<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>There have been some questions about the Spectrum Scale Users Group event for SC16 and we thought it best to publish our draft agenda and continue to fill it in as details get settled. That way you can make your travel plans and schedules. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The date and rough times are set, we may adjust the time range a bit depending upon the number of user talks that people would like to give. So note, yes! <i class=""><b class="">we are asking for user talks. Please consider doing this.</b> </i>We always receive positive feedback about talks given by users that describe real world experiences. If <b class=""><i class="">any</i></b> of the user talk slots below are of interest to you, please let us know as soon as you can. We may turn at least one user talk into a panel if we can get enough participants.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>As always, your feedback is welcome. This is a <b class=""><i class="">users</i></b> group after all.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So, here’s what we have planned so far:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Date: Sunday November 13th</b></div><div class=""><b class="">Venue: TBD, but near the convention center in downtown SLC</b></div><div class=""><b class="">Time: ~12:30p - ~17:30p</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">Agenda:</b></div><div class=""><b class="">12:30 - 12:50 Welcome / Overview<br class="">12:50 - 13:50 The latest in IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS<br class="">13:50 - 14:20 User Talk: Big Data in HPC<br class="">14:20 - 14:50 User Talk: Tiering to Object Storage<br class="">14:50 - 15:20 - break -<br class="">15:20 - 15:50 User Talk: TBD … volunteers! please! <br class="">15:50 - 16:35 Spectrum Scale Enhancements for CORAL<br class="">16:35 - 17:20 News from IBM Research<br class="">17:20 - 17:30 Closing</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kristy & Bob</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kristy Kallback-Rose</div><div class="">Manager, Research Storage</div><div class="">Indiana University</div></body></html>