First CloudFlow Project Conference

The Future of engineering in the Cloud

Portorož, Slovenia, Thursday 28th of May 2015

CloudFlow Project Call for Proposals: 1MIO € available for SMEs from June to September 2015Second OPEN CALL for additional Application Experiments within the CloudFlow Project will be open from June to September 2015, with 1 MIO € budget available for future project partners! Application Experiments shall be rooted in computational technology for manufacturing and engineering industries, preferably SMEs, giving them affordable access to Cloud technologies. The CloudFlow Project Conference is an excellent opportunity for potential experiment proposers to pitch their project idea, to receive valuable feedback form CloudFlow Project Expert Group, and to find suitable partners for proposal preparation!

Join top experts from Europe to discuss new views of engineering workflows: from CAD, CAM, PLM to CFD in the HPC Cloud.

Explore the state-of-the-art in industrial computing.

Discover new business models and opportunities for your enterprise. Shape the future by joining the project consortia with your challenge.

Who should attend?Heads of R&D and development engineers from manufacturing enterprises,Entrepreneurs and decision makers from Small and Medium Enterprises (SME),Independent Software Vendors in the CAD, CAM, PLM, CFD fields,HPC and Cloud solution providers,CAE domain experts,Researchers from academia,Students from related curricular fields.

Early bird registration until 30th of April 2015

1 MIO €EU funds available!

Agenda

Venue: Grand Hotel Bernardin, Portorož, Slovenia

Registration fee

Registration fee includes coffee break refreshments and lunch.Early Bird Registration(until 30th of April)

Regular Registration

Industry, SMEs, ISVs 50 EUR 100 EURAcademia and research organizations 25 EUR 50 EURStudents* free free

Register today to ensure your place at the meetingwww.hpc4sme.eu/CloudFlowConference

*student registration doesn’t include lunch

About CloudFlow Project

CloudFlow is a FP7 IP project connecting 28 partners from 12 European countries. The project goal is to integrate Cloud based computational services into established engineering workflows and standards. CloudFlow Project aims to empower different engineering disciplines with on-demand access to scalable computational services, without the need for costly high performance local infrastructure or complex software installations.

More info: www.eu-cloudflow.eu

8:30 - 9:30 Registration

9:30 - 10:00 Welcome speech by CloudFlow Project coordinatorAndre Stork, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany

10:00 - 10:30 Importance of HPC and Cloud computing for SMEs in EUkeynote speaker: Max Lemke, Deputy Head of Unit Complex Systems and Ad-vanced Computing, EC

10:30 - 11:00 From CAD to CFD: a complete engineering workflow in the CloudDaniel Weber, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany

11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:00 From CAD to CFD: enabling the tools for End Users moderated practical demonstration with the representatives of software vendors partners in CF consortium: Sven Mueller, Stellba, Germany

12:00 - 12:30 CF Portal presentation/announcementTomi Ilijaš, Arctur, Slovenia

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:00 Presentation of 2nd Open Call for Aplication ExperimentsTor Dokken, Sintef, Norway

14:00 - 15:45 Pitch of experiment proposal ideasOpen Day attendees will have opportunity to present their proposal ideas and challenge the CloudFlow Expert Group to provide immediate feedback for each proposal pitch

15:45 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 16:30 What’s next: Engineering Cloud until 2020 and beyondAntonio Collado, CARSA, Spain

16:30 - 17:00 Wrap UpAndre Stork, Fraunhofer IGD, Germany

17:00 - 18:00 Individual meetings with consortium partners and/or CF Expert Group (upon request)