CLASS 2013 - Cloud Assisted Services Conference 2013

The global Cloud computing industry is increasingly taking shape as the concept of Cloud computing has been around since 2006. The big ICT players put great emphasis on R&D contributiong to advanced strategies for Cloud computing. According to the statistics, the global Cloud computing service market will reach 200 billion dollars in 2014. The structure of platform providers, system integrators, service providers, and developers is matured in America and European countries as well as eastern countries like China, Taiwan, Japan. Except for the big names, SME and start-ups are fostered to provide up- and down-stream services and products. American, British, German, Austrian, Spain, Australian, Taiwan and some other governments announced Cloud computing related guidances in the recent 2 years and regard Cloud computing as one of the national development strategies, which would greatly support the development of their economies.
The Cloud Assisted Services Conference (CLASS 2013) will therefore be a place to listen, learn, meet and speak with important Cloud research, industry and policy makers stakeholders and professionals. This international event will focus on presentations of best practices, strategies, cases, technologies in domains of research and governments as well as industry with workshops giving the balance between future plans and current status over activities in the field of industry, research, standardization and legislation.
General Challenges within research, industry and government will be presented. The CLASS 2013 Conference will also focus on software engineering tools and methods, Cloud architectures, interoperability and usability, Cloud networks, localisation and performance issues, security and trust in Cloud computing.
While the opportunities of cloud computing are recognized, a new wave of cloud-based innovations are on the way which will change society and business in almost all fields of life.
The goal of the conference is to promote European innovation and brings together the relevant stakeholders, ranging from the researchers, European and national funding agencies, technology companies as well as private and public venture funds.
Who you can meet on the conference:
Policy makers,
Representatives of international corporations,
Researchers,
Technology developers,
Investors.