Transcript Programme Committee 2002

Reflections
• The Annual Conference is the main
opportunity for conversation within our
community
• Our participants…
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The National Networks & users
International colleagues
Industry
Policymakers and Government
Globalization
• Dangers for ‘emerging’ economies and
developing countries
• Networking and open information a key
driver for development
• Be aware of political motivations
• We must concern ourselves with ethical
issues
• Legislation, governance and control
Middleware stream
• Follow-up of workshop in June 2000
• Focus on discussion
– some heat but always light
• Real advances in Europe - US co-operation
• Policy and technology issues intertwined
• Challenges competence and resources of
NRENs and Universities
Outreach to the Campus
• The first and last mile
• End to end services with performance
– M/ware and GRID applications infrastructure
– continuing work in progress
• Discontinuities at boundaries with NRENs
• Investment requirement?? $10Bn estimated
for US
• Problems of vision, strategy and funding at
local and national level
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The speakers and discussion leaders
The local organisers
The conference support staff
The TERENA staff
• and to you, the conference participants
Thank our Sponsors
Programme Committee
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Stefano Trumpy
Claudıo Allocchıo
Lajos Balint
Rob Blokzijl
Ufuk Çaglayan
Michael Gettes
Christoph Graf
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Sabine Jaume
Peter Kaufmann
Wojtek Sylwestrzak
Roman Tirler
Ton Verschuren
Peter Villemoes
Conference 2002
June 3 - 6
Ireland
Programme Committee 2002
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François Fluckiger (chairman),CERN, Switzerland
Mauro Campanella, GARR, Italy
Michael Gettes, Georgetown University, USA
Jean-Paul le Guigner, CRU, France
Geerd-Rüdiger Hoffmann, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany
Theodoros Karounos, GRNET, Greece
Diego Lopez, RedIRIS, Spain
Miroslav Milinovic, CARNet, Croatia
Mike Norris, HEAnet, Ireland
Rina Samani, UKERNA, UK
Roman Tirler, European Commission DG - Information Society