STS 2020 speakers will focus on key trends and technologies
affecting the data storage industry.
Industry experts presenting will include:
Brad Johns Consulting, Storage Newsletter
Presenting sponsors will include:
Alliance Technology Group, Brad Johns Consulting, Data in Science Technologies, Dell, DDN, HPE, IBM & HPSS, Globus, NetApp Qumulo, SpectraLogic, Storage Newsletter, Strongbox Data Solutions, Versity Software and Western Digital
Case studies presented will include:
ECMWF, LANL, NOAA, Navy DSRC, NERSC, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Sandia and St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Schedule of Events
subject to minor changes
Monday, March 2, 2020
| 4:00pm - 7:00pm | Registration |
| 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Welcome / Reception & Cocktails / Registration |
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Storage Analysis - Tape & Cloud Content
| 7:30am – 9:00am | Breakfast/Registration |
| 9:00am – 9:10am | Welcome |
| 9:10am – 9:40am | Analyst Keynote: Brad Johns of Brad Johns Consulting |
| 9:40am –10:10am | Partner Keynote: Matt Ninesling of Spectra Logic |
| 10:10am –10:15am | Introduction of non-presenting exhibitors |
| 10:15am – 11:00am | Break & Exhibits |
| 11:00am - 11:30pm | Philippe Nicolas of Storage Newsletter |
| 11:30am – 12:00pm | Mike Fisher of Alliance Technology Group |
| 12:00am – 12:30pm | Khanh Ngo of IBM |
| 12:30pm – 2:00pm | Lunch - Taco Tuesday! & Exhibits |
| 2:00pm – 2:30pm | Steffen Hellmold of Western Digital: Tape to the Future |
| 2:30pm – 3:00pm | Pat Mayock of HPE: CCPA and the Impact on Your Data Management Decisions |
| 3:00pm – 3:20pm | Nick Balthasar of NERSC: Moving the NERSC Archive to a Green Data Center |
| 3:20pm – 4:00pm | Break & Exhibits |
| 4:00pm – 4:20pm | Garret Ransom of LANL: Simplifying HPC Simulation Workflows with STILTS |
| 4:20pm - 4:40pm | Alan Hall of NOAA CLASS: Tech Migration; Why Tape? Is Cloud an Option? |
| 4:40pm – 5:00pm | Jim Gerry of HPSS |
| 6:30pm - 8:30pm | Dinner Provided by STS Sponsors |
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Disk and Tiers
| 7:30am – 9:00am | Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 9:30am | Partner Keynote: Andrew Gauzza III of DST: Enterprise refocusing on HPC |
| 9:30am – 10:00am | Kyle Lamb of DDN |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Mark Seamans of HPE |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Break & Exhibits |
| 11:00am - 11:30pm | Floyd Christofferson of StrongBox Data Solutions |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Michael Cornwell of Qumulo: Advantages of Modern File Systems in a Flash Centric and Cloud Focused World |
| 12:00am - 12:20pm | A DST invited case study Speaker |
| 12:20pm – 2:00pm | Lunch & Exhibits |
| 2:00pm – 2:30pm | Wes Talbert of NetApp |
| 2:30pm - 2:50pm | Will Schmied of St Jude Children's Research Hospital |
| 2:50pm - 3:10pm | Kristy Kallback-Rose of NERSC: Community File System |
| 3:10pm – 3:50pm | Break & Exhibits |
| 3:50pm – 4:00pm | Eric Roybal of Meow Wolf |
| 4:00pm – 5:00pm | Mike Martinez of Sandia: Theme Panel with IBM, ECMWF, SpectraLogic, DDN, StrongBox and Alliance |
| 5:30pm – 6:30pm | Red Hat Reception |
| 6:30pm | Sponsors' customer appreciation evening |
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Data Movement
8:45pmFrist Tram down| 7:30am – 9:00am | Breakfast | |
| 9:00am – 9:30am | Partner Keynote: Bruce Gilpin of Versity Software | |
| 9:35am – 10:15am | Lee Liming of Globus | |
| 10:15am - 11:00am | Break & Exhibits | |
| 11:00am – 11:20am | Bill Collins of Sandia National Laboratory | |
| 11:20am - 11:40am | Ian Randall of ECMWF: ECMWF Site Presentation | |
| 11:40am - 12:00pm | Chris King of HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology | |
| 12:00pm – 1:35pm | Lunch & Exhibits | |
| 1:35pm – 2:05pm | Joseph Dain of IBM | |
| 2:05pm - 2:25pm | Robert Lunceford of Navy DSRC | |
| 2:25pm - 2:45pm | Lightning Talks | |
| 2:45pm - 3:15pm | Break & Exhibits | |
| 3:15pm – 4:00pm | BoF: Quinn D. Mitchell Concluding comments and lessons learned | |
| 4:45pm | Motorcoach Departure for Sandia Peak provided by STS Sponsors *Bring your coat it will be cold! | |
| 5:00pm | Sandia Peak first tram up begins | |
| 5:30pm | Last tram up arrives | |
| 5:30pm - 8:45pm | Dinner @ Ten3 | |
| 8:45pm | First Tram down departs | |
| 9:00pm | Last Tram down departs | |
| 9:15pm | Last Tram down, and Motorcoach returns to the Marriott | |
Friday, March 6, 2020
9:00am - 1:00pm Excursion to Meow Wolf (*Limited availability and registration RSVP required)
| 7:00am - 8:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:15am | Motorcoach departs Marriott for Meow Wolf |
| 10:00am - 11:30am | Enjoy Meow Wolf |
| 11:45am | Motorcoach departs Meow Wolf for Marriott |
| 1pm | Arrive back at Marriott |