"Challenges in a Changing World" will be held in two parts. The first, chaired by Reinhard Budich from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, will set the scene by looking at current solutions. The programme features experts from Germany, the United States and Great Britain. The second part will be chaired by Professor Wolfgang Hiller from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, and discusses the future challenges and possible solutions for the climate computing problem, with presentations by researchers from the United States and the United Kingdom. A panel on the question "If Global Change is the Grand Challenge Application, Do We Need a World Climate Computing Center?" will conclude the session.

The aeronautics session is chaired by Professor Dr. Isabelle Terrasse and features speakers from EADS, Airbus, Boeing, DLR, Turbomeca and other institutions. The first part of the session will focus on the current technologies and capabilities used in aeronautical research and industrial applications both for numerical simulations and data analysis and features researchers from Germany, France, the United States and Russia. The second part of the session will mostly focus on the challenges that need to be solved in the next 10-20 years in the aerospace industry. This forward-looking session will include perspectives from experts in Germany, the United States and France.

If you know the phrase "Birds of a feather flock together", then there is no better time or place to gather with colleagues whose HPC interests parallel yours than at ISC. The best way to ensure a lively discussion is to submit your idea for a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session. BoF proposals, in English, must be submitted by Sunday, April 12, 2009.