balticgrid innovation lab (bgi) initiative
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BalticGrid Innovation Lab (BGi) Initiative. Åke Edlund BalticGrid Project Director. Building an industry network bottom up. If the mountain won’t come to us, we have to go to the mountain…. Building an industry network bottom up. The BGi idea. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BalticGrid-II ProjectBalticGrid-II Project
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BalticGrid Innovation Lab (BGi) Initiative
BalticGrid Innovation Lab (BGi) Initiative
Åke EdlundÅke EdlundBalticGrid Project DirectorBalticGrid Project Director
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Building an industry network bottom up
Building an industry network bottom up
If the mountain won’t come to us, we have to go to the mountain…
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Building an industry network bottom up
Building an industry network bottom up
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The BGi ideaThe BGi idea
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BGi course – building scalable business on BG resources
BGi course – building scalable business on BG resources
Different types of coursesDifferent types of courses 2-3 days crash courses Semester long courses Being part of e.g. “Software Project” course Example applications Labs are done on the BC infrastructure
The course is being developed at the momentThe course is being developed at the moment First run: 18th and 25th of May, University of Tartu,
Estonia (crash course + “startup school”)
We also plan to do both technical and more We also plan to do both technical and more business oriented coursesbusiness oriented courses Economics of Cloud computing
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Networking – BGi course alumni and industry
Networking – BGi course alumni and industry
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“Standing
on the
shoulders
of
giants”
“Standing
on the
shoulders
of
giants”
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“If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”
Isaac Newton, 1676
SMEs and startups are all invited to use the BalticGrid resources.
This is well invested time.
See next presentation on how the BalticCloud adds an entrance to the vast BalticGrid resourses.
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BGi StatusBGi Status
Started January 2009
Initiated the BalticCloud Rolling out in all Baltic and Belarus
– See BalticCloud presentation Course pilot, starting May 18+25, Tartu
University, two day course, including hands-on cloud computing and “startup school”– To be followed up by courses in Latvia,
Lithuania and Belarus
…. stay tuned!
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Summary slideSummary slide
BGi is a novel way of engaging SMEs to use BalticGrid resources.
It is a long term bottom-up approach, taking more time to build
Goal is a robust usage and network, available long after the end of the BG project
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