Keep the date! SERENATE Final Workshop Bad Nauheim (near Frankfurt) June 2003

What’s the idea? David Williams CERN, also President TERENA SERENATE NREN Workshop, Noordwijkerhout 5 February 2003

Topics What is about? Structure and timescales Initial workshop Operators’ workshop End-users’ workshop This NREN workshop Some preliminary conclusions?

WHAT IS SERENATE ABOUT?

The acronym SERENATE = Study into European Research and Education Networking as Targeted by eEurope Funded as an EC project – FP5 Looking at the strategic needs, say up to 5 years ahead NOT making detailed plans

The objectives  Strategic study into the evolution of research & education networking in Europe over the next years. Looking into the technical, organisational and financial aspects, the market conditions and the regulatory environment. Will provide inputs to the policy-making of the EC, national governments and funding bodies, research institutions and research & education networks.

Who are the partners? Academia Europaea Centre for Tele-informatics (CTI), Technical University of Denmark DANTE European Science Foundation TERENA (coordinating partner) considerable involvement of other actors – especially you the NRENs also end-users and industry (operators and equipment suppliers)

Steering Committee Bonac- ARNES – “geographic” issues Butterworth- AE – “research users” Davies- DANTE – “technical” Jaume- RENATER – “other users” Liello- chair NREN Consortium Mayer- ESF Skouby- CTI – “economics” Vietsch- TERENA Williams

STRUCTURE AND TIMESCALES

The EU project Runs from 1 May 2002 for 16 months, so until 31 August 2003 Comprises 14 areas of work, including workshops, studies and report writing

Workshops Initial workshop (17-18 Sept 2002, La Hulpe) Done Operators’ views on infrastructure status and evolution (8 Nov 2002, Amsterdam) Done User needs and priorities (17-19 Jan 2003, Montpellier) Done NREN issues (4-5 Feb 2003, Noordwijkerhout) Today Final workshop (16-17 June 2003, Bad Nauheim near Frankfurt)

Reports A report will be generated after each workshop (see previous slide for list) PLUS Various other specific reports ending with … Overall strategic plan – input to Final Workshop (~end May 2003)

SOME OF THE REPORTS

Transport Infrastructure  fact-finding on the transport and infrastructure market – deployment and trends, incl. pricing and availability and market development as well as global connectivity issues  carried out by DANTE and CTI  GÉANT procurements as one of the inputs plus confidential interviews with European-level operators  report on status of international connectivity (D6) in your papers – report on transport infrastructure will be ready “soon”  several talks on this area on agenda

Regulatory situation  study into the status of regulatory development in:  each of the EU Accession States  Portugal, Greece  the other EU Member States as a whole  carried out by CTI and Antelope Consulting  report in your paperwork – and on agenda

Equipment  study into the availability and characteristics of equipment for next-generation networks  carried out by DANTE and TERENA  contributions from technical experts from TF-NGN  structured interviews with equipment manufacturers to take place towards end of 2002  First draft of ~50 page report available “yesterday”, with a summary in your papers

Other areas of work Education and other fields (libraries, healthcare….) Geographic coverage

Route to more information? –Public pages –Also working areas for each work package

Where are we today?

INITIAL WORKSHOP

Initial Workshop  September 2002 at La Hulpe  94 participants from: national research & education networks, researchers, government and funding bodies, telecom operators, equipment manufacturers  interesting plenary presentations:  researcher’s, educationalist’s and librarian’s view  policies/politics (EP, EC, ENPG)  the view from the campus (FR, UK)  the continental view (GÉANT, Internet2)  optical networking  problems in real life  breakout discussion sessions on Technology, Economics, Geography, Researchers’ Needs, Other Users’ Needs  Summary report via serenate.org/workshop1.htmlserenate.org/workshop1.html

First impressions (1/3)  From hardware to services: Research networking is evolving fast. It is not so much just getting “hardware connectivity” to the researcher’s desk, but it is increasingly about delivering a set of services needed by researchers (and others). The user wants information access, collaborative tools, “disciplinary Grids”. AAA and Web/Grid services will be part of the delivery mechanism.  Research & education networks are a resource: Lots of expertise. Growing understanding by government of the importance of ICT as a driver for economic prosperity. Growing understanding by governments of the value of their research & education network’s expertise. Increasing requests to capitalise on that expertise.

First impressions (2/3)  Technology: The “optical wave” is a powerful one. We need to find a coherent approach to the “steadily increasing amplitude” of optical networking.  Economics: We need a clear understanding of any regulatory barriers that we could face in deploying pan-European fibre. Does it matter whether you actually own fibre, or lease it on a long-term basis, or maybe even lease wavelengths?  Geography: There is a potential conflict between two fundamental EU-policy concepts: equal opportunities for researchers wherever they are (ERA)  subsidiarity.

First impressions (3/3) Researcher-User Needs: As much as they can get (and afford). AAA, Grids etc.  Other Users’ Needs: Could one develop benchmarks for schools, libraries, hospitals etc.?  Policy and funding: Dialogue with governments and politicians (national and European level) needed.

OPERATORS’ WORKSHOP

Operators’ Workshop (1/2)  8 November 2002 in Amsterdam  45 participants mainly from telecom operators, but some equipment manufacturers, and representatives of other areas of interest  Summary report via serenate.org/workshop2.htmlserenate.org/workshop2.html  Meeting interesting and some interest to repeat at intervals

Operators’ Workshop (2/2) Major themes:-  Hybrid net architecture needed  Classic approach for any-to-any connectivity  Switched approach when needing high speed between limited set of sites (Grid-style)  Little (operator) interest in >10 Gb/s  Differing approaches to offering dark-fiber – some consensus that wavelength services might be best  Expectation that increasing liberalisation in East Europe will bring down costs  Further strong consolidation of the industry anticipated  Potential interest in more collaborative approach with NRENs

END-USERS’ WORKSHOP

End Users’ Workshop (1/2)  January 2003 in Montpellier  ~40 participants  Summary report will become available via serenate.org/workshop3.html serenate.org/workshop3.html

End Users’ Workshop (2/2) Some major themes:-  Much progress over past five years  Campus is often the major bottleneck  NREN model remains appropriate (discussion on EREN)  Clearly growing requirements across all disciplines and all countries  Move from bandwidth to “services” and the impact that this has/will have on the relations between NREN and the national academic community  Need for improved information flow between NRENs and end-users  Digital Divide (inside Europe)  Major issue  Needs political action (and money!) to make any impact  EU project to montior the situation?  Communities beyond research and tertiary education  Charging

PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES?

Some themes  Complexity  From hardware to services  Research & education networks as a national resource  Technology – optical wave  Economics – impact of regulation; geography  Geography – digital divide inside Europe Research and tertiary education users  Users beyond research and tertiary education  Policy and funding

Recommendation not prescription

THIS WORKSHOP

Who are you? NRENs coming from many different countries. Here to talk and interact

Pleas for the speakers Not everyone listens to rapid-fire English every day. Please speak reasonably slowly and enunciate as clearly as you can! Remember to send a copy of your presentation to Raquel Please keep to time …

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