Events

Public-private partnership in the ICT industry was the theme of the Second ICT Wielkopolska Conference which was held on October 28 in Poznań. Participants of the meeting discussed both the opportunities and obstacles associated with this form of cooperation of ICT business and the public sector the region.

PSNC presented the possibility of real-time streaming video in high-resolution 4K (4096×2160) at a meeting of the GLIF (Global Lambda Integrated Facility) working draft, which took place on 13 and 14 October in Geneva. Thanks to links connected especially for the occasion, based on a GLIF infrastructure, streams of video with a capacity of 250 Mbps performance, aDCI (Digital Cinema Initiative) standards, were sent.

The theme of this year’s conference, as usual, was the creation and development of digital libraries in Poland. This year, however due to the extremely important role of the European Digital Library, Europeana, there was also a special place devoted to this initiative during the meeting. The conference was held from 18th to 22nd October in Poznań.

This year’s International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition was unique in several aspects. Sixteenth edition took place in the year in which we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Polish composer. A record number of music lovers could keep track of the contest. Live webcast was available on the pages of TVP SA and the National Audiovisual Institute.

Have a look at the photo gallery of otolaryngology surgery which took place in the Department of Otolaryngology of Poznan University of Medical Sciences. Live transmission from the operating room on the Internet was enabled by Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.

The formation of mechanisms of EU projects related to the ICT industry was a leading topic of the “European Consortia 2011-2012 – development of clustering in Wielkopolska” Conference which was held in Poznań. The conference was organized jointly by the Marshal Office of the Wielkopolska Region, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center and Wielkopolska ICT Cluster.

Laptops instead of notebooks on school desks? This is not another concept of science fiction film director, but everyday life in gymnasium No. 56 in Poznań. Since September the school has the first in Poznań, and the third in the country, e-class.

On 14 October Internet users will be able to watch a live operation conducted in the Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology of University of Medical Sciences in Poznań.

On 27th September in Warsaw took place a meeting initiating project SYNAT, which started 16th August 2010. The goal of this project, funded by the National Center for Research and Development, is to carry out a research task under the title “The creation of a universal, open, repository and communication hosting platform for network knowledge resources for science, education and open society of knowledge”, which is implemented within the Program of Strategic Research, “Interdisciplinary interactive scientific and technical information system “.

The headquarter of Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center and the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS was visited by 5,000 people, within just a few hours.

On 2nd and 3rd September in Barcelona was held the first official meeting of TF-NOC working group, created under the auspices TERENA. The event was attended by representatives of the various Network Management Centers, including Wiktor Procyk of the PSNC Management Team.

The capabilities of the 4K node in Poznań, together with the process of its creation, were presented during the meeting of the CineGrid organization, whose members include the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center.
Its architecture was introduced in detail and demonstrations were carried out.