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eInfrastructure
European Leadership in e-Science and Grids
In November 2004, a series of eInfrastructure related events will take place in The Hague under the aegis
of the Dutch
Presidency initiative: European Leadership in e-Science and Grids, which will include a workshop on
e-infrastructure policies, a meeting of the eInfrastructures Reflection Group (eIRG), a Grid-concertation meeting led by
the Grid-infrastructure European projects and project conferences of EGEE, DEISA, SEE-GRID and DILIGENT.
The main objective of the eInfrastructures policy workshop (18 November) and the eInfrastructures Reflection Group
meeting (19 November) is to support the creation of a framework (political, technological and administrative) for the
easy and cost-effective shared use of distributed electronic resources across Europe - particularly for grid computing,
storage and networking. The eInfrastructures Reflection Group is a body of appointed delegates from the Research authorities
of the European States that was established with a mandate to define and recommend policies and best practices for the shared
use of electronic resources in Europe. The ideas and recommendations are described in a white paper
that is augmented by each presidency.
Within the eInfrastructures policy initiative there is a strong focus on high-level policy, and the information required to
define that policy rather than on technical detail. Current important issues are:
- a policy for resource sharing
- a registry/repository for European resources
- coordination of new national and EU funding programs
- better links and synergies between Europe and other regions (e.g. USA, Japan) engaged in similar activities
The current structure of the initiative (in terms of meetings organised, documents produced etc) is the following:
- An eInfrastructures policy workshop that takes place twice a year and that is organised each time by the
country that holds the EU Presidency for that semester in co-operation with the European Commission. The main objectives
of this workshop are to promote and to create further awareness about the initiative in Europe and the world, to
highlight each time new areas that need to be addressed in the context of the initiative and to prepare the ground
for the discussions of the e-IRG on the following day.
- An e-IRG meeting that takes place twice a year (on the following
each time day of the eInfrastructures policy workshop) to define common
policies and to provide recommendations on the shared use of electronic
resources in Europe.
- The preparations for the above meetings are done by a team, called
the Support Team, consisting of experts from EU- and National-funded
Grid and Networking infrastructure projects. The works of the above
team are reflected each time in a document, that is called the White
Paper, that functions as a preparatory document for the e-IRG meetings.
Following after each event the conclusions of the eInfrastructure
policy workshop and of the e-IRG meeting, the paper is augmented/modified
accordingly.
The eInfrastructures Concertation meeting (22-23 November) is organised
by the European Commission, in co-operation with the project EGEE (Enabling
Grids for e-Science in Europe), and with the support of the Research Infrastructure
projects DEISA, GN2 (GÉANT Network) and SEE-GRID.
The meeting has three main objectives:
- to develop synergies between projects working in the same or a similar
area (Grids and networking),
- to support collective efforts (e.g. dissemination)
- to improve and advance the service that the eInfrastructures projects
(together with the Grid Research projects) can provide to the researchers,
contributing to the provision of a better access of each researcher
to the most advanced and best adapted ICT-Infrastructure.
In the context of the project confer ences
it is worthwhile mentioning, among others, the opening of the EGEE conference
works (on 22 November) by Mrs. Maria van der Hoeven, Minister of Education,
Culture and Science (The Netherlands) and by the new Director of DG INFSO-F,
Ulf Dahlsten, and a policy workshop that is organised by SEE-GRID (on
24 November). The last aims at addressing issues related to establishing
National Grid Initiatives (NGIs) in "greenfield" regions so that representatives
of currently emerging NGIs who will attend will benefit from presentations/lectures
and "round-table" Q&A sessions that will be given by experts who have
already accumulated experience in advancing NGIs and shaping relevant
policies.
More information on all above events (as well as links to indivdual
initiatives) can be found on: www.e-IRG.org.
Bits & Pieces
IST 2004
The IST 2004 Research Infrastructure networking session is scheduled for Tuesday 16 Nov from 9.00-10.30 in Room 6.
See the
full programme.
See the conference programme.
IPv6 Promtion Council of Japan publishes field trial
The IPv6 Promotion Council of Japan has recently published the
results of its field trial to migrate from
IPv4 to IPv6.
