Hans Meuer in Interview: looking back on a successful ISC'07, forging plans for an ever expanding ISC'08
Mon, 2007-07-09 01:01
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Over the past 20 years the Supercomputer conferences, now in Dresden, have grown into a large event, this year with over 1200 attendees and 85 exhibitors. We asked ISC'07 chairman Hans Meuer about the reasons for this success and the highlights of the conference.
Primeur: What were the highlights of ISC'07 in your vision?
Meuer: I would claim first of all it was a very, very successful event, most likely the best one ever for the following reasons. First, we have passed the 1200 attendance treshold. One year ago we had 915. These attendants are not only for the main conference, but all the attendants together. We had approximately 540 conference attendants and the rest was for the automotive, the scientific sessions, the exhibition people and the visitors with day passes and so on.
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Primeur: How do you plan to grow in the next years?
Meuer: This is a really good question. It has already been decided that we will be in Dresden next year. ISC'08 will take place in Dresden, June 17-20, 2008. We are then three times in Dresden, we have not yet decided for 2009. We have a variety of options, of course. Dresden is still one of those options. But we do not know how we will grow with the exhibition. We are already almost at the limit of the space for the exhibiton. There are just a few possibilities to expand in Dresden. So, as far as the exhibition is concerned we have to move away from Dresden the latest in 2010. I do not know whether this will already happen in 2009, but in 2010 we probably have to.