From 859054a48b768377ef422dc84c70375f34e84ad5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Lovell-Troy Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 10:07:00 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] feat(agenda): update hosts and refine Day 1 and Day 2 session details for UCL 2026 event Signed-off-by: Alex Lovell-Troy --- content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md b/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md index 1d1dfdb..a2b8852 100644 --- a/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md +++ b/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ aliases = ["/events/summits/ucl-2026/", "/ucl26/"] **Website**: [UCL26](https://openchami.org/ucl26/) -**Hosts**: BriCS, UCL, Cambridge, OpenCHAMI Community +**Hosts**: UCL, Bristol, Cambridge **Slack**: [#2026-uk-dev-summit](https://openchami.slack.com/archives/C09V62C7DGX) @@ -62,24 +62,43 @@ The OpenCHAMI community is gathering at UCL for three days of collaboration, lea | Day | Theme | Highlights | |---|---|---| -| **Day 1 –** | Operations and Community Development | | -| | Introductions and Project Status | Get to know the project and the participants | -| | Current Usage Overview | Deployments and Vendor Roadmaps that include OpenCHAMI | -| | Operating OpenCHAMI | Learn about switching system images in seconds, advanced authentication and authorization, cloud patterns with cloud-init| -| | UK/EU Community Growth | Discuss sovereignty and Open-Source, Enabling EU/UK use cases | -| | HPSF and the Linux Foundation | Benefits and resources of larger communities | -| **Day 2 –** | Deployment and Scaling | | -| | Converting Cray-HPE EX systems from CSM to OpenCHAMI | | -| | Deploying for multitenancy with UK Trusted Research Environments (TREs) and more | | -| | Arranging OpenCHAMI components | Deploying with Kubernetes, quadlets and/or other systems | +| **Day 1** | Operations and Community Development | Hosts welcome, UCL operations, vendor update, operational talks, UK/EU panel, project review | +| **Day 2** | Operations and AI Workflows | Hosts kickoff, Cambridge operations, migration/deployment sessions, UK/EU research discussion, AI sessions | ## Schedule *(All times Local)* ### Day 1 – Thursday, May 7th -| Time | Session & Speakers | Room | -| --- | --- | --- | +**Hosts:** UCL, Bristol, Cambridge +**Morning Chair:** Camilla Harris +**Afternoon Chair:** Tom Green + +| Time | Session | Speaker(s) | Room | +| --- | --- | --- | --- | +| 09:00-09:20 | Host Welcome and Logistics (Part 1) | Hosts (UCL, Bristol, Cambridge) | TBD | +| 09:20-09:40 | Host Welcome and Logistics (Part 2) | Hosts (UCL, Bristol, Cambridge) | TBD | +| 09:40-10:00 | How UCL Runs Systems | Camilla Harris | TBD | +| 10:00-10:20 | Vendor Lightning Session (shared block) | Vendor representatives | TBD | +| 10:20-10:40 | Operations Talk: Site Bring-up and Baseline Practices (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | +| 10:40-11:00 | Morning Break | - | TBD | +| 11:00-11:20 | Operations Talk: Authentication and Access Patterns (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | +| 11:20-11:40 | Operations Talk: Image Lifecycle and Recovery Workflow (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | +| 11:40-12:00 | Operations Roundtable and Q&A | Panel | TBD | +| 12:00-12:20 | Lunch | - | TBD | +| 12:20-12:40 | Lunch | - | TBD | +| 12:40-13:00 | Lunch | - | TBD | +| 13:00-13:20 | HPSF and Linux Foundation Context for OpenCHAMI | Tom Green | TBD | +| 13:20-13:40 | UK/EU Growth Update for OpenCHAMI | Tom Green | TBD | +| 13:40-14:00 | Sovereign AI in UK/EU: Operational Requirements | Tom Green | TBD | +| 14:00-14:20 | UK/EU Sites Panel: Current OpenCHAMI Experience (Part 1) | UK/EU site representatives | TBD | +| 14:20-14:40 | UK/EU Sites Panel: Plans for the Next Year (Part 2) | UK/EU site representatives | TBD | +| 14:40-15:00 | Panel Q&A and Action Items | Tom Green and panelists | TBD | +| 