D3.2.1 First Industry Seminar

This document is intended to cover all parts of the planning, execution and analysis of the First Industry Seminar organized by GAUSS, GENCI and NCF in Amsterdam the 3 September 2008. Around 93 attendees were present and this event was a first “rendez vous” for PRACE with the European industry community. It allowed PRACE to present the project and the attendance to discuss and exchange about HPC in industry as a tool for increasing competitiveness and production and accelerating their innovation. It was also an opportunity to gather during interactive discussion with the attendance needs and expectations about PRACE and to elaborate how the project will build a significant European industrial HPC offer