6th October 2008

CERN

The LHC Grid Fest was celebrated the 3rd of October at CERN, Geneva, in the Globe.

This fest celebrated the readiness of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG), an e-infrastructure conceived and designed to support this data challenge, and with it the research of more than 9000 physicists around the globe.

CERN openlab sponsors contribution to WLCG was highlighted during this day and the sponsors benefited from major exposure.

In the morning Wolfgang von Rüden, Head of CERN's IT department and Head of CERN openlab, delivered a presentation focusing of CERN openlab activities. Robert Aymar, CERN Director General, presented the LHC computing awards to Intel and Oracle for their outstanding contribution to LHC computing.

In the afternoon, during a session chaired by Sverre Jarp, CERN openlab CTO, the following speeches were delivered by openlab sponsors:

• Networking the LHC Grid , Bill Johnson, Director of Research & Development at HP ProCurve

• The Drive for improved performance/watt and increasing compute density , Stephen Pawlowski, Intel's Senior Fellow, Digital Enterprise Group Chief Technology Officer

• When Research meets Industry , Stéphane Rousset, Senior Vice President EMEA at Oracle

The presentations were followed by a Q&A session.

CERN openlab activities were also mentioned in several press releases related to the LHC Grid Fest:

• CERN openlab issued a press release related to the event and the sponsors' contribution entitled "CERN openlab boosts the performance of LHC Computing".

• Intel also published a press release focusing on their collaboration with CERN openlab and the LHC computing award received during the LHC Grid Fest.

• CERN openlab sponsors were mentioned in the LHC Grid Fest press release entitled "Let the number-crunching begin: the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid celebrates first data".