Slides available
UK IPv6 Deployment Conference
IST IPv6 Cluster
FP7 Workshop Reports
Reports fom FP7 Exploratory Workshops in field of Emerging TEchnologies and Infrastrucures are now available at:
/ist/directorate_f/7fp.htm
Future European Research in ICT
The European Commission services responsible for the management of the Information Society Technologies (IST) thematic priority in the
EU's Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (RTD) have drawn up a
document as a starting point to explore
the views of a broad set of interested parties on the future of European research in ICT. The document highlights the crucial role
played by ICT in economy and society. It shows that RTD is key to mastering, assimilating and exploiting these technologies, and it
proposes objectives and priorities for European ICT research. All interested parties are invited to comment on the future of European
ICT research, and in particular on the issues addressed in the document. The Commission services will analyse the first set of comments
starting from mid-November 2004.
Mobile penetration catches up with fixed lines
The percentage of European households with at least one mobile telephone reached 81% in 2004. This puts mobile telephony
on a par with households having at least one fixed telephone line.
More information.
Information Society Portal on Europa
Europe's Information Society now has a portal on the European Union's Europa site. See
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/index_en.htm
European Commission signs contract with .eu Registry
The contract between the European Commission and EURid was signed on 12 October, enabling EURid - a consortium of Belgian,
Italian and Swedish organizations - to set the .eu mechanism in motion and permit the registration of .eu domain names as
soon as possible.
More information.
News . . . News . . . News . . .
Grid
SEE-GRID Policy Workshop -
A roadmap for establishing National
Grid Initiatives
Press Release - Athens, 14 October 2004.
World-class e-Infrastructure experts are invited to share their experience in setting up and running National Grid Initiatives.
The SEE-GRID project
(South Eastern European GRid-enabled eInfrastructure Development), an initiative co-funded and carried out within the European
Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme under Research Infrastructures, will run a Policy
Workshop in Den Haag, NL, on Wednesday morning, November 24th, 2004, during the
European leadership in e-science and grids.
The workshop will address issues related to establishing National Grid Initiatives (NGIs) in
greenfield regions through presentations/lectures and round-table Q&A sessions that will be
given by experts with accumulated experience in advancing NGIs and shaping relevant
policies. The event is organized under the supervision of the SEE-GRID project, with the
support and endorsement of the European Commission Information Society and Media Directorate-
General Research Infrastructures Unit, and FP6 project EGEE.
The SEE-GRID Policy workshop is a unique opportunity to listen and exchange
ideas with international Grid leaders about setting-up, developing, and sustaining
National Grid Initiatives.
In order to confirm your participation, please go to
http://public.eu-egee.org/conferences/2nd/,
click on online registration form and then fill in the information as needed. Whatever the registration option of your
choice (e.g. full week or per day), if you plan to attend the SEE-GRID workshop please
make sure that you check the box Will attend SEE-GRID Policy Workshop (just
below 24 November) in order for the organizing committee to take into consideration venue
logistics and ensure sufficient seat availability.
Information:
SEE-GRID Project Management Office:
Dr. Nikos Vogiatzis,
tel.: +30 210 7474267,
email: nvog@grnet.gr
Dr. Jorge-A. Sanchez-P.,
tel.: +30 210 7474243,
e-mail: sanchez@grnet.gr
Project background and Policy Workshop details
The SEE-GRID project aims to provide specific support actions to assist the participation of
the SE European states to the pan-European and worldwide Grid initiatives by establishing a
seamless and interoperable pilot-Grid infrastructure that will expand and support the
European Research Area (ERA) in the region. The interconnection of the regional
infrastructure to the pan-European and worldwide Grid initiatives will translate into benefits
for the smaller, less-resourced sites in SE Europe to access computing power that would
otherwise be unaffordable. In this perspective, the SEE-GRID initiative will ease the digital
divide and release the scientific & productive talents of the region and will allow equal
participation of the targeted countries in pan-European Grid efforts in the immediate future.
The project involves representatives of the National Grid Initiatives of Albania, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia-
Montenegro, and Turkey.
The upcoming Policy Workshop is planned to be a highly informative session to help provide
input for formulating a roadmap for establishing NGIs in any greenfield region around the
world, including the one of SE Europe which is of direct interest to the SEE-GRID project.