15:00-15:20 | Afternoon Break | - | TBD | +| 15:20-15:40 | Project Review: Current Developments from LANL Needs (Part 1) | Alex Lovell-Troy | TBD | +| 15:40-16:00 | Project Review: Future Direction from LANL Needs (Part 2) | Alex Lovell-Troy | TBD | +| 16:00-16:20 | Open Discussion: Priorities and Risks for 2026 | Alex Lovell-Troy and Tom Green | TBD | +| 16:20-16:40 | Day 1 Wrap-up and Next-Day Alignment | Tom Green | TBD | @@ -87,16 +106,42 @@ The OpenCHAMI community is gathering at UCL for three days of collaboration, lea ### Day 2 – Friday, May 8th - -| Time | Session & Speakers | Room | -| --- | --- | --- | +**Hosts:** UCL, Bristol, Cambridge +**Morning Chair:** Hosts +**Afternoon Co-Chairs:** Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas + +| Time | Session | Speaker(s) | Room | +| --- | --- | --- | --- | +| 09:00-09:20 | Host Session: Day 2 Welcome and Objectives | Hosts (UCL, Bristol, Cambridge) | TBD | +| 09:20-09:40 | How Cambridge Manages Systems Today | Wojciech Turek | TBD | +| 09:40-10:00 | Converting from CSM to OpenCHAMI (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | +| 10:00-10:20 | Deploying OpenCHAMI with Kubernetes (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | +| 10:20-10:40 | UK/EU Research Needs Discussion (including TRE requirements) | Camilla Harris | TBD | +| 10:40-11:00 | Morning Break | - | TBD | +| 11:00-11:20 | HPC Operations (title TBD) | Stig Telfer (StackHPC) | TBD | +| 11:20-11:40 | Operational Discussion: Migration Risks and Recovery Plans | Panel | TBD | +| 11:40-12:00 | Operational Q&A and Day 2 Midday Summary | Panel | TBD | +| 12:00-12:20 | Lunch | - | TBD | +| 12:20-12:40 | Lunch | - | TBD | +| 12:40-13:00 | Lunch | - | TBD | +| 13:00-13:20 | AI Session Kickoff: Objectives and Scope | Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas | TBD | +| 13:20-13:40 | Using AI to Develop OpenCHAMI (title TBD) | Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas | TBD | +| 13:40-14:00 | Agentic Workflows for OpenCHAMI Interaction (title TBD) | Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas | TBD | +| 14:00-14:20 | AI Session: Tooling and Integration Discussion (title TBD) | Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas | TBD | +| 14:20-14:40 | AI Session: Practical Adoption Constraints (title TBD) | Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas | TBD | +| 14:40-15:00 | AI Session Q&A | Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas | TBD | +| 15:00-15:20 | Afternoon Break | - | TBD | +| 15:20-15:40 | AI Working Session: Development Patterns (title TBD) | Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas | TBD | +| 15:40-16:00 | AI Working Session: Operator Workflows (title TBD) | Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas | TBD | +| 16:00-16:20 | Joint Discussion: Near-term Priorities and Follow-up Actions | Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas | TBD | +| 16:20-16:40 | Summit Close and Next Steps | Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas | TBD | --- ## Tracks & Chairs - **Architecture:** Alex Lovell-Troy (LANL) — [alovelltroy@lanl.gov](mailto:alovelltroy@lanl.gov) -- **UK/EU Community Growth** Tom Green (BriCS) - [thomas.green@bristol.ac.uk](mailto:thomas.green@bristol.ac.uk) +- **UK/EU Community Growth** Tom Green (Bristol) - [thomas.green@bristol.ac.uk](mailto:thomas.green@bristol.ac.uk) - **UK Trusted Research Environments** Camilla Harris - [camilla.harris@ucl.ac.uk](mailto:camilla.harris@ucl.ac.uk) --- From bcd433307d13fdd3f380ba6a48445761d41f6689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Lovell-Troy Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 10:33:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] feat(agenda): update Stig's talk title Signed-off-by: Alex Lovell-Troy --- content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md b/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md index a2b8852..42e4c75 100644 --- a/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md +++ b/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ The OpenCHAMI community is gathering at UCL for three days of collaboration, lea | 10:00-10:20 | Deploying OpenCHAMI with Kubernetes (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | | 10:20-10:40 | UK/EU Research Needs Discussion (including TRE requirements) | Camilla Harris | TBD | | 10:40-11:00 | Morning Break | - | TBD | -| 11:00-11:20 | HPC Operations (title TBD) | Stig Telfer (StackHPC) | TBD | +| 11:00-11:20 | Virtual Multi-Node Testing with OpenStack (title TBD) | Stig Telfer (StackHPC) | TBD | | 11:20-11:40 | Operational Discussion: Migration Risks and Recovery Plans | Panel | TBD | | 11:40-12:00 | Operational Q&A and Day 2 Midday Summary | Panel | TBD | | 12:00-12:20 | Lunch | - | TBD | From 354ca8f5b1c928459a2038214ec059ed00d45016 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Lovell-Troy Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:35:18 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] feat(agenda): adjust start date and add Optional Day 0 details for UCL 2026 event Signed-off-by: Alex Lovell-Troy --- content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md | 62 +++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md b/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md index 42e4c75..43586c7 100644 --- a/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md +++ b/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ +++ title = 'OpenCHAMI Developer Summit @ UCL 2026' date = 2026-01-09 # page publication date -start_date = 2026-05-07 +start_date = 2026-05-06 end_date = 2026-05-08 draft = false categories = ['Summit', 'Development', 'HPC'] @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ aliases = ["/events/summits/ucl-2026/", "/ucl26/"] +++ -### University College London • London, UK • May 7th – 8th 2026 +### University College London • London, UK • May 6th – 8th 2026 (Optional Day 0 @ Cambridge + Days 1–2 @ UCL) **Event**: OpenCHAMI Developer Summit @ UCL 2026 -**Date**: May 7-8, 2026 +**Date**: May 6-8, 2026 (Optional Day 0 on May 6th at Cambridge; Main Summit May 7-8 at UCL) **Location**: University College London, London, UK @@ -68,6 +68,26 @@ The OpenCHAMI community is gathering at UCL for three days of collaboration, lea ## Schedule *(All times Local)* +### Optional Day 0 – Wednesday, May 6th + +**Location:** University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK + +This optional pre-summit day at Cambridge provides an opportunity to explore cutting-edge HPC and AI infrastructure, learn about cloud-native approaches to HPC, and network with Cambridge's research computing community. + +| Time | Session | Speaker(s) | Room | +| --- | --- | --- | --- | +| 12:00 | Arrival and Networking Lunch | - | TBD | +| 13:00-13:20 | RCS Intro | - | TBD | +| 13:20-13:50 | HPC and AI Data Centre Infrastructure | - | TBD | +| 13:50-14:50 | Data Centre Tour | - | TBD | +| 14:50-15:00 | Coffee | - | TBD | +| 15:00-15:30 | Cloud-native HPC and AI Stack | - | TBD | +| 15:30-16:00 | AIRR@Cambridge | - | TBD | +| 16:00-16:30 | LLMOps | - | TBD | +| 16:30+ | Return trips to London / Social opportunity | - | TBD | + +--- + ### Day 1 – Thursday, May 7th **Hosts:** UCL, Bristol, Cambridge @@ -80,25 +100,27 @@ The OpenCHAMI community is gathering at UCL for three days of collaboration, lea | 09:20-09:40 | Host Welcome and Logistics (Part 2) | Hosts (UCL, Bristol, Cambridge) | TBD | | 09:40-10:00 | How UCL Runs Systems | Camilla Harris | TBD | | 10:00-10:20 | Vendor Lightning Session (shared block) | Vendor representatives | TBD | -| 10:20-10:40 | Operations Talk: Site Bring-up and Baseline Practices (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | -| 10:40-11:00 | Morning Break | - | TBD | -| 11:00-11:20 | Operations Talk: Authentication and Access Patterns (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | -| 11:20-11:40 | Operations