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CANARIEs 7th Annual Advanced Networks
Workshop 27-29 November 2001
RESEARCH NETWORKS IN AN ECUMENICAL WORLD (A
European View)
Spyros Konidaris European Commission
"The views expressed in this presentation are
those of the author and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the European Commission"
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Contents
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The beacon Information Society still bright...
Information ? Information and knowledge
Accommodating e fashion e.g. eEurope
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An ambitious strategic goal for the EU for the
next decade
to become the most competitive and dynamic
knowledge-based economy in the world

(Lisbon Summit 2000)
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The Information and Knowledge Society is being
created
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Information Society A three dimensional space
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Information Society The evolution of Homo sapiens
WISDOM
PROCESSING
KNOWLEDGE
INFORMATION
STIMULI/DATA
EVOLUTION
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Information Society Precondition for access
And learn how to use them...
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Specific measures eEurope Action Plan

• Launched by the European Commission to meet the
  new challenge

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eEurope Action Plan The political context
Network Encourage and Innovate
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IST Research Programme
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Research Networks within EU policies
RESEARCH NETWORKS
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Research Networks The complementary objectives
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GÉANT as the flagship of networking activities
in EUROPE
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GÉANT connectivity
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Access of NRENs to GÉANT
0
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Development of prices in Europe
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Testing platforms
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GRIDs testbeds (examples)
Build infrastructures that gives users a
seamless, secure access to a variety of data and
computing resources...

• High Energy Physics
• Earth Space Observation
• Environment
• Bio-sciences and Health
• Industrial design/simulation/visualization
• ASP

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GRIDs testbeds (examples)
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IPv6 testbeds (new projects)

• Native IPv6 at 34 Mb/s, 155 Mb/s, 2.5 Gb/s
• 2400 person months of work over 3 years
• 32 MEuro total cost

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A world of opportunities
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Future challenges for GÉANT

• Consolidate outreaching
• Address the Terabits/s
• Enhance inclusiveness(educational networks,
  libraries,.. )
• Strengthen links with industry
• Anticipate full liberalization in telecoms

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Manufacturers Suffering Operators
Cautiousness Delayed expectations
3Gs, Apparent excess capacity ...
Post dot.comcollapse
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Changes in users habits Info-security
aspects Design rethinking (survivability,..) Trave
l replacement ..
Post 11 Sept crisis
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Global economy
Recession (?)
RD trends
Short termism
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Question Are we chasing a Utopia ?
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Answer Evolution vs Expectation mismatch
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Future of Research Networks

• Strengthen international co-operation
• Facilitate global strategies
• Facilitate pooling of resources
• Move towards Grid-empowered networks
• Establish synergies with industry

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Conclusions

• EU is actively promoting Information Society in
  Europe.
• Networking for Research is a important priority
  for EU policy
• With the support of the IST Programme and in the
  context of the eEurope action plan, a new
  generation backbone for research has been
  launched
• In parallel, EU is investing in networking
  technologies such as GRIDS to support highly
  demanding user community.

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Thanks for your attention