ICTP is among the organizers of the workshop, “Grid in Finance in 2006″, that is taking place in Palermo, Italy, on 3-4 February. Grid is an emerging computing model that provides the ability to perform higher throughput computing by taking advantage of many networked computers. It could provide wide-ranging applications in many fields, including finance. The meeting in Palermo is the first world forum for ‘grid’ researchers and practitioners, both in academia and industry. Institutions from Australia, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States will also be in attendance. Alvise Nobile, past ICTP Scientific Computer Section head and a member of the workshop’s organizing committee, will represent the Centre.