Talk: Image Lifecycle and Recovery Workflow (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | -| 11:40-12:00 | Operations Roundtable and Q&A | Panel | TBD | -| 12:00-12:20 | Lunch | - | TBD | +| 10:20-10:40 | Site/Partner Updates | Site representatives | TBD | +| 10:40-11:00 | Operations Talk: Site Bring-up and Baseline Practices (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | +| 11:00-11:20 | Morning Break | - | TBD | +| 11:20-11:40 | Operations Talk: Authentication and Access Patterns (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | +| 11:40-12:00 | Operations Talk: Image Lifecycle and Recovery Workflow (title TBD) | Speaker TBD | TBD | +| 12:00-12:20 | Operations Roundtable and Q&A | Panel | TBD | +| 12:00-12:20 | Operations Roundtable and Q&A | Panel | TBD | | 12:20-12:40 | Lunch | - | TBD | | 12:40-13:00 | Lunch | - | TBD | -| 13:00-13:20 | HPSF and Linux Foundation Context for OpenCHAMI | Tom Green | TBD | -| 13:20-13:40 | UK/EU Growth Update for OpenCHAMI | Tom Green | TBD | -| 13:40-14:00 | Sovereign AI in UK/EU: Operational Requirements | Tom Green | TBD | -| 14:00-14:20 | UK/EU Sites Panel: Current OpenCHAMI Experience (Part 1) | UK/EU site representatives | TBD | -| 14:20-14:40 | UK/EU Sites Panel: Plans for the Next Year (Part 2) | UK/EU site representatives | TBD | -| 14:40-15:00 | Panel Q&A and Action Items | Tom Green and panelists | TBD | -| 15:00-15:20 | Afternoon Break | - | TBD | -| 15:20-15:40 | Project Review: Current Developments from LANL Needs (Part 1) | Alex Lovell-Troy | TBD | -| 15:40-16:00 | Project Review: Future Direction from LANL Needs (Part 2) | Alex Lovell-Troy | TBD | -| 16:00-16:20 | Open Discussion: Priorities and Risks for 2026 | Alex Lovell-Troy and Tom Green | TBD | -| 16:20-16:40 | Day 1 Wrap-up and Next-Day Alignment | Tom Green | TBD | +| 13:00-13:20 | Lunch | - | TBD | +| 13:20-13:40 | HPSF and Linux Foundation Context for OpenCHAMI | Tom Green | TBD | +| 13:40-14:00 | UK/EU Growth Update for OpenCHAMI | Tom Green | TBD | +| 14:00-14:20 | Sovereign AI in UK/EU: Operational Requirements | Tom Green | TBD | +| 14:20-14:40 | UK/EU Sites Panel: Current OpenCHAMI Experience (Part 1) | UK/EU site representatives | TBD | +| 14:40-15:00 | UK/EU Sites Panel: Plans for the Next Year (Part 2) | UK/EU site representatives | TBD | +| 15:00-15:20 | Panel Q&A and Action Items | Tom Green and panelists | TBD | +| 15:20-15:40 | Afternoon Break | - | TBD | +| 15:40-16:00 | Project Review: Current Developments from LANL Needs (Part 1) | Alex Lovell-Troy | TBD | +| 16:00-16:20 | Project Review: Future Direction from LANL Needs (Part 2) | Alex Lovell-Troy | TBD | +| 16:20-16:40 | Open Discussion: Priorities and Risks for 2026 | Alex Lovell-Troy and Tom Green | TBD | +| 16:40-17:00 | Day 1 Wrap-up and Next-Day Alignment | Tom Green | TBD | From 47a171767474bb452f23111b80e27eb92c2e8637 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Lovell-Troy Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:29:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] feat(email): add email link partial for dynamic email address rendering Signed-off-by: Alex Lovell-Troy --- layouts/partials/main/email.html | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) create mode 100644 layouts/partials/main/email.html diff --git a/layouts/partials/main/email.html b/layouts/partials/main/email.