I am delighted to announce this conference and to advise you of an Early
Bird discount of 15 percent if you book before 16 April.

Additionally the conference is complemented by three workshops (listed
below) taking place on 26 and 27 May.

To receive further information on the conference or the workshops, please
email me at [log in to unmask] and I will be delighted to send a .pdf
brochure:

[  ] Web Services and the Grid conference, 24-25 May
[  ] Expanding Bandwidth, Data Integration: Technology and Business
Benefits, 26 May
[  ] Semantic Web: Next Generation Web Services and Knowledge Management,
26 May
[  ] Distributed Computing: Technology Foundations for e-Science and
Enterprise, 27 March

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE ON 24-25 MAY:
The two-day conference provides an opportunity to understand and explore
the potential of Grid Computing. It discusses how Grid Computing is fast
expanding from academia into the business world and producing commercial
benefits.

It explains how grid Computing allows organisations to better utilize their
own resources and to tap into the vast potential of those offered by the
internet in order to perform complex computing tasks faster.

By attending you have a unique opportunity to meet, exchange ideas with and
learn from researchers, developers, vendors and users.

You will hear Grid Computing success stories from organisations such as
Rolls Royce and QuinetiQ, the views of the major players in this
marketplace including Microsoft, Oracle and IBM plus keynote presentations
from Professor Ian Foster “the father of Grid Computing” and Tony Hey,
Director of the UK’s Core e-Science Programme.

PRESENTERS INCLUDE:
Ian Foster, Argonne National Labs, USA; Max Lemke, European Commission;
Graham Hesketh, Rolls Royce plc; Tim Banks, IBM Hursley Lab; John
Darlington, London e-Science Centre; Peter Brudenall, Simmons and Simmons
Solicitors; Carl Taylor, QuinetiQ; Tony Hey, Director of the UK’s Core e-
Science Programme; Anthony Saxby, CTO, Microsoft; Guy Lonsdale and Jochen
Finberg, NEC Europe; Jon Page, Oracle; Savas Parastatides, University of
Newcastle upon Tyne; Alan Gould, BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre.

The conference chair is John Davies, Manager, Next Generation Web Research,
British Telecommunications plc.

EXHIBITION:
There is also a related exhibition alongside the conference where you can
meet with key providers of solutions and services.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Please let me know me if I can be of further help or if you would like
information on sponsorship or exhibition opportunities - my telephone
number is +44 (0) 1895 256 484; email: [log in to unmask]

Please do not hesitate to forward this information to your colleagues who
may be interested.

Kind regards,

Sara Batley
UNICOM Seminars Ltd