GCCR'08 took place over two days. It was timed to follow on from the Ubiquitous Computing discussion meeting held at the Royal Society on 17-18 March 2008.

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The title GCCR'08 focused on the research grand challenges that were established by UKCRC in 2002.

Several of the grand challenges held their own workshops at the BCS HQ in Southampton Street on 18 March, and the ubiquitous computing community were also at the Royal Society that day.

GCCR'08 started with a thought leadership style panel and debate/dinner at the Royal Society on the evening of the 18th, followed by a plenary day at the BCS on 19 March discussing where we have got to with the grand challenges activity and where we should take it next.

You will have noticed that the EPSRC is rolling out the concept of Grand Challenges across all disciplines, using what the CS community has done as one of the role models for this activity. It is important that as a community we continue to evolve and develop the computing research grand challenges to make sure they stay relevant and significant.

GCCR'08 was sponsored by the BCS and IET through UKCRC.