Specifically, the desired outcome of the Policy Workshop should be:
- to provide key members of NGIs with in-depth information about the structural and
organizational strategies needed to build, sustain, maintain and develop a National
Grid Initiative
- to provide input to the agenda of national governments and funding bodies for the
support of eScience
- to raise awareness about the role of NGIs and their contribution to the research and
education community, as well as to the national economy
- to exchange success stories for the impact of NGIs to the progress of regional and/or
global economies
SILK
IPv6 in Space
A half-day of presentations was held at the telecommunications department of
the European Space Agency on "IPv6 over satellite" on 20 September 2004. It
included the final presentation of a study by IABG (Germany) and a number of
presentations from industry and academia that are working on this topic.
Furthermore, a briefing on the use of IPv6 with ULE in an DVB-S/SCPC
satellite network in the Virtual SILK Highway Project was given.
All presentations are now available on
http://telecom.esa.int/ipv6.
GÉANT extends East
On 11 October the research and education community of Afghanistan connected to
GÉANT via the NATO funded
SILK project. Afghanistan joins the network infrastructure
successfully established by SILK and supported by the EC-funded
SPONGE. This satellite-based network interconnects the
National Research and Education Networks in Afghanistan,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Georgia,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan
and also to the European backbone GÉANT.
Networks
NATO Science Programme upgrades Research & Education Network
A significant step towards easing the digital divide in South East Europe has been made with the recent
upgrade of the Metropolitan
Research & Education Network of Skopje, which further develops the
R & E network of FYR of Macedonia. The Metropolitan Area Network
(MANI-SKOMAN) is a project financed by the NATO Science Programme
(Research Infrastructure support sub-programme) and supplements
the EU-supported SEEREN initiative, under the coordination of the Greek
Research & Technology Network (GRNET). See the
press release.
Grid
Grid boost
A
A €52 million package of twelve EU-funded research projects, that together aim to bring Grid networked computing out
of research labs and into industry, has just been launched by the European Commission. By giving everyone access to the
immense computing power and knowledge hitherto available only to the biggest corporations and laboratories, Grid tools
will boost business competitiveness and help create new markets and services. Users of Grids are able to monitor and
model everything from climate change to how cars behave in collisions. An improved understanding of such behaviours
ultimately helps those responsible to take the necessary steps to improve people's quality of life.
Building Grids for Europe
A short brochure
looking at how Grids "will revolutionise computing as profoundly as email and the Web revolutionised communications and
publishing", as well as how the Commission's IST research programme is helping Europe take Grids out of the research
labs and into industry.
See Also:
Next Generation Internet > Grids
Security
EU blueprint for Security Research programme
The EC has published its recent communication on security research, a document entitled
Security Research: The Next Steps. The communication indicates an increased need for security research and technology
development, and comments that if Europe is to address growing and diversifying security challenges, there is a need to co-ordinate the research
community and harness the combined strengths of relevant industrial players.
The document also acknowledges the key role technology
plays in addressing new security challenges. The communication considers that consultation and cooperation with stakeholders, an
effective Institutional setting, a governance structure responding to the urgency and nature of the work and the setup of a European
Security Research Programme (ESRP) are all necessary actions.
The communication represents the Commission's feedback to recommendations of a high-level group of 27 top European industry
executives and policymakers, published last March. The report, Research for a Secure Europe, stresses the need for increased
co-ordination in this field and advocates an annual EU budget of approx. 1 billion for security research.
European Network and Information Security Agency up and running
ENISA - The European Network Information and Security Agency - now has its Executive Director; internal rules of
procedure are in place, and a drive to recruit technical experts has just begun.
ENISA’s mission is to help deliver high EU-wide levels of security in electronic communications, and to build the
culture of security necessary for the single market to deliver its full benefits to European citizens, consumers,
enterprises and public sector bodies.
More information.
EC
Europe’s latest ICT research on IST Results
 IST Results is an online editorial service reporting on research results and ongoing activities of IST projects funded under the
European Community’s IST Programme. The service has been established by DG Information Society to raise the visibility of European
IST research and thereby support projects’ access to markets and encourage the uptake of innovations into everyday use.
IST Results’ key services comprise daily in-depth project features, news items about IST-related topics, an events calendar,
a comprehensive links section as well as a weekly e-bulletin and customised e-alert services.
