http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/SyHolsinger/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from SyHolsinger en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:13:00 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:13:00 BST I as in ClermontFerrand Michelin Capital pop. 140000 nightlife pop 8 for the 3rd EGEE User Forum basically when all of the people who are actually using the technology get together explain how they are using it and outline progress and issues. There were some interesting demos there as well. I chaired the session of Finance and Multimedia on the first day and gave a summary presentati http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-248889.html In theory I traveled to Sofia Bulgaria for the EGEEII AllActivity Meeting but in reality I just traveled towards it. I will be damned if this doesn't become part of my travel blog to Sofia Bulgaria. Here is my story ENJOYStarting my day at 5am to catch a taxi to the airport for a flight from Pisa to Milan at 6.55am only to have that flight cancelled for the second time. From there a bus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bulgaria/West/Sofia/blog-238400.html I was in Manhattan for New Year's. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-226557.html Twice a year the communications activity within EGEE the project I work on get together and have a facetoface meeting. This year a partner review was tagged on as a recommendation from the Commission.I was extremely excited to go to Prague as it has been one of my places that I wished to visit and it did not disappoint. It was a beautiful city clean and I would definitely pay to return espec http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/North/Prague/blog-225080.html My first meeting for EGEE was the biannual AllActivity meeting held midJanuary in Bologna. Was a well needed learning experience plus it put faces to email addresses. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Bologna/blog-222413.html As a project review by the European Commission is quite an important milestone we held a Dress Rehearsal to iron out any remaining kinks. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Geneva/blog-222411.html This was a joint conference between EGEE and the Open Grid Forum that attracted over 800 participants. I coorganized the Enterprise Requirement Workshop within the event. Manchester is not one to be desired they have to thank God that their soccer team is what it is. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-Manchester/Manchester/blog-222410.html Every year European funded projects must go through an official review by the European Commission. I gave a presentation on EGEE and Business relations. Basically you have to justify what you've done with taxpayer money and present what you had accomplished throughout the year. Then there is a 1015 QA after each presentation quite nerve racking actually but went well. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Geneva/blog-222409.html EGEE holds a biannual AllActivity Meeting. Since the lead partner is CERN based in Geneva large meetings are normally held there. CERN is huge located just outside the city like a military base would be so I didn't get to see much of the city. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Geneva/blog-222407.html I was invited to Greece to give a presentation on EGEE and Business. I did not have a chance to visit much of the city but have posted the limited pictures that I took. I did see the famous White Tower cannot take credit for the picture but I did see it. The evening was quite crazy as there was the Prime Minister election and both candidates were in town to give speeches. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Central-Macedonia/Thessaloniki/blog-221859.html I was in Budapest for the EGEE'07 Conference. I was part of the programme committee in organizing a Business Track within the conference chaired a session and ran a Grid and Business meeting in order to gather field experts. We had a gala dinner on a boat traveling up and down the Danube River. Eastern Europe and still cleaner than Pisa. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Budapest/blog-221857.html I was in Madrid for a 3S Project Consortium Meeting. I have been managing this project as well due to the normal project manager on maternity. I saw a Picasso exhibition that was fantastic. I am not an art guy but it was really cool to see an actual Picasso. Guernica see pic was huge took up most of the wall. Now I can understand why some people go to these things you could really look at http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-221856.html