D3.1.4: Second Dissemination Report
Creators: name: Leiponen, Tiina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Deliverable
subject: HPC
subject: Research infrastructure
subject: Dissemination
subject: Communication
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: PRACE-2IP WP3 disseminates results of PRACE Tier-1 and Tier-0 projects and creates dissemination material for schools, teachers and pupils on HPC. During the project months M12–M24, from the beginning of August till the end of August 18 press releases and three newsletters were published. Press releases were sent to over 7000 journalists around the world. The total number of PRACE related online articles and news items from the beginning of September 2012 until the end of August 2013 was 938. The press releases were sent by PRACE-2IP project as well as by the PRACE aisbl Communications Officer in preparation for transferring PRACE dissemination process activities to PRACE aisbl.<br> Two PRACE Digest magazines were published during the reporting period, the latest on industrial cases in 4/2013. The latest newsletters contained both industrial as well as scientific cases, which have used the resources provided by PRACE. PRACE strategy, featured events, latest news and project presentations were also presented in newsletters.<br> The PRACE website has had a total of 423 924 visitors (157 031 unique visitors) since the launch, in 2008. The PRACE-RI website has a PRACE FP7 projects and outcomes section including the PRACE-21P project section, which continues to provide detailed information on the PRACE-2IP project. The PRACE website has currently a monthly average of over 19500 visits.<br> The PRACE brochure and folder were updated for the Supercomputing Conference in Salt Lake City in November 2012, as well as for the Industrial seminar in Stuttgart in April 2013 and ISC´13 in Leipzig in June 2013. Special PRACE flyers were produced presenting the PATC curriculum between August-December 2013, and on the SME pilot programme, SHAPE (SME HPC Adoption Programme in Europe) and SHAPE project application. The posters were also updated for SC12. PRACE promotional material (pens, USB memory sticks, mugs, neck pillows and T-shirts) were distributed during these major events. Moreover, the WP3 outreach programme created a new campaign site for school kids and general public called Dare to think the impossible with a companion Facebook page and featuring a Shooting star game and two promotional videos. New power point presentations were made to show at various events. At ISC´13 six additional promotional videos of PRACE´s ISC´13 activities, including the Industrial award winning project and the PRACE ISC award 2013 winning project were also created.<br> During project months 12-24, PRACE participated in three major events SC 2012 in Salt Lake City, USA, ISC´13 in Leipzig, Germany, and Industrial Seminar in Stuttgart, Germany. In conjunction to ISC´13 the PRACE Scientific Seminar was organized. PRACE has collected contacts from these events during past years and stored them in the CRM database. An info bulletin to these contacts was sent in July 2013. The total number of new contacts in August<br> 2013 is 5088. Of those contacts 4270 were collected in PRACE-2IP reporting period. Direct Contact marketing communication was started via info bulletins. Contacts were also given to PRACE aisbl for their use.<br> PRACE publishes important presentations and public deliverables and best-practice documents on the prace-ri.eu web site. Until the end of July 2013 there were 83,5 hours of HPC video training material, 464 training presentations, 122 public deliverables, 15 best practise guides, 13 user documentations and 110 white papers on-line.