The website provides a unique and up-to-date access point to the outcomes, progress and developments of Europe’s latest ICT research.
Covering a wide range of technologies and market application areas, IST Results has already featured several projects
from the Research Infrastructure domain. The following links refer to some of these articles:
6QM,
DataGrid,
GEANT
For IST Programme-funded projects, the service represents a free of charge opportunity to promote their successes and achievements
to a wide range of key audiences or potential users. All feature articles are written by an editorial team, based on information
provided by projects and collected from their websites. IST Results also works closely with DG Information Society Project Officers,
recommending successful projects and suggesting, hot topics for a monthly thematic calendar.
Please consult cordis.europa.eu/ist/results for further information or
contact the IST Results Helpdesk at
Tel. +352 428001 or helpdesk@istresults.info.
RTD Results Supplement
RTD Results Supplement contains a snapshot of the most representative exploitable research results and technology
offers recently made available on the Technology Marketplace Service.
Each edition presents results
focusing on: biology,
medicine, energy, environment, IT, telecommunications, industrial technologies. This supplement is published nine times a
year in English.
Download the
latest issue.
See also Previous issues.
For details on how to submit your exploitable results and technologies to the CORDIS Results Service,
click here.
Networks
Chinese-European Networking Symposium
The EC-Bridge conference (Dec 9 - 10) on
Research Networks, Advanced Networks and Broadband Solutions, funded by the European Commission, is a key
international co-operation event addressing the European and Chinese visions on future eInfrastructures, Research Networks and
Advanced Applications. The conference benefits from the active support of the European Commission and the Chinese Government.
Participation is free.
Preliminary programme and speakers
The conference programme provides a stimulating mix of plenary
presentations and parallel sessions along the following themes:
- Network Infrastructures
- Network Applications
- IPv6
- Middleware/Network Security
- Broadband + Wireless Access
- Grids and shared resources
- Joint Collaborations
- Participation in EC programmes
In addition, a recently conducted Trends Mapping Study will be presented.
Exhibition
A first-rate exhibition area (free of charge)
provides a platform for European and Chinese companies and organisations to showcase their research results and
technological offerings. Some exhibition space is still available.
Organisation and contacts
CERNET (Chinese Research and Education Network) and ULB (Université Libre
de Bruxelles) are co-organising the conference, in the frame of the EC-Bridge project
coordinated by AtosOrigin.
For further information and to book a free booth in
the exhibition, please contact Prof. Paul Van Binst, Université Libre de Bruxelles
(vanbinst@helios.iihe.ac.be, + 32 2 6293211).
eVLBI
58 GigaByte File Transfers
eVLBI data transfer
tests from the Otaniemi campus in Espoo, Finland to JIVE in Dwingeloo,
the Netherlands have shown excellent results. These tests were carried out with the new reliable UDP
protocols, we used mainly the Tsunami file transferprotocol.
The transfer route was Funet-Nordunet-GEANT-SURFnet and the tests were carried out between 17 September, 1400 UT and 18
September 2200 UT. A total of ten 58 GB files (15 minutes of 512
Mbps VLBI data each) were transferred to JIVE with speeds that were
consistently above 512 Mbitps. The maximum speed achieved was 614.9 Mbitps
and the limiting factor was the speed of the two-disk raid array in the
receiving computer.
See the impressive network load
graph which indicates this transfer has quadrupled the traffic from Nordunet to Geant with one
pair of normal microcomputers!
Apparently the tools needed for high-speed eVLBI data transfer are
now downloadable from the Internet and standard Linux computers can handle the
speeds used in VLBI.
The following hardware and software were used for the transfer:
- MRO disk-based recorder in Otaniemi and a similar computer in JIVE
- AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor
- Epox 8KDA3J motherboard with the nForce3 250 gb chipset
- 512 MB memory
- Disks: At Otaniemi a 3*200GB raid array, at JIVE a 2*120GB raid array
- Debian Linux operating system with kernel 2.4.27, the forcedeth
- Ethernet driver and the bigphysarea patch
- iperf version 1.7.0 network test programme
- Tsunami version 2002-12-02 file transfer programme
This work has been supported by CSC, the Finnish information
technology center for science, and the operator of the Funet network.
