CGNS is an international standard for the storage and
retrieval of CFD data.  It is designed to facilitate the
exchange of data between sites and applications, and to 
help
stabilize the archiving of CFD data.
      
  A special tutorial session on CGNS will be conducted
during the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (AIAA) meeting being held 5-8 June 2006 in San
Francisco.                                                 
                                                        
  The session is currently scheduled for Wednsday, 7 June
2006 in the evening. This session will be conducted in two
parts: (1) Basic usage of CGNS (including examples for
structured and unstructured grids), and (2) Advanced topics
(tentatively including HDF-5 usage, parallel 
implementation,
and SIDS high level representation).  The tutorial session
will be taught by five experienced users/developers of CGNS
and will be a GREAT way to either get a basic introduction
or to refine your knowledge of CGNS.
               
  We welcome your participation!  Please plan to come.  
Note
that AIAA charges a registration fee for conference
attendance, but there is no additional fee to attend the
CGNS tutorial session.