International Activities - Fall 2007

Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting on Emerging Research and Education Networks

Monday, 8 October, 2007
8:30 a.m. PDT - 12:00 p.m. PDT
Room - Royal Palm Salon Three/Four
Breakfast will be served outside the room at 8:00am

Location: Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, CA

Session Summary: The mission of the Internet2 Special Interest Group (SIG) on Emerging Research and Education Networks to bring together the international community to address advancing the state of high-performance networking for research and education in underserved places around the world.

Participants are encouraged to share challenges, ideas, opportunities and successful case studies during this informal meeting based on their own experiences.

Agenda

8.30  Welcome
  Heather Boyles

8.35  Overview
  Warren Matthews

8.40  Report from the South Asia Interest Group
  Jim Williams [htm] [ppt]

9.00  Report from the Caribbean Interest Group
  Heidi Alvarez [htm] [ppt]

9.20  Update on Nepal
  Jim Whitlock
  Gaurab Raj Upadhaya and Prashant Manandhar [htm] [ppt]

9.50  Break

10.20  Possible new regional interest groups:  Central Asia and Middle East
  Warren Matthews [htm] [ppt]

10.30  Update on Palestine
  Jim Whitlock [htm] [ppt]

11.00  COURAGE
  Javed Khan

11.20   European Africa Connectivity Study
  Catherin Stover [htm] [ppt]

11.40  Round Table
  Heather Boyles, Michael Foley, Michael Laing

Live Streaming Information
URL: http://codian.oar.net
Conference ID: 1003

 

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