IPv6
LIP6 selects 6WIND'S IP-agnostic
networking software to build
new generation wireless networks
Press Release - Paris, 30 September 2004.
LIP6 (Paris 6 University’s Information Technology Center of Excellence) announced today its decision to integrate 6WIND’s
IP-agnostic software within the wireless network trial platform of one of Europe’s largest university campuses, Jussieu,
under the state-initiated INFRADIO project. Equipped with dynamic security policies and an automated administration system,
the Jussieu network platform will be built on IPv6 WLAN meshed routers.
The network, operational this Fall, will fully cover the academic site with more than 20 wireless access points. It is expected to
provide Jussieu’s community of some 40,000 plus students, staff and visitors with easy and secure on-the-move campus access to the
university’s range of advanced services. The users will equally be able to exploit the network for developing and using their own
peer-to-peer applications.
Acting as a platform for monitoring new nomadic uses on a large scale, the INFRADIO project’s principal focus is to study the
impacts of integrating nomadicity-related applications into the standard applications offered on the Jussieu network, for example,
data-video swap and location-based services of resources and people. Resulting conclusions will shape the implementation and
re-structuring of new and optimized wireless networks and applications for such users. These new generation wireless networks
will interoperate equally well with private networks as they do with operator networks.
6WIND’s feature-rich technology, particularly with regards to intelligent routing, network security and IPv6
(auto configuration, transition mechanisms, NAT-PT), made it possible for us to quickly and easily meet the technical requirements
of the network platform’s pilot version. Moreover, the software’s highly open architecture renders the possibility of easily
integrating wireless-specific routing protocols eventually, said Serge Fdida, professor at Pierre and Marie Curie University
(Paris 6), LIP6’s Networks and Performances group manager and INFRADIO project leader.
LIP6’s integration of 6WIND software solution demonstrates yet again, the value-add of our technology for deploying
innovative internet applications, in this instance within the education and research community. Beyond enabling new internet uses
in terms of “always-on” connectivity, mobility and security, the underlying advantage 6WIND’s IP-agnostic networking technology is
in offering an open software architecture to empower the easy integration of third party applications and specific development for
customization or differentiation. In the case of INFRADIO, it will be to add wireless-specific protocols,
added Eric Carmès, 6WIND Chief Operating Officer.
The continuous collaboration between LIP6 and 6WIND has been in part, due to 6WIND’s position as a leader and innovator of
advanced IP networking technologies and applications. LIP6 and 6WIND teams have, for several years, been working closely
together on new IP technologies such as Teredo, migration protocols, quality of service and multicast. They also created,
in partnership with Thales, CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) and ENST (French Engineering University for
Telecommunications in Paris), Euronetlab, a research laboratory dedicated to new generation Internet technologies.
IST
News from IST Projects
In computers we will trust, even fallible ones
As society’s dependence on the Internet grows, so does our need to trust it. Yet the Web is under constant attack by hackers and
criminals, and subject to both software and hardware failures. A recent European effort to build tougher computer systems is now
receiving due recognition.
A Digital Library Infrastructure based on Grid technologies (ERCIM)
The IST FP6 project DILIGENT, which is based on a Digital Library Infrastructure on Grid enabled Technology
has been recently set up. The project involves 14 European partners that will work together on the development of a
digital library infrastructure, based on Grid-enabled technology that will allow members of dynamic virtual organisations to
collaborate by exploiting shared knowledge and physical resources.
EUROLABS to support projects
EUROLABS is a IST FP6 project that integrates new networking technologies,
applications and services. The project addresses topics
like access networks, IPv6, QoS, security, mobility, interworking and interoperability. These components are combined to make up
five interconnected testbeds, located in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland. As a support project EUROLABS
expects to collaborate with all projects for tests and interoperability. Collaboration with ‘Broadband for all’ and ‘Research Network’
projects is the prime target. EUROLABS will undertake the organisation of dissemination events, participate in the concertation
process and actively contribute to the standardisation processes.
Kick-starting the mobile Internet
Toll-free telephone numbers benefit everyone. It costs callers nothing to use them and organisations paying for the lines attract
more callers. Recent trials in Europe suggest this same win-win concept could be successfully used with the mobile Internet.
