Location

Austin Convention Center
500 East Cesar Chavez Street
Austin, TX 78701
Ph: 512.404.4000
Fax: 512.404.4416

Advance Warehouse Shipping Address

Exhibitor Name & Booth #
SC08 c/o Freeman/Austin Warehousing Distribution
2400 Grand Avenue Parkway, Suite 105
Austin, Texas 78728

Freeman will accept crated, boxed, or skidded materials beginning October 13, 2008 at the above address. Material arriving after October 31, 2008 will be received at the warehouse with an additional after deadline charge.

Show Site Shipping Address

Exhibitor Name & Booth #
SC08 c/o Freeman
Austin Convention Center
500 East Cesar Chavez Street
Austin, TX 78701

Freeman will receive shipments at the facility according to the Target Plan. Any charges incurred for early freight accepted by the facility will be the responsibility of the exhibitor.

Quick Facts

Where

Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX

When

Conference Dates: November 15 – 21 Exhibit Dates: November 17 – 20

Exhibit Hours

Exhibition Preview Tour:
Monday, November 17 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Opening Gala:
Monday, November 17 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Exhibits Open:
Tuesday, November 18 10:00am – 6:00pm
Wednesday, November 19 10:00am – 6:00pm
Thursday, November 20 10:00am – 4:00pm

Audience Profile

Scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, programmers, system administrators and managers, are expected to view the exhibits.

Conference

Supplementing the exposition, the conference features the latest scientific and technical innovations from around the world. SC08 will feature presentations and exhibits of the latest technological developments in fields such as information architectures, data storage, analysis and visualization, optical networking, scalable computing, scientific applications and distributed systems. For more information on the Conference Program, visit the SC08 web site.

Number of Exhibitors

Over 250 industry and research organizations utilizing more than 120,000 net square feet of exhibit space.

Profile of Exhibitors

Industry:

SC08 will feature premier exhibits from the leading companies in high-performance computing, communications, networking, data storage and management, and scientific visualization.

Research:

SC08 will again provide the premier international platform for scientists, engineers, computer scientists and information technologists from universities and government laboratories to display their latest computational science breakthroughs, research and development concepts, software and technologies. Demonstrations done in collaboration with industry partners will provide an opportunity to showcase innovative research efforts and illustrate how computing is increasing our knowledge of our universe, our planet, our environments, ourselves and the materials and forces that shape our lives.

Special Events

  • Exhibition Preview Tour: Monday, November 17 6:00pm – 7:00pm
  • Opening Gala: Monday, November 17 7:00pm – 9:00pm
  • Exhibitor Forum: The SC08 Exhibitor Forum provides the opportunity for SC08 Industrial Exhibitors to showcase the latest technology advances in which they are involved from any high-performance related discipline. Presentations may be product oriented, but they should focus on new or novel technology, and they should not be marketing or sales pitches. Presentations will be 30 minutes in duration. Presenters may be employees of the industrial exhibitor, customers of the exhibitor or academic collaborators. Questions: exhibitor-forum@sc08.supercomputing.org

Sponsors

The SC conference series is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group for Architecture (ACM SIGARCH) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) Computer Society.