ERSUG Agenda

Monday, Jan. 8
8:00	Shuttle Buses arrive at Marriott
8:15	Buses Depart promptly for Berkeley Lab
8:45	Coffee

9:15	Report from the MICS Program Office -- Kitchens

9:45	NERSC / ESnet -- McCurdy, Leighton, McCoy, Jette, Welcome,
	-  What stays the same
	-  Shape and Scope of the NERSC at Berkeley Lab,
	     including integration  to ER programs
	     increased partnering
	     distributed computing

11:45	Break

12:00	Working Lunch -- Pier Oddone
	Vision for program Leveraging at Berkeley Lab
	and extensibility throughout Energy Research

1:15	Break

1:45	Status of the Move
	-  Critical Path of NERSC Move to Berkeley Lab-- Merola
	     including:  staff, space, facilities, timeline
	-  Contract Issues -- Fitzgerald
	-  LLNL NERSC support -- McCoy
	-  Communication with Users and DOE -- McCurdy
	-  Key Personnel and other Issues -- McCurdy

3:15	Break

3:30	Procurement -- McCurdy
	-  vendor
	-  configuration
	-  schedule
	-  early access/friendly user plans

5:15	Shuttle Bus departs to Hotel

Evening:  No Host Dinner, Location TBD


Tues, Jan. 9
8:00	Shuttle Buses arrive at Marriott
8:15	Buses Depart promptly for Berkeley Lab
8:45	Coffee

9:15	A perspective from Headquarters -- Nelson

9:45	Focused Discussion:   Allocation Process
               -- Kendall, Kitchens, McCurdy, Jette
	-  SMP capacity engine
	-  MPP capability engine
	-  SPP-like or hybrid

11:45	Break

12:00	Working Lunch -- Chuck Shank, Bky Lab Director
	The Berkeley Lab Commitment to success of the NERSC

1:30	Break

2:00	Focused Discussion: -- Hingerty/Kendall
	Restructuring of EXERSUG, including
	-  relationships: SAC, Program Offices and the NERSC
	-  membership process
	-  accountability
	-  distributed computing

3:30	Update of Green Book -- Kendall

4:30	Buses Depart to Marriott