• Spring 2005 International Main page
• International Task Force Meeting, Part 1
• Expanding the Reach of Advanced Networking - SIG
• Enhancing Research and Education Networks within and to Africa

1:00 p.m.

Welcome Remarks
Ana Preston, Internet2 (USA) [ppt] [htm]

1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m.

Greetings by Europe’s NREN-PC new Chairman
Prof. Vasilis Maglaris [ppt] [htm]

1:05 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.

Development of eInfrastructures in Southeastern Europe
Tryfon Chiotis, GRNET (Greece) [ppt]

The presentation will discuss the deployment of GRNET2 network, as well as the SEEREN network, their current situation and any developments towards the provision of new services (QoS, IPv6) and the establishment of Dark Fiber based optical infrastructure in the area (GRNET3, SEE-Light, SEE-FIRE). All GRID initiatives (Hellasgrid, SEE-GRID and EGEE) towards the setting up of viable electronic infrastructures in the area will be also presented. Finally, the presentation will discuss dissemination activities in the SE-Europe area.

1:25 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

New Zealand NREN update
Charles Jarvie, MOST (New Zealand) [ppt] [html]

While still without a catchy name or acronym the project to rollout the NZ NREN is well underway. Important decisions are now being made on national and international connectivity and equipment suppliers. Equally important are the key decisions on network governance, and the associated funding policy and processes for driving capability building which will directly influence the effectiveness of the new network tool for the R&E community.

1:45 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.

MCIT/ENERGI -Overview of R&E developments in Egypt
Mr. Mostafa Abdel Wahed, MCIT (Egypt) [ppt] [htm]

2:05 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

TENET and R&E developments in South Africa
Duncan Martin, TENET (South Africa)

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

"Interneting 2" a Better World
Mohamed Muhsin, The World Bank

The global issues that face our world range from AIDS to overpopulation to war and environmental degradation - and affect the basic quality of life. This is the concern of the World Bank, and is also the concern of thought leaders around the world. The development community and the Internet2 community can influence the penetration and dissemination of development information to the far corners of the world.  This is a quantum leap fo rtechnology - and possibilities - in developing countries.

3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

BREAK

3:20 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Panel: NSF International Research Network Connections
Moderator: Kevin Thompson, NSF – SCI/CISE (USA)

3:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

IRNC Program overview and NSF goals
Kevin Thompson, NSF – SCI/CISE (USA)

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

TransPAC2
Jim Williams, Indiana University (USA)

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development (GLORIAD)
Greg Cole, University of Tennessee (USA) [ppt] [htm]

The presentation will give a brief overview of the Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development (GLORIAD). GLORIAD rings the northern hemisphere of the earth in an ambitious effort to link the R&E communities of the three organizing nations - US, Russia and China - in close cooperation with core partners in Korea, Netherlands and Canada. The network, operational since January, 2004, operates currently at OC3 (155 Mbps), OC12 (622 Mbps) and GbE capacity around the northern hemisphere. The US GLORIAD team at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory signed, in late December 2004, a five-year $4.2 million cooperative agreement with the US National Science Foundation (as part of a much larger international package of funding with its partners in Russia, China and Korea and with additional contributions from CANARIE (Canada) and SURFnet (Netherlands)) to develop a hybrid (circuit-/packet-switched) network, aiming for multiple 10 Gbps wavelengths around the earth by 2008. The project is naturally interesting for the geo-political story of the organizing countries undertaking the joint construction and shared management of such a network crossing their territories (and the oceans and continents between) and linking their scientists, educators and students - but it is also interesting for the changes in network service and telecommunications provisioning it requires. GLORIAD is a committed member of the GLIF consortium and dedicated to its model of decentralized, community-driven, user-controlled network development.

4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Translight/PacificWave
John Silvester, University of Southern California (USA)

4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

TransLight/StarLight
Joe Mambretti, Northwestern University (USA) [ppt] [htm]

With funding through the NSF's ITNC program and in cooperation with US and European national research and education networks, TransLight/StarLight will implement a strategy to best serve established production science -- by supporting scientists, engineers and educators who have persistent large-flow, real-time, and/or other advanced application requirements. TransLight/StarLight will procure and maintain an OC-192 circuit connecting HDXc’s in MAN LAN in New York City (NYC) and NetherLight in Amsterdam, evaluate feasibility of a second OC-192 for L1/L2 production services for high-flow data/collaboration-intensive applications, ensure that appropriate traffic monitoring, measurement and analysis (through NSF-designated partners), and promote and support availability to the advanced science, engineering and education communities requiring transatlantic production services.

4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Western Hemisphere Research and Education Networks - WHREN
Julio Ibarra, Florida International University (USA)

4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Discussion

5:00 p.m.

Adjourn