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A hallmark of the International Supercomputer Conference series is the high caliber of keynote speakers and the 20th anniversary conference will feature one of the strongest lineups of speakers yet. The conference will be held June 21-24, 2005, in Heidelberg. Under the theme of “Applications, Architectures, Trends,” ISC2005 offers three days of intensive technical sessions and plenty of networking opportunities to provide attendees with a comprehensive and compact overview on HPC topics presented by world-renowned scientists and experts. The sessions will cover such areas as key applications, requirements for HPC systems software, innovative supercomputer architectures, integrated data and information management, and the popular “hot seat” sessions, during which specially selected experts acting as “inquisitors” pose pithy questions to representatives from leading HPC vendors. The ISC2005 program will also include a look at future trends, as well as an HPC retrospective. There will also be a one-day, hands-on tutorial covering “Interconnect Architectures in Practice” on Tuesday, June21. “While there are a number of international HPC meetings, very few have been providing attendees with the most up-to-date information for 20 years. In honor of reaching our 20th anniversary conference, we have drawn up a program which we believe is one of the strongest – if not the best – we have presented to date,” said Conference Chairman Prof. Hans Werner Meuer of the University of Mannheim. Here is an overview of the three keynote addresses and presenters for ISC205. Horst Simon to Give ISC2005 Opening Keynote Address Horst Simon, the Associate Laboratory Director for Computing Sciences at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, will give the opening day keynote address at the 20th anniversary meeting of the International Supercomputer Conference. Dr Simon will share his perspective on “Progress in Supercomputing: the Top Three Breakthroughs of the Last 20 and the Top Three Challenges for the Next 20 Years” on Wednesday, June 22, as the conference convenes in Heidelberg. Read the abstract of his ISC keynote presentation at its Website. At Berkeley Lab, Dr. Simon also serves as Director of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center Division and the Computational Research Division (CRD). He previously worked for Silicon Graphics Inc., NASA, and Boeing Computer Services; and taught at SUNY Stony Brook. His algorithm research efforts were honored with the 1988 Gordon Bell Award for parallel processing research. He also received the 1995 H. Julian Allen Award as a member of the team that developed the NAS Parallel Benchmarks. He is also one of four editors of the twice-yearly TOP500 list of the world’s top supercomputers. LLNL’s Mark Seager and IBM’s Alan Gara to Present Thursday Keynote On Thursday, June 23, Dr. Mark Seager of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and Dr. Alan Gara of the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York will give a keynote address on “'Peta-scale Computing during Disruptive Times”, discuss how computing is undergoing fundamental changes due to several technology disruptions. Read the abstract for this keynote talk at its Website. Dr. Seager is the "ASCI Tera-Scale System Principle Investigator at LLNL. ASCI is the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative. Dr. Seager joined LLNL in 1983 and has been working in the field of parallel processing ever since. Dr. Gara is the chief system architect of the BlueGene/L supercomputer. He is also leading efforts in peta-scale computer at IBM. He is a research staff member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research center. Dr. Gara is a 1998 Gordon Bell recipient for the QCDOC machine, a custom supercomputer optimized for Quantum Chromodynamics. He joined IBM Research in 1999 and has been leading high performance computing architecture and design efforts. Friday Keynote to Feature Wolfgang Gentzsch Discussing Grid Computing The final keynote speech of ISC2005 will be given by Dr. Wolfgang Gentzsch on Friday, June 24 and will focus on “Grid Computing in Research and Business around the World”. Read the abstract for his presentation at . Dr. Gentzsch is managing director for Grid Computing and Networking Services at MCNC in North Carolina. In this position, he directs the organization's grid strategy and technology development, including the development of one of the nation's first statewide research and education grids. Prior to joining MCNC, Dr. Gentzsch was senior director of grid computing at Sun Microsystems, where he was responsible for Sun's grid computing vision, strategy and technology development. He joined Sun in 2000 when it acquired GRIDWARE (and the Grid Engine technology), a spin-off of the distributed computing software company GENIAS, which he founded in 1990. Advance Registrations Ends May 21 – Register Now and Save up to 20 Percent Advance registration is now open for ISC2005. By registering before Sunday, May 22, participants can save up to 210 Euros, compared to on-site registration fees. As in the past, registration fees are structured to these categories: Regular, University, Government and Students. Complete registration information can be found at . While registering for the conference, we also encourage to book your hotel room for ISC2005. Heidelberg is always a popular tourist destination, but June is a very popular season for visitors to our picturesque city. Book your room now at its Website to get the best location and rate for the conference. The annual conference is held in Heidelberg, the home of Germany's oldest university as well as a thriving modern research community.