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Organizers of the 2006 International Workshop on OpenMP (IWOMP), scheduled to take place on June 12-15, 2006 in Reims, France, have announced the agenda for OMPlab, the hands-on laboratory portion of the meeting. OMPlab is to be held at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne during the second half of IWOMP (June 14-15), following a two-day schedule of keynote speeches, technical paper presentations, panel discussions, and social events scheduled at nearby Pommery Castle. The mission of OMPlab is to provide OpenMP users of all experience levels an opportunity to increase their knowledge and effective use of the OpenMP API for shared-memory parallel programming. OMPlab will offer parallel sessions over a two-day period that will include a beginner's tutorial introduction to OpenMP, an advanced OpenMP introduction, case studies of OpenMP usage and effectiveness in real world applications, and exposure to the latest offerings in OpenMP-targeted development tools. The OMPlab agenda, along with latest updates, can be found at the IWOMP Web site. Attendees of OMPlab will have access to a variety of current hardware for running applications of their choice for activities such as porting and performance tuning/evaluation for the duration of the event. Several application-focused proposals for OMPlab have been submitted by OMPlab participants and are available on the IWOMP website. Additional openings remain for researchers who would like to bring their own codes to work with during OMPlab in order to take advantage of the assistance of OpenMP experts and tool developers who will be in attendance. Prepared lab examples and exercises will be also be available for those participants who prefer to gain hands-on experience in a more structured format. The expected hardware and software offerings supporting OMPlab are available for viewing at the IWOMP website. OMPlab registration is included in the price of IWOMP and can be completed online at its Web site. The registration deadline for IWOMP is June 8. IWOMP offers discounts for a limited number of student attendees.