The annual Access Grid event is a forum designed to actively engage users, developers, and researchers concerned with the Access Grid software and with collaboration research.

This year's retreat includes EVL Director, Jason Leigh's delivery of the keynote address, "The Impact of High Speed Networking and Low Cost Scalable Computing on Computer-mediated Collaboration".

EVL Research Assistant Professor, Luc Renambot, also presents EVL's research activities and findings related to "Real-Time Compression For High-Resolution Content" (L. Renambot, B. Jeong, J. Leigh).