BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20141117T233000Z DTEND:20141118T004500Z LOCATION:New Orleans Theater DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ABSTRACT: Join us for a new SC plenary event titled “HPC Matters.” This year, Dr. Eng Lim Goh, Senior Vice President and CTO at SGI, will lead the session, demonstrating the vital nature of supercomputers across the world’s economic, cultural, scientific, and social accomplishments. He will also focus on numerous real-world examples and quantify how much of what is made possible today, would be impossible without HPC. Also presenting with Dr. Goh will be Dr. Piyush Mehrotra, Chief, NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division, on HPC-based research that is leading us to revolutionary insights about the world. SUMMARY:The Importance of Supercomputers in Society. PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR