CRITICAL FACILITIES ROUNDTABLE

QUARTERLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING

STANFORD RESEARCH COMPUTING FACILITY

State of the Art High Performance Computing

POWER SPACE & COOLING

SEPTEMBER 20. 2013

Mission:

Dedicated to the discussion and resolution of industry issues regarding mission-critical facilities, their engineering and design,

and their maintenance.

We provide an open forum for our members and their guests to share information and to learn about new mission-critical

technologies, with the intention of helping members improve in technical expertise and develop solutions for the challenges of

their day-to-day critical facilities operations.

Purpose: To proactively influence the critical facilities industry, it's management, it's institutions, and it's regulators as a fundamental objective of the group's activities.

Membership: Limited to Critical Facilities Owners & Operators with no cost for membership.

Guests: From members' corporate real estate, facilities, and IT groups.

Activities and Operations

Meetings: Quarterly frequency (Hosted by members & volunteers).

Vendor Participation: Vendors granted committee membership, leadership and participation, but no roundtable membership or quarterly meeting participation.

Communications: eMail distribution of all information and website posting which should be regularly be checked by members and interested parties.

Presentations: Variety of topics by operators, consultants, and vendors.

Committee Formation: Attendees are invited to inquire about the formation and leadership of new committees with new  topics of interest. Preferences can be changed, and members can participate in more than one committee.

Upcoming Events:

10/29/2013 SVLG Data Center Energy Efficiency Summit Palo Alto, CA

02/18/2014 Teladata Technology Convergence Conference Santa Clara, CA

Data Center Efficiency Summit ~ Call for Case Studies ~

October 29, 2013 Hosted by HP in Palo Alto. CFRT Participation & Discount  

Deadline to Submit Case Studies: ~ September 3

Where are we?

Klystron Gallery above the beamline Accelerator

Aerial photo of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, with detector complex at the right (east) side

Inside view of the SLD

RF linear accelerator that accelerates electrons and positrons. At 2.0 miles long, the accelerator is the longest linear accelerator in the world, and is claimed to be "the world's straightest object."

RESEARCH SUPPORT

BUILDING 52

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WCC ROWS E2 & 3

Supercomputing

SRCF

“Culture Change and Research Computing at Stanford”

Many Thanks to Our Sponsors, Hosts & Speakers

Southland Construction