The Open Day, held on April 8th, was a great success with more than 120 delegates from academia, business and government, and 20 demonstrations of e-science projects from all around London.

There was also a demonstration of Access Grid technology integration, linking up with several sites across campus - which provided the opportunity to view our new node which has been developed in collaboration with inSORS.

The day was opened by Professor John Darlington, the Director of the London e-Science Centre (the slides can be downloaded here), and was followed by Professor Tony Hey, the Director of the UK e-Science Core Technology Programme who talked in depth about the current state of UK e-Science and its future directions.

The morning was closed by Dr Steven Newhouse, the London e-Science Centre Technical Director (the slides can be downloaded here), discussing the technologies being developed by the Centre, especially ICENI.