The National High Performance Computing and Communications Conference (http://hpcc-usa.org), the annual country club-like gathering that HPC insiders refer to as “the Newport Conference,” celebrates 24 years this March when it once again returns to the quaint location on Goat Island (Newport, Rhode Island) March 16-18, 2010.

Mike Bernhardt will host a panel discussion at the Newport Conference titled, "The HPC Crystal Ball:  Disruptive Technologies and Inflection Points."

Mike's esteemed panel participants will include:

Dr. Rupak Biswas, NASA Ames

Dr. Robert Graybill, USC ISI and Nimbis Services

Dr. Wolfgang Gentzsch, DEISA, EU

Dr. Charles D. Norton, JPL

and Dr. Thomas Sterling, LSU