SNIA 2010 Winter Symposium

January 25 - January 28, 2010
San Jose, California

Don't miss our Winter Symposium where you and your colleagues can join together for networking, working group meetings, informative keynote sessions, and other unique programs designed for SNIA members.

Click here to download the 2010 Winter Symposium Guide

Registration Information

On-line registration for the SNIA Winter Symposium is now closed. However, individuals may register on site at the Sainte Claire.

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. Parking at the hotel will be $15 per day, and $21 for overnight parking with in/out privileges. Parking is handled by valet.

Rooms at the Sainte Claire Hotel are still available at a discounted SNIA rate of $129. Book a room via online reservation form or by calling 408.295.2000 and referencing the SNIA Winter Symposium.

2010 Winter Symposium Agenda

Monday, January 25, 2010
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast	Ballroom
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration	Grand Ballroom Foyer
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Standards Committee	Boardroom
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM	Green Storage TWG sub-group Meetings: Design Metrics & Spec Metrics	Santa Vesta
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Cross Marketing Committee	Courtyard Room
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI)	Courtyard Room
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Education Committee	Boardroom
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Cloud Storage TWG	Sainte Claire
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	SMI-S Technical Track (managed by SMI TSG)	Saratoga
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Technical Tutorial: SNIA Data Integrity Model and Example Implementation presented by Bill Martin, Data Integrity TWG Chair	Ballroom
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	SNIA Website Workshop - New functionality and applications in Members Area	Santa Cruz
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Green Storage TWG sub-group Meeting: Power Supply	Santa Vesta
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Introducing the SNIA and the Symposium Experience: A Brief Orientation and Q&A	Courtyard Atrium
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) Tutorial presented by Mark Carlson, Cloud Storage TWG Chair & SNIA Technical Council Vice Chair	Ballroom
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM	SNIA Staff Meeting (private)	Grand Suite 631
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast	Ballroom
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration	Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:15 AM - 9:20 AM	Welcome by Wayne Adams, SNIA Chairman KEYNOTE: "Understand the storage vendor landscape through the analysis of customer buying plans and trends" presented by Ken Male, Founder and CEO of TheInfoPro	Ballroom
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI)	Courtyard Room
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM	2010 Storage Developer Conference (SDC) Taskforce	Boardroom
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Cloud Storage TWG	Sainte Claire
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Green Storage TWG	Santa Vesta
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	SMI-S Technical Track (managed by SMI TSG)	Saratoga
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Security TWG	Santa Cruz
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	LUNCH KEYNOTE: Learn how to explain the “information explosion” from a presentation given by Roger Bohn and Jim Short of the University of California, San Diego	Ballroom
1:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Storage Management Initiative (SMI)	Boardroom
1:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Storage Security Industry Forum (SSIF)	Santa Cruz
1:15 PM - 6:00 PM	Solid State Storage (SSS) TWG	Courtyard Room
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments Available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	SNIA Staff Management Team Meeting (private)	Suite 217
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	SNIA Reception	Courtyard Atrium
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Technical Work Group (TWG) Leadership Meeting with the SNIA Technical Council	Saratoga
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
7:45 AM  -  8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast	Ballroom
7:45 AM  -  5:00 PM	Registration	Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM	KEYNOTE: "Digital Storage for Professional Media and Entertainment" presented by Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates	Ballroom
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM	Cloud Storage TWG	Sainte Claire
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Green Storage Initiative (GSI)	Santa Vesta
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Strategic Alliances Committee	Suite 217
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Data Protection and Capacity Optimization (DPCO) Committee	Santa Cruz
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	SMI-S Technical Track (managed by SMI TSG)	Saratoga
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Solid State Storage TWG	Courtyard Room
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM	SNIA Website Workshop - New functionality and applications in Members Area	Boardroom
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer
12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM	Lunch	Ballroom
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI)	Boardroom
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Green Storage Initiative Marketing Committee	Santa Vesta
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	IP Storage (IPS) TWG	Suite 217
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	SNW Hands-On Lab Planning Meeting	Suite 217
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Financial Workshop - finance training for new Forum and Initiative Treasurers	Grand Suite 631
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM	BoF: Developing, Deploying, Using Cloud Storage Services: What are the current challenges and opportunities?	Ballroom
Thursday, January 28, 2010
7:45 AM  -  8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast	Ballroom
7:45 AM  -  12:00 PM	Registration	Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Cloud Storage TWG	Sainte Claire
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Long Term Retention TWG	Grand Suite 631
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Object-based Storage Device (OSD) TWG	Suite 217
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	SMI-S Technical Track (managed by SMI TSG)	Saratoga
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Solid State Storage TWG	Courtyard Room
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Data Integrity TWG	Santa Vesta
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Hypervisor Storage Interfaces (HSI) TWG	Santa Cruz
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF)	Boardroom
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch	Ballroom
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	SNIA Dictionary Production Team Meeting	Suite 217
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	XAM Initiative (XAMI) 2010 Planning Meeting	Saratoga
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Object-based Storage Device (OSD) TWG with Cloud Storage TWG participants invited to discuss OSD & Cloud Storage.	Sainte Claire
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer

* NOTE: Thursday meetings may end before 5pm, depending on the group's individual agenda.

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