University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, 11-12 Feb 2016
The location of the DMF User Group Meeting is:
Room 133 Public Exhibition Area C, 101 Aurora Lecture Theatre
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)
20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, Tasmania
Phone: (03) 6226 6379 (Map) (Room location)
If you get lost, you can call the above number.
(If there's no reply, try Peter Edwards on 046 7766 487.)
There is vending-machine car parking for a limited number of
hours, and all-day parking at nearby multistorey or car-park paddocks;
there is no free parking. There is a taxi-rank one block from the
venue, and nearby bus options.
Our overseas speakers include:
Mark Seamans (Product Manager, SGI Storage)
April Alstrin (Director, Oracle StorageTek Tape Drive Engineering)
Zsolt Ferency (System Engineer, SGI)
Kirril Malkin and other members of SGI's DMF/MAID/tapes engineering team (by phone)
Visitors from some countries may require an invitation in order to obtain an
Australian visa. If that applies to you, please let us know ASAP.
We have been offered a discount on accommodation by the
Hotel Grand Chancellor with rooms available to us at $180 or
$215 per night. For details of the booking procedure, please see
here.
Sustenance
For catering reasons, please RSVP if you wish to attend the
Oracle-provided dinner on the evening of the 11th (thank you Oracle!).
Jack Greene Bar
49 Salamanca Place (located between Maldini and Cargo eateries) Map
Proceed upstairs to our reserved area, our gathering is under the name: "DMF User Group"
5 - 5:30 PM
(we may, or may not, move elsewhere when we get hungry)
Lunches will be provided by DDN & SGI (thank you!).
These will be located in the CSIRO building in
Castray Esplanade, two buildings east of IMAS.
The meeting room is fitted out with a projector; to present
anything electronic, you can bring your own laptop or plug a USB
drive into ours.
If you need something extra, such as a
whiteboard or a fast Internet connection, please let us know well in
advance.
Internet access
Attendees with Eduroam accounts should be able to use them to gain
wifi Internet access.
A guest wireless service is available for those without Eduroam access.
Ahead of the meeting (preferably two days before) we need the following details:
Fullname
Company/Organisation
Email address or mobile phone number (in international format, eg: +61 1 2345 6789 for Australia)
Tethering ("personal hotspot") to your mobile phone
Presenters are encouraged to provide a copy of
their talk where possible, to be placed on our web-site.
Hobart's weather in February is usually warm
during the day (maxima 17 - 23° C).
You can check the daily forecasts
here.
Some details of the meeting room
Corridor outside with arrow showing entrance
Windows can be blacked out and the screens drop-down for
presentations etc.
