Emerging Research & Education Networks Special Interest Group (SIG)
Monday, 13 October, 2008
8:30 am - 12:00 pm CDT
Location: Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
4th Floor Oak Alley room
Session Summary:
The mission of this Internet2 Special Interest Group is to bring together the international community to address advancing the state of high-performance networking for research and education in under-served places around the world. All those interested in learning about advanced networking around the world are welcome to attend.
Participants are encouraged to share challenges, ideas, opportunities and successful case studies during this informal meeting based on their own experiences.
Agenda |
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| 8:30 am | Welcome | Heather Boyles [pdf] |
| 8:45 am | Regional Interest Group Activities |
| 8:45 am | South Asia Update | James G. Williams [pdf] | |
| 9:00 am | Middle East Update | Johnathon Chapman [pdf] | |
| 9:15 am | Caribbean Update | Heidi Alvarez [pdf] |
| 9:30 am | Africa Update | Boubakar Barry, Duncan Martin |
| 9:45 am | The Case for NRENs | Valentino Cavalli [pdf] |
| 10:00 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am | Driver Applications / User Communities for Emerging NRENs | George McLaughlin [pdf] |
| 10:50 am | NSRC Work with Emerging NRENs | Dale Smith [pdf], Prashant Manandhar [pdf] |
| 11:10 am | IEEAF Work with Emerging NRENs | Don Riley [pdf] |
| 11:30 am | Other Areas of Interest, Discussion & Wrap-up | |
| 12:00 pm | Close |
Live Streaming Details:
The archive from this meeting can be viewed here:
http://winmedia.internet2.edu/fmm08-vod/nrensig.wmv
Interactive Chat
If you are watching the webstream and wish to ask questions during the meeting, we are participating in the PIC demo. Follow the instructions to create a Jabber account and then join the Oak Alley chat room (oak_alley@conference.picdemo.internet2.edu). We will ask your questions as time permits.
