PARTLY-CLOUDY MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
https://partly-cloudy.fredhutch.org
MECHANICS
Partly Cloudy 2019
Date: Friday October 18th, 2019
Location: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA USA
Cost: $250
Meeting Theme
How are you using the Cloud today?
What stops you from using it more?
What changes to Cloud Services would increase your Cloud usage?
URL: https://partly-cloudy.fredhutch.org
Registration Page: Under Construction
OPTIONAL
Fred Hutch will host hands-on BASH and Python training during the day on
Thursday October 17th, aimed at researchers and the sys admins supporting them
AGENDA
Thursday Day
Optional Hands-on Training (additional fee)
Morning: Intro to BASH
Afternoon: Intro to Python
Thursday Evening
6:00 - 9:00pm Welcome Dinner & Networking
Friday Morning
8:30 - 9:00 Bob Robbins, Scientist & Educator: Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:00 - 9:30 Sam Minot, Staff Scientist/Fred Hutch: Workflow Managers in a
Cloudy World
9:30 - 10:00 Lukas Karlson, Cloud Architect / Broad Institute: Cloud Billing
and Cost Controls for Research at Scale
10:00 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:15 Lance Smith, IT Director / Celgene: Chargebacks, Cost Control,
and Serverless in Pharma
11:15 - 11:45 Kate Hertweck, Bioinformatics Training Director / Fred Hutch:
Community Development
11:45 - 12:15 Shane Sanders + Sandeep Namburi, CyberInfrastructure Manager +
Cloud Analyst / Jackson Labs: Bursts, Forecasting, and Storm Avoidance:
Utilization of Cloud Platforms
Friday Afternoon
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:15 Breakout sessions
2:15 - 2:30 Break
2:30 - 4:00 Plenary Session
What lessons will you take home?
What changes to Cloud services would increase our adoption?
The Steering Committee intends to produce a white paper, based on the material
the conference generates, capturing the answers to this last question,
anticipating that this paper will be of value to Cloud providers. Come help us
build the content for this white paper.
--sk
