Register here for the Midwest RCD Next Generation Data Centers Workshop | Midwest RCD Website
The Next Generation Data Centers Affinity Group is organizing this 1.5 day workshop with presentations, breakout sessions, and panels. We encourage involvement from research computing and data professionals in institutions of higher education, data center operators, architects, facilities managers or engineers, and others involved in implementing organizational change management in data centers. Come and share information, receive updates on roadmap plans, and network with each other.
The workshop is a great opportunity to hear directly from data center architects and invited vendor subject matter experts. Come hear experts share their data center futures and chip requirements roadmap and stories from the trenches.
ANNOUNCEMENT TO REGISTRANTS:- If you received an invitation from Sched, then you successfully registered for the workshop.
- If you requested lodging on the registration form, you will receive a confirmation from HAMPTON INN by the end of January.
- If you do not receive a Sched or lodging confirmation (please check spam/junk/etc first), contact us at pti@iu.edu.
ON THIS PAGE:
- Important Dates
- Navigating the agenda/Sched
- Travel Information
- Connecting before/during/after the workshop
IMPORTANT DATES
- October 24, 2024: Call for Proposals Opens
- December 24, 2024: Call for Proposals Closes
- January 24, 2025: Guaranteed Lodging Registration Closes
- February 12, 2025: Guaranteed Name Badge / Sustenance Registration Closes
- February 25-26, 2025: Workshop in Indianapolis
NAVIGATING THE AGENDA/SCHED
The Sched meeting planner software is being used for the schedule/agenda. The Sched platform allows attendees to create a public profile to connect with other participants. We encourage everyone to populate their Sched profile and upload their photo and biographical information. It is a great way to learn about all the attendees and network with each other.
The Sched account is free and the site is persistent, provided by the Indiana University Pervasive Technology Institute. Use it to view sessions, contact other attendees, and access bios and abstracts of the presentations.
If you click on ATTENDEES and see the alert YOUR PROFILE & SCHEDULE ARE HIDDEN FROM ATTENDEES or you do not see your profile appearing there, follow these steps to make it public:
- Login to Sched in the upper right corner
- Click on your image or initials in upper right corner
- Choose SETTINGS
- Under Privacy & Email, turn the switch for MAKE MY PROFILE & SCHEDULE PUBLIC to green.
- IMPORTANT: Scroll all the way to bottom and choose SAVE SETTINGS
To update other information in your profile (like a photo, institutional affiliation, website, bio):
- Follow the same instructions above but choose EDIT PROFILE instead of SETTINGS
- IMPORTANT: Scroll all the way to bottom and choose SAVE SETTINGS
TRAVEL INFORMATION
The Consortium has procured a host hotel for lodging. If you register by January 24, 2025 you can request lodging via the registration form. After January 24, contact pti@iu.edu to see if there is still space available in the host hotel, Hampton Inn Indianapolis Downtown IUPUI, 414 W Vermont St, Indianapolis, IN 46202.
There is a map here that shows you the best walking route between the host hotel and the IU Indianapolis Campus Center. Upon entering the Campus Center from Michigan Street, Vermont Street, or University Boulevard just take the escalator or elevators to the 4th floor where the Welcome/Registration table is located.
If you're driving to the IU Indianapolis Campus Center, the Vermont St. Parking Garage is open to the public and attached to the Campus Center:
- 1004 W Vermont St, Indianapolis, IN 46202.
- Take a parking ticket when you enter the garage and pay when you exit. Hourly rates apply.
- Automated Pay Stations are located in the garages.
- Cash, credit card, and IU Indianapolis issued validations can be used for payment.
- For any issues or questions, call 317-274-4232 .
Once you're parked in the garage:
- Follow the posted signs to Elevator D / Campus Center.
- Take elevator or stairs to Level 3.
- Go through this door:

- You are now on the 2nd floor of the IU Indianapolis Campus Center.
- Follow the corridor around to the escalators / elevators and proceed to the workshop welcome table on the 4th floor.
CONNECTING BEFORE/DURING/AFTER THE WORKSHOP
- Before and during the workshop, you will receive email from pti@iu.edu via the registrants-L@list.iu.edu . Only workshop organizers may send to this list and it will be deleted after the workshop.
- Look for an invitation to join the Midwest RCD next-gen-dc-workshop Slack channel. You will have access to the channel before, during, and after the workshop until the channel is archived or you become inactive. Slack is a great resource to:
- Find a carpool to the Campus Center or The Rathskeller.
- Share questions which may be relevant to all.
- Share your own contact information with all attendees.
- You will be automatically added to the Midwest Research Computing and Data Consortium newsletter mailing list. You may unsubscribe at any time, but we encourage you to stay abreast of activities within the consortium including the Annual Meeting.
- Individuals who are at an institution of higher education within the consortium are welcome to attend the annual meeting. It is not open to vendors.