SNIA 2008 Summer Symposium

July 21, 2008 - July 24, 2008
San Jose, California

Attention! Can't attend the Symposium in person? Be sure to dial in for those sessions of interest. Download our 2008 Summer Symposium Guide for all the details and dial in information.

Just added...our keynote sessions can now be heard live via dial in. On Tuesday at 8:15 PT and on Wednesday at 8:30 AM PT, dial in to 1-888-529-0349 and enter code 453082#. Refer to the Symposium Agenda below for speakers and topics.

Registration

Online pre-registration is now closed. We welcome on-site registration at the Saint Claire Hotel.

Hotel Information

Sainte Claire Hotel
302 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113

The Sainte Claire Hotel is located in the heart of downtown San Jose, just off of I-680 and I-880 and only three miles from the San Jose Mineta International Airport.The Sainte Claire is centrally located to nearby attractions like the Tech Museum of Innovation, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Center for Performing Arts, and some of downtown San Jose's finest restaurants and entertainment.

Please contact the Sainte Claire Hotel directly for reservations at 408.295.2000 and reference the SNIA Symposium to receive our negotiated rate of $185 per night or book online by following this link: Book a room at the Sainte Claire Hotel.
Parking at the hotel will be $15 per day, and $21 for overnight parking with in/out privileges. Parking is handled by valet.

