Confab25 Program

Afternoon — 1:00PM–5:00PM 

Future Visions & Directions: State-of-the-art networking for science

Description: Join us for the Confab25 opening session to hear from DOE and ESnet leadership about updates and future directions for ESnet to meet the rapidly advancing requirements of large-scale integrated DOE scientific research. The opening session will include dinner and a keynote speaker.

• Inder Monga
  Executive Director, ESnet

• Benjamin Brown
  Director, DOE Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research Facilities Division

• In Conversation: Inder Monga & Ben Brown, Followed by Open Q&A

• Katerina Antypas
  Director, National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC))

• In Conversation: Carol Burns and John Sarrao
  Dr. Burns is Deputy Director for Research and Chief Research Officer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  Dr. Sarrao is Director, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Evening/Dinner — 5:30PM–7:30PM 

• Keynote: William Collins
  Associate Laboratory Director of the Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Monday dinner will be provided as part of the meeting.

Registration & Breakfast — 8:00AM–9:00AM

Morning — 9:00AM–12:00PM

ESnet-Enabled Science

Description: ESnet’s vision is to enable scientific progress that is unconstrained by the physical location of instruments, people, computing resources, or data. This session features ESnet collaborations with scientists and networking experts to realize this vision for specific science projects and experiments.

Lightning Talks (Submit a proposal!)

Lunch — 12:00PM–1:00PM

Working Lunch (lunch provided) 

Afternoon — 1:00PM–5:00PM 

Integrated Research Infrastructure: Updates from the Leadership Committee

Description: Members of the Integrated Research Infrastructure (IRI) Management Council will provide IRI updates and discuss opportunities to engage with IRI activities.

Not Just Fast Data: ESnet Advanced Networking Services to Enable Science

Description: How do ESnet services tie together for users to create a high performance networking system for science?

Registration & Breakfast — 8:00AM–9:00AM

Morning — 9:00AM–12:00PM

Integrated Research Infrastructure Workflows: Science & Technology Examples

Description: What does Integrated Research Infrastructure (IRI) look like in practice? Hear from ongoing efforts to bring research tools, infrastructure, and user facilities together seamlessly and securely in novel ways to radically accelerate discovery and innovation.

• Keynote: Jana Thayer
  Division Director, Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Lightning Talks  (Submit a proposal!)

Lunch — 12:00PM–1:00PM

Working Lunch (lunch provided) 

Afternoon — 1:00PM–5:00PM 

User Facilities: Current and Future Role of Advanced Networking Capabilities

Description: What is the current role of ESnet’s high performance data network in DOE user facility activities? How are facility needs and collaborations evolving to respond to changing science needs and IRI resource co-operation practices?

Session: Emerging & Evolving Technologies: Where are we headed?

Description: What are the emerging and evolving tools and technologies that will likely become part of daily use within the next five years? Where are they today, and how do we plan for wider adoption and integration?

• Keynote: Ian Foster
  Director, Data Science and Learning Division, Argonne National Laboratory