Supercomputing for the 21st Century: Advanced Modelling and virtual prototyping - A step change
18 September 2012
16:00 - 22:00
The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG
Organised by the Research and Development Society
Sponsored by Intel, IBM and the Institute of Physics
Programme will follow once confirmed.
Description
Please join David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science and distinguished expert speakers for a stimulating evening examining the new Strategic Vision for UK e-Infrastructure in which Government is investing £165m to ensure the UK maintains its competitive advantage; hear about key UK opportunities for Scientific Modelling and Virtual Prototyping; learn about the challenges facing Next-Generation Super-Computer Design and New Software Development and see how the new International Centre for Computational Science and Engineering (ICE-CSE) will ensure the UK maintains its global lead in this discipline.
Speakers will be the RT Hon David Willetts, MP, Minister of State for Universities & Science and Co-Chair of the UK E-Infrastructure Leadership Council; Professor Dominic Tildesley, co-chair of the E-Infrastructure Leadership Council and formerly Vice President Discover Platforms, Unilever Research and Development; Dave Turek, Vice President of Exascale Computing, IBM; Sean McGuire, Director, Strategic Government HPC Programs for EMEA, Intel; Dr Adrian Wander, Director Computational Science and Engineering Department, STFC; Dr Gillian Murray, Operations Director, Virtual Engineering Centre; Dr Andy Searle, Head of High Performance Computing, Jaguar Land-Rover.
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Registration Fees
These include refreshments during the event and drinks reception at 20:00:
- £35 (Members of IOP and R&D Society)
- £70 (others)
A number of free student places are available on a first come first served basis, and students are very warmly encouraged to join the discussions.
Contact us for more information: business@iop.org
Programme
| 16:00 | Registration and Refreshments |
| 16:30 | Welcome and Introduction Professor Colin Whitehouse, Chair R&D Society |
| 16:35 | Key UK Opportunities for Scientific Modelling and Virtual Prototyping – The new Strategic Vision for UK e-Infrastructure Professor Dominic Tildesley, Co-Chair of the UK E-Infrastructure Leadership Council |
| 17:00 | The Challenges facing Next-Generation Super-Computer Design and New Software Development (b) Sean McGuire, Director of Strategic Govt HPC Programs (EMEA), Intel (20 minutes) |
| 17:40 | The new Hartree International Centre for Computational Science and Engineering - An Overview of the Exciting Opportunities for New Scientific and Engineering Modelling Dr Adrian Wander, Director, Computational Science and Engineering Department, STFC |
| 18:00 | Refreshments Interval and Networking Includes the arrival of Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities & Science |
| 18:30 | The Importance of E-Infrastructure and High Performance Computing for Future Science, Technology and Economic Growth Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities & Science; Co-Chair of the UK E-Infrastructure Leadership Council |
| 18:45 | Key Opportunities for Next-Generation Virtual Prototyping for Blue-Chips and SMEs (a) The Virtual Engineering Centre and its Multi-Sector Virtual Prototyping Activities (b) State-of-the Art Virtual Prototyping in the Automotive Industry |
| 19:15 | Panel Q&A Discussion (to include all speakers) |
| 20:00 | Post-Event Drinks and Networking |