The next CCP5 northern regional meeting (NASG) will be hosted by the HPC Research Group and the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Huddersfield on the 11th January.  The meeting is open to all Simulation Groups in the North of England.

The "Cloud" is a natural evolution of distributed computing and of the widespread adaption of virtualization and SOA. In Cloud Computing, IT-related capabilities and resources are provided as services, via the Internet and on-demand, accessible without requiring detailed knowledge of the underlying technology.  The IEEE International Conference and Workshops on Cloud Computing Technology and Science, steered by the Cloud Computing Association, aim to bring together researchers who work on cloud computing and related technologies.

The tenth e-Science All Hands Meeting (AHM) will be held from 26th-29th September 2011, in the historic city of York, United Kingdom. The main themes will be shared infrastructures, using the cloud in research, end-user engagement, applications (e-science, e-social science, research in the arts and humanities). The conference will feature keynote presentations, workshop sessions, poster presentations and demonstrations. Papers will be peer reviewed and a selection published in a special issue journal (to be confirmed).

Grid computing enables the sharing of distributed computing and data resources such as processing, network bandwidth and storage capacity to create a cohesive resource environment for executing distributed applications. The Grid conference series is an annual international meeting that brings together a community of researchers, developers, practitioners, and users involved with Grid technology. The objective of the meeting is to serve as both the premier venue for presenting foremost research results in the area and as a forum for introducing and exploring new concepts.