AGENTLINK UPDATE # 68 – 6th January 2005 This is the email newsletter of AgentLink -- Europe's Network of Excellence for Agent-based Computing. The AgentLink WWW site is http://www.AgentLink.org/ IMPORTANT: Please take the time to ensure that every member of your group receives a copy of the AgentLink update. If you have a group mail alias, why not get this alias to be added to the mailing list? To subscribe/unsubscribe to this mailing list simply send a request to mailto: coordinator@agentlink.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * IST Call 5 Preparatory Workshop on Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems & Services (31st January - 1st February, 2005 - Brussels, Belgium) * Standards Activities: GGF 13 (14th-17th March, 2005 - Seoul, Korea) * EASSS 2005 Web Site On-line (18th-22nd July, 2005 - Utrecht, the Netherlands) * AgentLink RSS News Update now available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * IST Call 5 Preparatory Workshop on Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems & Services (31st January - 1st February, 2005 - Brussels, Belgium) The European Commission, DG Information Society, Grid Technologies Unit, are pleased to announce that the IST Call 5 Preparatory Workshop on Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems & Services will take place on 31 January - 1 February 2005 in Brussels. The workshop will consist of a six sessions along the two days. Participation is open to all interested parties on a first come first served basis, due to space limitations. Pre-registration is mandatory and can be done following the instructions given at: http://www.cordis.lu/ist/grids/call5_prep_ws.htm. The draft agenda is available for download and details are available at the above address. The report for the related Networking Session at IST 2004 is available from: http://europa.eu.int/information_society/istevent/2004/cf/vieweventdetail.cfm?ses_id=439&eventType=networking The workshop aims, in particular, to attract newcomers to the area to become actively involved in the discussion on emerging research ideas. All participants are invited to send a position paper for the sessions they plan to attend. Amongst all papers received, a few of more general interest will be selected and their authors invited to make a short presentation (5 min) during the workshop; others will have the opportunity to make a short position statement (1 min 1 slide) depending on the number of submissions. All papers received are planned to be distributed to the workshop participants and published on the Unit Cordis web site. If you do not wish to have your paper distributed, please so indicate it by unticking the appropriate box on the template. Position papers will be published, provided that they are sent before 10 January 2005, using the appropriate template (available from the above address). For any problems or questions you may have, please contact Annalisa Bogliolo (Annalisa.Bogliolo@cec.eu.int). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Standards Activities: - GGF meeting, Seoul, Korea, 14-17 March 2005 Registration for the the Thirteenth Global Grid Forum meeting, which will take place this 14-17 March in Seoul, Korea, is now open. Details for registration, hotel reservation, and information about the meeting venue and localities can be found at at: http://www.gridforum.org/Meetings/GGF13/reg.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * EASSS 2005 Web Site On-line (18th-22nd July, 2005 - Utrecht, the Netherlands) Folllowing on from successful summer schools on Agent Systems in Utrecht, Saarbrucken, Prague, Barcelona, Bologna and Liverpool, Agentlink is planning to organise the Seventh European Agent Systems Summer School in Utrecht, the Netherlands, 18 - 22 July,2005. The Call for tutorials has now closed; and the official Web Site is now online at: http://www.agentlink.org/happenings/easss/2005/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * AgentLink RSS News Update now available The AgentLink RSS 1.0 News Update feed is now available, providing RSS complient browsers and news aggregators with up-to-date builetins on AgentLink Activities and Announcements. 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