Save the date for CANS 2012 in Seattle, Washington, USA, October 8-10, 2012! Please mark your calendars and plan on joining us for the 2012 Chinese American Networking Symposium in Seattle, Washington, USA, October 8-10, 2012. The CANS sponsoring organizations include Internet2, CAST-USA (Chinese Association for Science and Technology), CERNET (China Education and Research Network) and CSTNET (China Science and Technology Network).

View past showcases.

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Highlights

 

Thank you to everyone who helped make the Spring 2012 Internet2 Member Meeting a great success! We welcomed 108 international attendees from over 20 of our international partner organizations! For more information about the meeting, including netcast presentations and presentation slides please visit the Member Meeting page here.

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The Caribbean is Now Connected!

The Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network (CKLN), a regional organisation established by the heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has completed the implemention of a high capacity broadband research and education network called C@ribNET.   This network connects all CARICOM countries and is connected to the world’s research and education community, through AMPATH to North America, through Géant to Europe and RedCLARA to Latin America. The network was financed by a contribution of ten million euros by the European Union.

Mr. Ken Sylvester, CEO of CKLN, made the announcement at the Internet 2 Meeting in Arlington Virginia on April 22. He told network partners from around the world, "For too long, international research and education maps and language have excluded the Caribbean, as we had no network or way of connecting. That is now a thing if the past and I urge you to rapidly update your maps and language to include the Caribbean with C@ribNET! "

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Indiana University, United States and Chinese Research and Education Networks Celebrate Partnership

Leaders from Indiana University, Internet2 and the China Education and Research Network (CERNET) met Friday, Nov. 4, at Georgetown University to celebrate their cooperative partnership linking the education and research networks of the United States and China via a 10Gbps link from Los Angeles to Beijing. More information is available on our International Blog.

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Fall 2011 Internet2 Member Meeting

The Fall 2011 Internet2 Member Meeting in Raleigh, NC included many international sessions and activities. For all program and summary information, please visit the meeting website.

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International Collaboration enables Musicians to Perform Together, Hundreds of Miles Apart

During the Internet2 Fall Member Meeting, Violinist Marjorie Bagley, from the University of North Carolina – Greensboro School of Music, Theatre and Dance, and Cellist Cheng-Hou Lee, from the Northern Illinois University School of Music demonstrated "LOLA" during a track session.The LOLA technology is a low latency, audio and videoconferencing technology that enables real-time, simultaneous, live musical performances across long distances over advanced research and education networks. The North Carolina Research and Education Network and the Illinois Century Network supported the demonstration. More information is available online.

A demonstration of LOLA and instruction on configuring a LOLA node will be presented at the Performing Arts Production Workshop, co-hosted by Internet2 and New World Symphony March 4-6 2012.   For details and to register, please visit http://events.internet2.edu/2012/nws/.

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Upcoming International Events

May 2012

TERENA General Assembly 21 - 24 May    Reykjavik, Iceland

July 2012

QUESTnet 2012 10 - 13 Jul    Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Summer 2012 ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs 15 - 19 Jul    Palo Alto, CA

September 2012

NORDUnet 2012 18 - 20 Sep    Oslo, Norway

October 2012

CANS 2012 8 - 10 Oct    Seattle, WA

January 2013

TIP2013 13 - 17 Jan    Honolulu, HI

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For more events, check the Internet2 events calendar.