High Performance Computing (HPC) software continues to evolve to meet increasing business performance requirements. But complexity arises at every step. As the compute infrastructure becomes ever larger and more heterogeneous, the costs of managing it eventually begin to eclipse the cost of hardware.

In his keynote address, Platform’s CEO Songnian Zhou’s will unveil the company’s mandate for HPC management software: to accelerate compute and data intensive applications and manage cluster and grid systems. Platform’s 15 years of expertise in maximizing the utility of HPC infrastructure is culminating this year in a bright new vision for the future of HPC management software. Dr. Zhou will also report on the company’s progress over the past year with customer successes, growth, acquisitions, and technology.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s reputation as a resolute defender of the environment stems from a litany of successful legal actions. Mr. Kennedy was named one of Time magazine's “Heroes for the Planet” for his success in helping Riverkeeper lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. The group's achievement helped spawn more than 160 Waterkeeper organizations across the globe.

Mr. Kennedy serves as senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and president of Waterkeeper Alliance. He is also a clinical professor and supervising attorney at Pace University School of Law’s Environmental Litigation Clinic and is co-host of Ring of Fire on Air America Radio. Earlier in his career, he served as assistant district attorney in New York City.

He has worked on environmental issues across the Americas, and has assisted several indigenous tribes in Latin America and Canada in successfully negotiating treaties protecting traditional homelands. He is credited with leading the fight to protect New York City's water supply. The New York City watershed agreement, which he negotiated on behalf of environmentalists and New York City watershed consumers, is regarded as an international model in stakeholder consensus negotiations and sustainable development. He also helped lead the fight to turn back the anti-environmental legislation during the 104th Congress.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses the important role that our natural surroundings play in our work, our health, and our identity .   He eloquently explains how good environmental policy is good business policy, good economic policy, and good policy for posterity.

When a business follows sound environmental policies and procedures, it practices smart business - money is saved in the long run, consumers want to do business with environmentally-friendly companies, and, most importantly, it helps to insure that future generations can live in an environment that is safe, clean, and beautiful. Mr. Kennedy uses many examples and stories throughout his speech to illustrate these points.

Earl Joseph, Program Vice President of IDC's High-Performance Systems, drives research and consulting efforts associated with the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific markets for technical servers and supercomputers. This research includes market sizing, market share, segmentation, tracking, trending, and vendor analysis for the multi-user technical server technology. Dr. Joseph advises IDC clients on the competitive, managerial, technological, integration and implementation issues for technical servers. Dr. Joseph is also heading up IDC's high-end HPC user forum activities.

Dr. Joseph's areas of expertise include technical computers from entry-level servers to high-end capability supercomputers, software, storage and networking solutions for technical computing. He has worked for four technical computing companies in multiple marketing and R&D roles. Dr. Joseph has a strong background in computer technologies and future directions in technical computing. Prior to joining IDC, Dr. Joseph spent his 17 year career in IT in the HPC market space, most recently at SGI and Cray Research. Dr. Joseph has recently worked closely with the leading HPC users around the world on their current and future market requirements.

Dr. Joseph holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota where his research focus was the strategic management of high technology firms, and an undergraduate degree in business and technology from the University of Minnesota.

Scott Miller is currently a Senior Technologist at DreamWorks Feature Animation, where he is involved in both Daily Operation and long-term strategy for High Performance Computing, High Performance Storage and Networking used in the computational visualization required for Computer Generated Animated Films.

Mr Miller has been with DreamWorks Animation since 1999, and has credits on more than 12 films, most recently "BEE Movie".

Prior to joining DreamWorks, Mr Miller spent 7 years at The Walt Disney Company, working in both Feature Animation and Visual Effects for Film.

Eddie Amos is General Manager of Worldwide Partner Evangelism at Microsoft Corporation, focusing on the technical enablement of the Global Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Community.  His team also develops strategy and manages technical relationships with key partners supporting Microsoft’s Midrange and Competitive Recruit Programs.

Amos joined Microsoft in June 2002 as a Sr. Director in the Platform Strategy and Partner Group, where he was responsible for strategy, technical oversight, evangelism and market development for Microsoft’s most strategic customers.  He provided architectural guidance and insight to many Global 100 organizations on how to solve difficult integration issues using EAI and Web Services technology.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Amos was Vice President of Business Technology and Industry Solutions at webMethods.  His team focused on complex enterprise integration problems and supported the efforts of the Independent Software Vendor Community who embedded this technology in their product offerings.  Prior to webMethods, Eddie worked in the product management group at Lotus Development.

Amos received a Master of Science Degree from American University in Washington, DC and lives in the Seattle area with his wife and two children.

Tom has over 17 years of senior management experience in the technology sector. Most recently, he was Director of Product Marketing at Hyperion Solutions, where he spearheaded the company's Profitability Management applications. Prior to Hyperion, Tom was VP Marketing and Business Development at Cantoc Business Systems, a supply-chain management software vendor. Tom spent five years in the chemical industry before moving to the enterprise software industry.

Tom holds a Bachelor of Engineering Science from The University of Western Ontario.