Plenary panel description: Challenges towards the global adoption of cloud computing

This panel consists of four well-known experts in the field, who will identify several major challenges for the global adoption of cloud computing and future directions for research and development in order to meet these challenges. At the beginning of the panel session, each of the panelists will present their position statement covering certain important aspects of this subject. Then, we should have time for discussions covering both the presented statements and new ideas in the subject area.