The first worldwide SGI Users' Conference will be held from 11 to 14 October 2000 in Kraków -
the leading scientific and cultural centre of Poland, the city nominated the Capital of the European Culture for the year 2000. The Conference will be a forum for SGI users, independent software vendors, applications developers, research and industry scientists, as well as for decision makers.
The event will offer SGI users an exceptional opportunity to meet each other, share
ideas and experiences, and contact representatives and developers from SGI.
The Conference will comprise tutorial session on the first day followed by a three-day
technical and scientific program with:
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invited talks, |
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contributed presentations from the SGI users community, |
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presentations of new SGI products, |
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round table discussions, |
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social events |
An exhibition, featuring the latest state-of-the-art hardware and software will be held concurrently. |
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| Main topics
The following topics will be covered by the Conference:
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experience with SGI products for high performance computing, |
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large scale simulations, |
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visualization, graphics and multimedia, |
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applications in science, industry and commerce, |
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system management, resource management and batch systems, |
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tools and programming environments, |
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data storage |
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