1. PROPOSAL 20 th APAN Meeting; Advanced Network Conference in Taipei, Taiwan August 2005 Proposed by: APAN - TW

2. Conference Information Date: 23 ~ 27 August, 2005 (Tentative) Venue: Activity Center, Academia Sinica Designated Hotels: a) Howard Plaza Hotel b) Howard International House Taipei c) Guest House of Academia Sinica

3. Co-hosts Computing Centre, Academia Sinica National Center for High-Performance Computing Taiwan Network Information Center

4. Organizing Committee The Organizing Committee members will be invited from the APAN community as well as selected from the following institutes: Computing Center, Ministry of Education Computing Centre, Academia Sinica Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica National Center for High-Performance Computing Taiwan Network Information Center

5. Local Secretariat Overall coordination: Stella Shen Networking: Wen-shui Chen & Yu-lin Chang Venue Facilities/ A-V equipment: Hsin-Pin Chou Transportation & Social Events: Emma Liao Registration, Hotel & Visa: Vicky Huang Printing / Publication: Carol Chuang Multi-media: Chun-Chi Lin

6. Venue Venue: Activity Center of Academia Sinica o 7 conference rooms (600 seats – 20 seats) o Advanced meeting equipment High Speed Internet Access In- and out-door Wireless Internet Environment Conference-designed Audio System Video-conference Service o Convenient accommodation in the same building, each guest room equipped with 100 Mbps Internet access

7. Activity Center, Academia Sinica

8. Conference Room 1 with Capacity of 150~200 Seats

9. Auditorium with Capacity of 600 Seats

10. Academia Sinica Gymnasium