Cloud Computing: Applications and Advances DVD

 About the DVD:
This workshop explores the concept, applications, and advances of Cloud Computing.

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About the Conference:
Bio-IT World Conference & Expo
Enabling Technology.  Leveraging Data.  Transforming Medicine.

Since its debut in 2002, the annual Bio-IT World Conference & Expo (www.bio-itworldexpo.com) has established itself as a premier event showcasing the myriad applications of IT and informatics to biomedical research and the drug discovery enterprise. The Conference attracts a highly influential audience consisting of senior level scientists, IT professionals and Executives from organizations across the life sciences industry including Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Health Systems, Academia, Government and National Laboratories. In 2011, over 2,000 delegates gathered from 29 countries to share information and discuss enabling technologies that are driving the drug discovery process and transforming medicine. The event features concurrent tracks with 160+ technology and scientific presentations.

About the DVD:
3 Presentations
143 Slides
Over 153 Minutes
Individual: $345
Site License: $1380

Agenda At A Glance:

Section One
Section one will explore the definition of cloud computing, how life science organizations are using cloud computing infrastructure as a service to aid research scientists, and discuss how IT applications are brought into the cloud space.
Richard Wellner, President, Object Environments

Biography: Richard Wellner, Jr. has worked in and led professional services organizations for 18 years with customers in the pharmaceutical, defense, finance, telecommunications, government research, manufacturing, semiconductor and automotive sectors.  Wellner began his career as a consultant with Keane and most recently was Chief Scientist at Univa.  He is currently President of Object Environments, a technology consulting company specializing in cloud computing. His work has spanned guiding customers from the emerging client/server technology landscape in the late 80's, through object oriented technology and project management into distributed computing and grid computing with Globus.  Wellner is the co-author of Grid Computing: A Savvy Manager's Guide, published by Elsevier, founding editor of the popular Grid Guru's blog and a contributing editor for HPC in the Cloud.

Section Two
Section two will explore cloud computing in the life sciences.  From the viewpoint of a biologist, the speaker hopes to dispel myths and demystify the cloud – arming the average scientist to help exploit the cloudfront.  Walking through the past, present and future of cloud computing in the world of biomedical informatics; the talk will focus on current applications, recent advances and where things are going.  Major issues and hurdles, inroads towards some of these, and where contributions can be made will also be looked at.  The presentation will cater to a broad audience, hoping to identify how peers from various domains can benefit from, contribute to, and become part of the life sciences cloud-computing community.                     
Neil Bahroos, Director, Initiative in Biomedical Informatics, University of Chicago

Biography: Neil Bahroos has worked in a variety of roles, in both the public and private sector, to advance the study and practice of bioinformatics for the past 14 years.  In 1997, he began with The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) at the Sick Children’s Hospital in Toronto.  There he worked on Chromosome 7 as part of the Human Genome Project.  He has also worked at the Bioinformatics Supercomputing Centre (BiSC) at the Ontario Centre for Genomic Computing (OCGC).  He then joined a new startup venture in the proteomics arena at MDS Proteomics Inc. where he worked on the BIND database. The recognition of the BIND led to an academic project called Blueprint Initiative, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, funded by Genome Canada where Bahroos was the Manager of Software Systems.  Since Blueprint, Bahroos has worked in the private sector with various companies, last one being Arius Research - a cancer antibody company, partner of Genentech and recently acquired by Roche, where he directed the IT and Informatics of the company. In 2007, Bahroos joined the University of Chicago, and currently directs the Initiative in Biomedical Informatics (iBi).

Section Three
Section three will explore how you can use cloud computing today, a walk through the reality of cloud, and explore real world implemented case studies, frank discussion and strategies for making cloud automation work for your organization
Reed Smith, Director of Cloud Product Management, Saavis

Biography: Reed Smith leads all aspects of Symphony, Savvis’ industry leading cloud product line.  In this role he is responsible for using cloud technologies and forecasts trends to build products that meet today and tomorrow’s business and technology needs.  Reed is a veteran of cloud, utility computing, server virtualization and usage-based compute, bringing several hosted products to market over the past decade.  He has spoken at several industry conferences including Gartner Datacenter Conference, VMworld, EMCworld and Symantec Vision.  Prior to his current role at Savvis, Reed enjoyed bringing a cloud startup (StrataScale) to market and leading global server hosting products at EDS (now HP Enterprise Services).  Mr. Smith has a Business Management – Finance and Marketing undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University and an MBA – Technology Management from University of California at Davis.