Welcome and Introduction

• Pascal Häussler (ZHAW)
• Maria Grazia Giuffreda (CSCS)

Room: Aula Grüental, room number GA 203

ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management: Overview, Computing and Challenges

• Pascal Häussler (ZHAW)

Room: Aula Grüental, room number GA 203 The School of Life Sciences and Facility Management with its five institutes is briefly introduced. An Overview of the HPC services is presented and challenges regarding financial aspects are outlined as an introduction to the forum’s topic.

CSCS Business Model for Partnerships

• Pablo Fernandez (CSCS)

Room: Aula Grüental, room number GA 203 CSCS operates under different business models, ranging from big to small projects, and from academia to industry. Here we will explore the different ways we do it.

Flexible HPC Billing on UBELIX

• Christian Lehmann (University of Bern)

Room: Aula Grüental, room number GA 203 We present the new HPC billing scheme at the University of Bern, developed for UBELIX and approved by SNSF and our researcher sounding board. The model combines free tiers with paid usage and investment options, ensuring fair access and sustainable growth.

Celebrating 25 years of cluster “shareholder” model at ETH Zurich

• Olivier Byrde (ETH Zurich)

Room: Aula Grüental, room number GA 203 For the past 25 years, all central clusters at ETH have been financed by their users. We will explain how this “shareholder” model works, its benefits and limitations, as well as the challenges imposed by the SNSF and ERC.

Lunch and Networking Room: Aula Grüental, room number GA 203

Community Development Session Room: Aula Grüental, room number GA 203

Guided Tours Room: Aula Grüental, room number GA 203 Guided Tour of Campus Grüental or Campus Reidbach **Please select your preferred tour during registration.** - **Tour A** (on campus Grüental where the conference takes place): Title: “Agricultural Photovoltaic (Agri PV) and Aquaponics” Origin: Institute for Environmental and Natural Resources Research (IUNR) More details: [here][1] and [here][2] - **Tour B** (on campus Reidbach down the hill): Title: “The Future of Food” Origin: Institute of Food and Beverage Innovation (ILGI) More details: [here][3] and [here][4] [1]: https://www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/iunr/oekotechnologien-energiesysteme/oekotechnologie/nahrungsmittel/aquaponik [2]: https://www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/iunr/oekotechnologien-energiesysteme/erneuerbare-energien/solarenergie/kompetenzzentrum-agri-photovoltaik/publikationen-seite-26 [3]: https://www.zhaw.ch/en/lsfm/institutes-centres/ilgi [4]: https://www.konsider.ch/in-waedenswil-oeffnet-der-zhaw-campus-future-of-food-forschung-seine-tueren-20230824

Farewell and End of the Meeting Room: Aula Grüental, room number GA 203