Planning Meeting: Enhancing Research and Education Connectivity to and within South Asia
Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Salon K
8:00am to 5:00pm
This meeting is being hosted by the Internet2 Special Interest Group on Emerging Research and Education Networks in conjunction with the Internet2 Member Meeting being held the week of April 23, 2007. The meeting is being organized in partnership with a wide range of organizations from the global research and education networking community with program leadership and financial support from the US National Science Foundation International Research Network Connections (IRNC) program through the TransPAC2 project (a project led by Indiana University).
This planning meeting will focus on issues related to the buildout and interconnection of research and education networks within the countries of South Asia, between countries within the region and to other regions of the world - including connectivity to US research and education networks. The countries covered are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Representatives from existing and emerging National Research and Education Networks from a number of these countries are expected to attend the meeting in person.
Logistics
Date/Time: Thursday, 26 April 2007, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Breakfast will be available from 7:30 a.m. with the meeting starting at 8:00 a.m. (to accommodate remote participation from the region).
Agenda: An agenda and presentations for this meeting is available here.
Wednesday evening reception: meeting attendees are also invited to a reception sponsored by Microsoft Research from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening at the same venue
Location:
Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Virginia 22202
For those requiring lodging, please consult the Internet2 Spring Member Meeting Hotel & Travel page.
Attendance: All interested individuals are encouraged to attend the meeting. Please rsvp to Giselle Trent <giselle@internet2.edu> so we can plan room size and food/beverage accordingly.
To participate in this meeting via Video Conference please click here
Internet2 would like to thank the following organizations for their financial support of this meeting:
