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= Boston Cloud Congress =  
 
= Boston Cloud Congress =  
The Boston Cloud Congress is a gathering of clouds provided for and by research and scientific institutions.  
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This page is for tracking and organising the community engaged in providing an international open cloud.
  
The intention of the 'Boston Cloud Congress' is to produce and ratify the "Boston Open Cloud Declaration".
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== About: ==
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* The Boston Cloud Congress is a gathering of clouds provided for and by research, academic and scientific institutions.
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* The event is planned to occur May 15th and 16th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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* The aim of the event is to produce a high level set of principles on the value for federating a distributed open cloud for researchers and scientists internationally.
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* The event objective for the 'Boston Cloud Congress' is to produce and ratify the "Boston Open Cloud Declaration".
  
Participants are asked to read the following resources prior to agreeing attendance at the event, to register you will be asked a series of questions to assure you are au fait with the material and content.
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== To Register / Participate: ==
 
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* Participants are asked to read the following resources prior to agreeing attendance at the event, to register you will be asked a series of questions to assure you are au fait with the material and content.
Required reading for attendance and participation at the Boston Cloud Congress:
 
  
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== Required reading for attendance and participation at the Boston Cloud Congress: ==
 
* Horizon 2020 Open Science Cloud Investment Scoping
 
* Horizon 2020 Open Science Cloud Investment Scoping
 
* EU Science Cloud  
 
* EU Science Cloud  
 
* (Australia) National Research Infrastructure Cloud
 
* (Australia) National Research Infrastructure Cloud
 
* NSF Chameleon and Jetstream funding
 
* NSF Chameleon and Jetstream funding
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== Register ==
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Please register your participation at the following link: TBA.
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== Activities to date (reverse chronological), please edit and add any new activities with a contact name, location and date. ==
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* Venue being discussed (98ppl) with MIT for 'day and half event' for May 15th and part of May 16th, 2016.
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* Scoping document published for circulation and discussion as [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ADid14vKrN6YM5V9SV6Sbvj8Ud87I5vJ16CaaTRmj-c/pub draft agenda for a Boston Cloud Declaration].
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* Responses and interest for a 'Boston Cloud Congress' to occur in collaboration with the OpenStack Summit in Boston May 2017 from MIT, CERN, UTS, ANL, NeCTAR, Jisc and H2020
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* July 2016 The Boston Cloud Congress proposed as a top-down event to discuss the policy and processes needed to be agreed for technical use case scenarios to be progressed.
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* May 2016 update provided via the Scientific-WG on technical use cases for federated cloud identity, conversations on technical implications for an international open access cloud federation begun.
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* April 2016 Luncheon with stakeholders from the USA (NSF, Internet2), UK & EU (Jisc, Horizon2020) and Australia (NCRIS) in Austin, Texas at the USA OpenStack Summit.  France's (Grid 500 invited unable to attend)
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* March 2016 Invitation to Directors of National Scientific Cloud providers, https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/Announcement-Scientific-WG-Austin-Summit by Dr Khalil Yazdi
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* January 2016 Scientific Working Group established via Stig Telfer, David F. Flanders, Paul Calleja and

Revision as of 22:14, 8 December 2016

Boston Cloud Congress

This page is for tracking and organising the community engaged in providing an international open cloud.

About:

  • The Boston Cloud Congress is a gathering of clouds provided for and by research, academic and scientific institutions.
  • The event is planned to occur May 15th and 16th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
  • The aim of the event is to produce a high level set of principles on the value for federating a distributed open cloud for researchers and scientists internationally.
  • The event objective for the 'Boston Cloud Congress' is to produce and ratify the "Boston Open Cloud Declaration".

To Register / Participate:

  • Participants are asked to read the following resources prior to agreeing attendance at the event, to register you will be asked a series of questions to assure you are au fait with the material and content.

Required reading for attendance and participation at the Boston Cloud Congress:

  • Horizon 2020 Open Science Cloud Investment Scoping
  • EU Science Cloud
  • (Australia) National Research Infrastructure Cloud
  • NSF Chameleon and Jetstream funding

Register

Please register your participation at the following link: TBA.

Activities to date (reverse chronological), please edit and add any new activities with a contact name, location and date.

  • Venue being discussed (98ppl) with MIT for 'day and half event' for May 15th and part of May 16th, 2016.
  • Scoping document published for circulation and discussion as draft agenda for a Boston Cloud Declaration.
  • Responses and interest for a 'Boston Cloud Congress' to occur in collaboration with the OpenStack Summit in Boston May 2017 from MIT, CERN, UTS, ANL, NeCTAR, Jisc and H2020
  • July 2016 The Boston Cloud Congress proposed as a top-down event to discuss the policy and processes needed to be agreed for technical use case scenarios to be progressed.
  • May 2016 update provided via the Scientific-WG on technical use cases for federated cloud identity, conversations on technical implications for an international open access cloud federation begun.
  • April 2016 Luncheon with stakeholders from the USA (NSF, Internet2), UK & EU (Jisc, Horizon2020) and Australia (NCRIS) in Austin, Texas at the USA OpenStack Summit. France's (Grid 500 invited unable to attend)
  • March 2016 Invitation to Directors of National Scientific Cloud providers, https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/Announcement-Scientific-WG-Austin-Summit by Dr Khalil Yazdi
  • January 2016 Scientific Working Group established via Stig Telfer, David F. Flanders, Paul Calleja and