[activities] HotCloud '09 Registration Now Open

[Lionel Garth Jones <lgj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We'd like to invite you to the Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud
Computing (HotCloud '09), taking place in San Diego, CA, June 15, 2009.

HotCloud '09 will discuss challenges in the Cloud Computing paradigm,
including the design, implementation, and deployment of virtualized
clouds.

Join academics and practitioners in sharing experiences, leveraging each
other's perspectives, and identifying new and emerging "hot" trends in
this area.

The program includes sessions on:
* Cloud Platforms and Architectures
* Elastic Clouds and Resource Management
* Storage Cloud and Appliances
* Map Reduce and Cloud Applications
* Panel on Cloud Computing

The full program can be found at
http://www.usenix.org/events/hotcloud09/tech/

Don't miss this opportunity to engage in dynamic discussion on
key topics in the cloud computing community. Register today at
http://www.usenix.org/hotcloud09/proga

HotCloud will be co-located with the 2009 USENIX Annual Technical
Conference (USENIX '09), June 14-19:
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix09/

Multiple Conference Savings: Go to both HotCloud '09 and USENIX '09 and
save $100 off your USENIX '09 registration.
Contact the Conference Department at conference@xxxxxxxxxx to receive
your priority discount code.

NOTE: If you're already registered for USENIX '09, contact the
Conference Department at the email address above to receive your $100
refund.

We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!

Sambit Sahu, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Prashant Shenoy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
HotCloud '09 Program Chairs

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Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud '09)
June 15, 2009
San Diego, CA
Sponsored by USENIX: The Advanced Computing Systems Association
Register online by Monday, June 8, 2009, noon PDT
http://www.usenix.org/hotcloud/proga
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