BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20151118T213000Z DTEND:20151118T221500Z LOCATION:Ballroom D DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ABSTRACT: Over the last couple of years, through a number of policy and research initiatives, the European Union has worked in putting together an ambitious supercomputing research programme. As part of this effort, in autumn 2015, the European Commission has launched several new supercomputing projects covering supercomputing hardware, software and applications. This launch marks an important milestone in European supercomputing research and development. The talk will provide a detailed overview of the European supercomputing research programme, its current status and its future perspectives towards exascale. SUMMARY:The European Supercomputing Research Programme PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR