ISC 2017 Early-Bird Registration Ends May 10

FRANKFURT, Germany, April 28, 2017 — The early bird registration for the 2017 ISC High Performance conference will come to an end in less than two weeks and we would like to encourage participants not to wait until the last minute and miss out on the opportunity to save over 45 percent off the on-site rates.

The conference will once again be held at Messe Frankfurt in Germany and is expected to have an attendance of over 3,000 participants from around the globe. So far 146 companies have signed up to exhibit, and with very few booth spaces still left for booking, we will likely end up with a total of 150 exhibitors on the 2017 show floor.

Here is an overview of the different passes available to ISC 2017 attendees:

Conference Pass: The conference pass gives access to all sessions from Monday, June 19, through Wednesday, June 21, as well as the exhibition and all social events.
Exhibition Pass: Pass holders have access to the exhibition (and all related activities), all Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions, the PhD Forum, the Vendor Showdown, the ISC Student Cluster Competition awarding and the Welcome Party on Monday, June 19.
Tutorial Pass: This pass provides access to 13 tutorials interactive tutorials on Sunday, June 18.
Workshop Pass: This pass gives access to the 21 workshops that will take place on Thursday, June 22 at the Frankfurt Marriott Hotel.

This year the conference will cover a broad array of topics, such as exascale development, deep learning, big data, extreme-scale algorithms and new programming models. The conference also provides insights into a wide range of performance-demanding applications, including product prototyping, earthquake prediction, transportation logistics, energy exploration, and drug design, to name a few.

ISC Tutorials (Sunday, June 18)

If you are interested in broadening your knowledge in key HPC, networking and storage topics, consider attending the ISC tutorials. Renowned experts in their respective fields will give attendees a comprehensive introduction to the topic as well as providing a closer look at specific problems. They will also incorporate hands-on components where appropriate. The organizers are expecting over 300 attendees. Here is an overview of the five full-day and eight half-day tutorials.

ISC Workshops (Thursday, June 22)

The ISC Workshops are well-known to attract over 600 researchers and commercial users interested in learning more about current developments in specific areas of HPC. There are 21 unique workshops to choose from, and among them eight are full-day workshops. Click here to find out more about the individual workshops

Other interesting program elements include:

About ISC High Performance

First held in 1986, ISC High Performance is the world’s oldest and Europe’s most important conference and networking event for the HPC community. It offers a strong five-day technical program focusing on HPC technological development and its application in scientific fields, as well as its adoption in commercial environments.

ISC High Performance attracts engineers, IT specialists, system developers, vendors, scientists, researchers, students, journalists, and other members of the HPC global community. The exhibition draws decision-makers from automotive, finance, defense, aeronautical, gas & oil, banking, pharmaceutical and other industries, as well those providing hardware, software and services for the HPC community. Attendees will learn firsthand about new products and applications, in addition to the latest technological advances in the HPC industry.

Source: ISC