Reykjavík May 2022

Responsible HPC

19ᵗʰ of May 2022

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Responsible HPC Conference

Borealis Data Center and the University of Iceland HPC invite you to join us on the 19th of May in Reykjavík where key speakers will discuss high-performance computing from a data center perspective and as a responsible service while looking at its application, research and future within the European Union.

Venue 

Lækjarbrekka - Kornhlaðan
Bankastræti 2, 101 Reykjavík


We recommend booking a hotel at your discretion near or in central Reykjavík. 

Conference agenda 19ᵗʰ of May

08:30 - 09:00 am Breakfast
09:00 - 09:10 am Prof. Jón Atli Benediktsson, rector and president of the University of Iceland: Opening remarks
09:10 - 09:20 am Björn Brynjúlfsson, CEO and Founder of Borealis Data Center: HPC and HA from a data center perspective
09:20 - 09:30 am Prof. Dr. -Ing. Morris Riedel, University of Iceland: NCC Iceland
09:30 - 10:00 am Anders Dam Jensen, Executive Director of EuroHPC: Relevance of EuroHPC
10:00 - 10:30 am Daniel Opalka, Programme Officer R&I at EuroHPC: R&I work program status EuroHPC
10:30 - 10:45 am Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15 am Dr. -Ing. Bastian Koller, Managing Director, High Performance Computing Center, Stuttgart: EuroCC status and next funding period
11:15 - 11:40 am Hrólfur Jónsson, CEO of UI Science Park: Overview of UI Science Park
11:40 - 12:00 am Ívar K. Jasonarson, Specialist at Landsvirkjun Climate- and environmental department: Landsvirkjun’s minimal carbon footprint and sustainable practices
12:00 - 13:00 pm Lunch break
13:00 - 13:20 pm Kristján Hafsteinsson, Sr Business Development manager at Origo: Responsible HPC
13:20 - 13:30 pm Mark Fieldhouse, General Manager EMEA at Rescale: Balancing Innovation Velocity and Sustainability
13:30 - 13:40 pm Romain Klein, Technical Director EMEA at Rescale: Balancing Innovation Velocity and Sustainability
13:40 - 14.00 pm Martin Hosken, Chief Technologist at VMware: Building the Ideal HPC Service Platform for VMware Cloud Providers
14:00 - 14:20 pm Rod Evans, EMEA Director for super computing and higher education at Nvidia: HPC and AI convergence
14:20 - 14:40 pm Werner Paulus, VP OEM solutions at 2CSRi and Bertil Brendeke, VP sales at Submer: How to run HPC servers with more energy efficiency
14:40 - 15:10 pm Coffee break
15:10 - 15:30 pm Karl Hansen, Solution sales manager at Lenovo: Does access to fully renewable energy remove the need for energy efficiency
15:30 - 15:45 pm Dr. Lilit Axner, Director of EuroCC NCC Sweden: National HPC Competence Center in Sweden
15:45 - 16:00 pm Prof. Dr. -Ing. Morris Riedel, University of Iceland: Applications
16:00 - 16:15 pm Bill Patrowicz, CEO and Founder of Kaiser Global and Reykjavík Institute: Reykjavik Institute
16:30 pm Excursion to Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Plant
17:00 pm Orka Náttúrunnar: Introduction to Geothermal energy
17:30 pm Cocktail’s at Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Plant

This event was co-hosted by the EuroCC project National Competence Center for HPC and AI in Iceland. This EuroCC project has received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 951732. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and Germany, Bulgaria, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Republic of North Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro.

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