

12. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 ICEAGE International Collaboration – Grid Education http://www.iceage-eu.org/ Forum 57 members – 40 attended 9 countries – Aim to influence Services for Educators – Digital library – Self-paced learning – Educate the educators Summer Schools – Five in 2006 – 230 students – Led ISSGC06 – Five in preparation T-Infrastructure – Advances driven by Summer Schools

13. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 Paths to Influence e-IRG – Education & Training TF – Led by ICEAGE & UK – Identifying policy – Framing cooperation – Outreach Open Grid Forum – Education & Training CG – Met GGF16 Athens onwards – Led from Europe – Pooling ideas – Sharing resources – International policy – Outreach

14. INFSO-SSA-26637 IST Conference, Helsinki: 23 November 2006 Summary & Reminder Research is powered be well-educated people Invest in Education & Training – It is essential for innovation – It is essential for the European Citizens – It is essential for business & health – It is essential for our culture Europe’s students will understand & respond Start now don’t talk about it – do it and Create our Future Save us when our dependency on IT exposes us? Otherwise RoI on your other investments is in jeopardy