Call for Papers
TERENA Networking Conference 2005
TERENA Networking Conference 2005 -
The World of Pervasive Networking, June 6-9, 2005, Poznan, Poland.
ICCS 2005
ICCS 2005 (International Conference on Computational Science),
Advancing Science through Computation, May 22-25, 2005, Altanta, USA.
Deadlines:
- Proposals for Workshops November 1, 2004
- Full papers submission December 1, 2004
- Notification of acceptance of papers January 31, 2005
- Camera ready papers February 14, 2005
- Early registration March 30, 2005
Food for Thought
For the Diary
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Photonics
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2 - 3
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Translight Meeting and GLIF/Lambda Workshop 2004
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Nottingham, UK
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Photonics
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5 - 9
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30th European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC)
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Photonics
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6 - 9
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Photon04
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Glasgow, UK
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Telecoms
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8 - 11
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43rd European Telecommunications Congress
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Ghent, Belgium
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Grid
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15 - 17
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European Grid Technology Days 2004 IST-FP6 Grid Projects Launch and Concertation
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Brussels, Belgium
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IPv6
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20
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Presentation of results of study into IPv6 over satellite
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Noordwijk, Netherlands
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Grid
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20 - 23
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Global Grid Forum - Grids Deployed in the Enterprise
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Brussels, Belgium
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RIPE
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20 - 24
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RIPE 49 Meeting
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Manchester, UK
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IPv6
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23 - 24
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UK IPv6 Summit 2004
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Manchester, UK
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Internet
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29 - 1 Oct
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Fifth International Workshop on Quality of Future Internet Services (QofIS’04)
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Barcelona, Spain
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Internet
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First International Workshop on QoS Routing (WQoSR) - Smart Routing
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Barcelona, Spain
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Internet
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4 - 6
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6NET IPv6 Network Management Tutorial (registration deponth@renater.fr)
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Montpellier, France
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Cyber-Law
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11 - 15
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IVth World Congress on Cyber-Law
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Cuzco, Peru
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IPv6
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11 - 15
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5th ETSI IPv6 Plugtests Event
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Mandelieu, France
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Security
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3 - 5
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The RSA® Conference, Europe 2004
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Barcelona, Spain
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NREN
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11 - 12
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HEAnet's National Networking Conference - Advanced networking, services and applications
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Limerick, Ireland
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Photonics
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12
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2nd International Workshop Optical Control Planes for the Grid Community
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Pittsburgh, USA
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Wireless
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15
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Wireless Telecommunications & Health Risks - Facts about potential health risks
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Grimbergen, Belgium
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IST 2004
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15 - 17
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IST 2004
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The Hague, Netherlands
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IPv6
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16 - 18
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Global IP Exchange
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Tokyo, Japan
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eInfrastructures
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eInfrastructures policy initiative workshop
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The Hague, Netherlands
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eInfrastructure
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22 - 23
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European Leadership in e-Science and Grids
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The Hague, Netherlands
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EU
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22 - 23
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III LAC-EU Ministerial InfoSoc Forum
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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Grid
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22 - 26
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2nd EGEE Conference
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The Hague, Netherlands
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IPv6
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24 - 26
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III Russian Global IPv6 Summit
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Moscow, Russia
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IPv6
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24 - 26
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6NET IPv6 Network Management Tutorial #2
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Budapest, Hungary
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Networks
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28
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Globecom 2004 - GMPLS workshop
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Dallas, USA
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Networks
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29 - Dec 1
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INTERWORKING - 2004: 7th International Symposium on Communications Interworking
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Ottowa, Canada
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IPv6
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European IPv6 Task Force Meeting
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Paris, France
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Middleware
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7 - 11
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Australian Middleware Forum & Campus Architectural Middleware Planning (CAMP) Workshop
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Queensland, Australia
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Photonics
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8 - 10
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Broadband Europe Conference
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Bruges, Belgium
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Beyond 3G
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9 - 10
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1st Wireless World Initiative (WWI) Symposium
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Brussels, Belgium
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Networks
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9 - 10
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Chinese-European Networking Symposium - Research Networks, Advanced Networks and Broadband Solutions Conference and Exhibition
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Shanghai, China
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EU
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Luxembourg to take presidency of the European Council
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Grid
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European Grid Conference 2005
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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