A major challenge for DEGREE is to build a bridge linking the ES and GRID communities throughout Europe, and focusing in particular on the EGEE-II Project. An ES applications panel with a range of candidate applications suitable for porting to GRID will make sure key ES requirements for porting and deployment on the GRID middleware are identified, communicated and discussed within the GRID community. At the same time the DEGREE SSA will ensure the ES community is informed and up to date on GRID developments and potential benefits.

The results will provide feedback to the GRID community and dissemination in the ES community will increase awareness of and involvement with GRID developments.

In order to ensure that ES requirements are taken into account in the next Grid generation, DEGREE will initiate different collaborations; at short, medium and long term via EU horizontal collaborations, specific collaboration with Grid projects and participation to the e Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG).

Objectives:


• Disseminate, promote uptake of Grid in wider ES community
• Reduce the gap between ES users and Grid Technology
• Explain and convince ES users of Grid benefits and capability to tackle new and complex problems.