During 2007, the ESnet Site Coordinating Committee (ESCC) and Internet2 hosted two Joint Techs Workshops. Each four-day conference brought together thought leaders in the research and education community from campuses, regional networks, and international partners to explore and discuss important technology issues and the latest advancements in next-generation networking.
Since 1998 the Joint Techs Workshops have drawn together advanced networking engineers and featured tutorials, presentations, Birds-of-a-Feather meetings, in-depth technical sessions and demonstrations of state-of-the-art high-performance networking technologies. The Winter 2007 Joint Techs, hosted by University of Minnesota, and Summer 2007 Joint Techs, hosted by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, featured presentations on 40- and 100-Gbps transport technologies, the Internet2 Network and related services, as well as the federated model for cyberinfrastructure, and LHC Tier 1–Tier 2 networking issues and preparedness.