Media Overview

The SC15 Conference invites writers, producers, broadcasters, reporters, editors and industry analysts covering the fields of science, medicine, technology, high-performance computing (HPC) and networking to attend the conference and exhibition.

SC15 provides an unparalleled opportunity to meet and talk with the world’s leading experts in HPC, networking, visualization, storage and analysis.

SC 15 Media Room hours

• Sunday, November 15th: 1-5 pm CST
• Monday, November 16th: 9 am - 5 pm CST
• Tuesday, November 17th: 8 am - 5 pm CST
• Wednesday, November 18th: 9 am - 5 pm CST
• Thursday, November 20th: 9 am - 3 pm CST

Light refreshments will be available on a daily basis. In addition, SC15 has a professional photographer covering the entire conference. Should you need a specific shot for an article (for instance Keynote photos), please do not hesitate to ask and we will do our best to accommodate. Please let us know if you have specific story or interview requests.

To contact us by e-mail, please use: communications@info.supercomputing.org

Opening Press Briefing

Monday, November 16, 2015
4:00pm - 4:30pm CT
Austin Convention Center, Room 2

Registered press are invited to join the SC15 Planning Committee Leadership for an opening press briefing.  The briefing will share highlights of the conference from:

• SC15 General Chair – Jackie Kern, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
• Technical Program Chair – Jeffrey Vetter, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Georgia Institute of Technology
• Exhibits Chair - Trey Breckenridge, Mississippi State University
• Communications Chair - Christine Cuicchi
• HPC Matters Chair - Wilf Pinfold, Concurrent Systems

Special Media Seating in the HPC Matters Plenary with Diane Bryant

When: Monday, November 16
Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30PM (Doors Open at 5:15PM - HPC Matters Short Videos To Be Shown)
Location: Austin Convention Center Ballroom DEFG
Note: Reserved media seating is extremely limited.  Please arrive as early as possible. We cannot guarantee seats.

For this year’s plenary, we are thrilled to have one of the leading industry voices in HPC innovation - Diane Bryant.  She is the senior vice president and general manager of Intel Corporation’s Data Center Group. The technologies Diane’s group delivers are used by researchers in a wide range of advanced modeling tasks including ones that simulate how heart valve tissue responds to blood flow and how genes and proteins affect Alzheimer’s risk.  Before leading the Data Center Group, Diane was Intel’s Chief Information Officer where she was responsible for driving Intel's own IT infrastructure and software, supporting product design, manufacturing and a variety of business functions. Diane has been with Intel since 1985 when she started as a design engineer, and she holds four US patents.   She is a strong advocate for women in technology and this year earned a spot on Fortune’s list of most powerful women in business.

A badge is required, but there is no fee to attend this Plenary. You can pick-up a complimentary badge in registration if needed. Seats are on a first-come basis.

Additional details are available here.