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a41056 --- /dev/null +++ b/layouts/partials/main/email.html @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +{{ $address := replace (.emailAddress | safeURL) "mailto:" "" -}} +{{ if ne .emailTitle $address }}{{ .emailTitle | safeHTML }}{{ else }}{{ $address }}{{ end }} From d025e8b5a877c5bf9943872e71e9b99ea93c5c41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dominic Friend <26201592+dominicfriend@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:56:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Cambridge day 0 event updates (#85) Signed-off-by: Dominic Friend --- content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md | 41 +++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md b/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md index 43586c7..1d31a50 100644 --- a/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md +++ b/content/events/Summits/2026/UCL26.md @@ -60,31 +60,34 @@ The OpenCHAMI community is gathering at UCL for three days of collaboration, lea ## Agenda Snapshot -| Day | Theme | Highlights | -|---|---|---| -| **Day 1** | Operations and Community Development | Hosts welcome, UCL operations, vendor update, operational talks, UK/EU panel, project review | -| **Day 2** | Operations and AI Workflows | Hosts kickoff, Cambridge operations, migration/deployment sessions, UK/EU research discussion, AI sessions | +| Day | Theme | Highlights | +|--- |--- |--- | +| **(Optional) Day 0** | HPC and AI in Cambridge | Networking lunch, Welcome, Intro and HPC/AI Infrastructure, Data Centre Tours, AI Service and LLM Serving | +| **Day 1** | Operations and Community Development | Hosts welcome, UCL operations, vendor update, operational talks, UK/EU panel, project review | +| **Day 2** | Operations and AI Workflows | Hosts kickoff, Cambridge operations, migration/deployment sessions, UK/EU research discussion, AI sessions | ## Schedule *(All times Local)* ### Optional Day 0 – Wednesday, May 6th -**Location:** University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK - -This optional pre-summit day at Cambridge provides an opportunity to explore cutting-edge HPC and AI infrastructure, learn about cloud-native approaches to HPC, and network with Cambridge's research computing community. - -| Time | Session | Speaker(s) | Room | -| --- | --- | --- | --- | -| 12:00 | Arrival and Networking Lunch | - | TBD | -| 13:00-13:20 | RCS Intro | - | TBD | -| 13:20-13:50 | HPC and AI Data Centre Infrastructure | - | TBD | -| 13:50-14:50 | Data Centre Tour | - | TBD | -| 14:50-15:00 | Coffee | - | TBD | -| 15:00-15:30 | Cloud-native HPC and AI Stack | - | TBD | -| 15:30-16:00 | AIRR@Cambridge | - | TBD | -| 16:00-16:30 | LLMOps | - | TBD | -| 16:30+ | Return trips to London / Social opportunity | - | TBD | +This, optional, pre-summit day provides an opportunity to visit and explore the cutting-edge HPC and AI infrastructure hosted by Research Computing Services (RCS) at the University of Cambridge. RCS hosts its flagship HPC service, the Cambridge Service for Data-driven Discovery (CSD3), and one half of the UK's AI Resarch Resource (AIRR) in the form of the Dawn. Come along to learn about cloud-native approaches to HPC, hear lessons learnt and experiences of running a UK AI service and be amongst the first to peak behind the scenes as Dawn's hardware refresh. **Spots are limited so please register your interest early.** + +**Hosts:** Cambridge +**Venue:** Suite 2, Moller Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK - ///fines.hers.shared +**Co-Chairs:** Wojciech Turek and Dominic Friend + +| Time | Session | Speaker(s) | Room | +| --- | --- | --- | --- | +| 12:00-13:00 | Arrival and Networking Lunch | Co-chairs | Suite 2, Moller Institute | +| 13:00-13:20 | Intro to Cambridge Research Computing Services (RCS) | Wojciech Turek | Suite 2, Moller Institute | +| 13:20-13:50 | HPC and AI Data Centre Infrastructure | Wojciech Turek | Suite 2, Moller Institute | +| 13:50-14:50 | Data Centre Tours | Co-chairs | Suite 2, Moller Institute | +| 14:50-15:00 | Mid-afternoon Networking Break | Co-chairs | Suite 2, Moller Institute | +| 15:00-15:30 | Cloud-native HPC and AI Stack | TBD | Suite 2, Moller Institute | +| 15:30-16:00 | AI Research Resource (AIRR) at Cambridge | Deepak Aggarwal | Suite 2, Moller Institute | +| 16:00-16:30 | Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps) | Yiannos Stathopoulos | Suite 2, Moller Institute | +| 16:30+ | Depart / Social Opportunity | Co-chairs | TBD | ---