SNIA 2008 Summer Symposium Draft Agenda

Download our 2008 Summer Symposium Guide

Monday, July 21, 2008		Location
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast	Ballroom
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration	Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM	SMI-S Technical Steering Group (SMI TSG)	Saratoga
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM	Green Storage TWG Sub-Group Meetings - Design Metrics & Spec Metrics	Santa Cruz
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	SNIA Staff Management Team (Private)	Courtyard Room
12:00 PM - 7:00 PM	SNIA Staff Meeting (Private)	Courtyard Room
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch on your own
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Joint meeting: Long Term Retention (LTR) TWG and Data Management Forum (DMF): Long-Term Archive and Compliance Storage Initiative (LTACSI)	Santa Vesta
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Green Storage TWG Sub-Group Meetings - Operational Metrics & Unplugged Fest	Sainte Claire
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	SNIA TUTORIAL - Green Storage I: Economics, Environment, Energy, and Engineering	Ballroom
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	SNIA-IDEMA Joint Planning Session re 4K Disk Sectors (private)	Boardroom
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments Available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Ballroom & Sainte Claire Foyer
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	SNIA TUTORIAL - Deduplication: Methods for Achieving Data Efficiency	Ballroom
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Green Storage TWG Sub-Group Meetings - Power Supply	Santa Cruz
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Introducing the SNIA and the Symposium Experience: A Brief Orientation and Q&A (also available on Tuesday)	Ballroom
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	BOF: Solid State Devices (SSD)	Ballroom
Tuesday, July 22, 2008		Location
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast	Ballroom
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration	Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM	Welcome & Opening Comments by Vincent Franceschini KEYNOTE: Mark Peters (Enterprise Strategy Group) "The End-User Perspective on Green Storage: A Market Research Report" "SNIA Profiles in Achievement Program Update" by Leo Leger, Executive Director, SNIA	Ballroom
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Introducing the SNIA and the Symposium Experience: A Brief Orientation and Q&A (repeat from Monday)	Ballroom
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM	File Systems Management (FSM) TWG	Saratoga
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	SNIA Web Site Training: New & Intermediate Users (open to all; repeated during afternoon and twice on Wednesday)	Santa Cruz
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Green Storage TWG	Sainte Claire
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	XAM Software Development Kit (XAM SDK) TWG	Courtyard Room
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Data Management Forum (DMF): Data Protection Initiative & Data De-Duplication & Space Reduction SIG	Courtyard Atrium
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	201 SNIA Certification Standard (invite only)	Suite 217
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	SSD Topics Day 1 of 2	Santa Vesta
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Security TWG	Grand Suite 631
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	SNIA Staff Dictionary Production Team	Ballroom
10:30 AM - 11: 30 AM	SNIA Web Site Training: SNIA Chairs & Advanced Users (open to all; repeated during afternoon and twice on Wednesday)	Santa Cruz
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	SNIA Web Site Open Q&A with Kavi (open to all; repeated during afternoon and twice on Wednesday)	Santa Cruz
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch & Learn - Storage Security Update	Ballroom
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM	SMI ECS (Private)	Boardroom
1:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Storage Security Industry Forum (SSIF)	Grand Suite 631
1:15 PM - 5:00 PM	SMI Core TWG	Saratoga
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	SNIA Web Site Training with Kavi: New & Intermediate Users (open to all; repeated on Wednesday)	Santa Cruz
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments Available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Ballroom & Sainte Claire Foyer
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	SNIA Web Site Training with Kavi: SNIA Chairs & Advanced Users (open to all; repeated on Wednesday)	Santa Cruz
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	SNIA Web Site Open Q&A with Kavi (open to all; repeated on Wednesday)	Santa Cruz
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Fibre Channel Alliance Working Group (FC-AWG)	Boardroom
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	SNIA Reception and Bazaar (Join Friends and Colleagues and Network with SNIA's Forums, Initiatives, Departments and Alliance Partners)	Ballroom
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Technical Work Group (TWG) Leadership Meeting with the SNIA Technical Council	Courtyard Room
Wednesday, July 23, 2008		Location
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration	Grand Ballroom Foyer
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast - Work in Progress Report from the SNIA Technical Council: Storage Industry Resource Domain Model	Ballroom
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Green Storage Initiative - Alliances breakfast meeting	Sainte Claire
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	KEYNOTE: Robin Harris (StorageMojo), Crossing the Next Storage Chasm: 5 New Technologies that will Change your Data Center	Ballroom
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	SNIA Web Site Training with Kavi: New & Intermediate Users (open to all; repeated during afternoon)	Santa Cruz
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Disk Resource Management (DRM) TWG	Saratoga
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Fixed Content Aware Storage (FCAS) TWG	Courtyard Room
9:30 AM - 4:45 PM	SSD Topics Day 2 of 2	Santa Vesta
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Green Storage Initiative	Sainte Claire
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Standards Committee	Ballroom
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM	NDMP Software TWG	Suite 217
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM	IP Storage Forum (IPSF)	Courtyard Atrium
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Strategic Alliances Committee	Grand Suite 631
10:30 AM - 11: 30 AM	SNIA Web Site Training with Kavi: SNIA Chairs & Advanced Users (open to all; repeated during afternoon)	Santa Cruz
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	SNIA Web Site Open Q&A with Kavi (open to all; repeated during afternoon)	Santa Cruz
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch and Learn - Demystifying ILM, Archiving, and Deduplication	Ballroom
1:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Green Storage Initiative Marketing Committee	Sainte Claire
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM	2008 Storage Developer Conference Taskforce	Grand Suite 631
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM	IP Storage (IPS) TWG	Suite 217
1:15 PM - 5:00 PM	File Area Networks (FAN) TWG	Courtyard Atrium
1:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Storage Management Initiative (SMI) Governing Board	Boardroom
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM	SNW Hands-On Lab Planning Meeting	Ballroom
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Education Committee	Suite 217
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	SNIA Web Site Training with Kavi: New & Intermediate Users (open to all)	Santa Cruz
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	SNIA Web Site Training with Kavi: SNIA Chairs & Advanced Users (open to all)	Santa Cruz
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	SNIA Web Site Open Q&A with Kavi (open to all)	Santa Cruz
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Ballroom & Sainte Claire Foyer
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	BOF: Emerging Technology: Web 2.0 and .orgs (Chris Gift, VP of Marketing, Kavi Corporation)	Ballroom
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	BOF: Management Frameworks Moving Forward	Courtyard Room
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	BOF: Storage API's for Virtual Server Environments	Sainte Claire
Thursday, July 24, 2008		Location
7:30 AM - 3:00 PM	Registration	Grand Ballroom Foyer
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast - Industry Update: Solid State Storage - Phil Mills (IBM, SNIA Board)	Ballroom
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Management Frameworks (MF) TWG	Santa Cruz
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Data Management Forum (DMF): Information Lifecycle Management Initiative	Boardroom
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Object-based Storage Device (OSD) TWG	Courtyard Room
8:30 AM -5:00 PM	Data Integrity TWG	Sainte Claire
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM	XAM Initiative	Santa Vesta
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Fibre Channel (FC) TWG	Saratoga
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch & Learn - Recent Trends in Storage Management and SMI-S	Ballroom
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Management Protocol TWG	Saratoga
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Ballroom & Sainte Claire Foyer
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	SMI Technical Steering Group (SMI TSG) Wrapup	Saratoga
For more information on this agenda, please contact Arnold Jones

Key Programs