Announcing that Registration to the CHPC National Meeting 2009 and 5th BELIEF Symposium to is now open

The joint event of CHPC and BELIEF intends to explore the contributions and expectations from policy makers, research communities, ICT vendors, industries, academia and EU funded projects. Through a series of presentations and open discussion forums, both local and international stakeholders and key players will have the opportunity to jointly harness synergies, in an attempt to promote existing cyberinfrastructure activities.

The event will showcase some of the recent progress in the South African (SAn)cyberinfrastructure and its role in SA and developments in Africa. Keynote research and application results utilising the cyberinfrastructure will be illustrated, and the latest international developments will be discussed.

As one of the three pillars within the Department of Science and Technology's (DST’s) national cyberinfrastructure initiative, the core mission of the CHPC is to increase the competitiveness of South Africa through promoting the adoption of high performance computing (HPC) and data technologies and tools across all sectors. In order to satisfy DST’s grand vision, the CHPC attempts to foster a multi-array of vibrant and productive computational research communities alongside experimentalists. The CHPC aims to leverage its computational platforms, expertise and funding to facilitate the advancement of South Africa - from bioinformatics, engineering and astronomy to humanities, finance, and arts - in both public and private sectors.

For more information and registration please visit http://www.chpcconf.co.za