1. WP2- EVN-NREN On behalf of Richard Hughes-Jones 2012 Jun 20

2. WP2 – EVN-NREN NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012  Richard Hughes-Jones, DANTE  Activities:  Provide a forum to enable direct communication between Network providers and Radio Astronomy users.  Technical experts from GÉANT, NRENs & Astronomers  Encourage the exchange of information & issues  Required network connectivity & services  Presentations of the on-going work in NEXPReS  Updates on Network technology developments, Bandwidth on Demand, Services & Future NREN plans.  Discussion of geographic regions that require improved connectivity

3. Period 1 Deliverables NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012 WP2 - EVN-NREN D2.1 EVN-NREN meeting 1 Meeting held at Aveiro Portugal 25 May 2011 co-located with “The Growing Demands on Connectivity and Information Processing from VLBI to the SKA”.  Agenda items:  Introduction to NSI  BoD e-VLBI requirements  NREN updates & roadmaps  AARNet  FCCN  GÉANT  JANET  NORDUnet  PIONER  RedIRIS  SURFnet

4. Period 2 Deliverables NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012 WP2 - EVN-NREN  D2.2 EVN-NREN meeting 2  Meeting postponed as excellent communications were taking place between the communities.  D2.4 Presentation on status of networking in relation to Radio Astronomy locations of interest.  Status: Draft complete.

5. Period 2 Other Activities  Coordinated with JANET,GÉANT, NORDUnet, Funet, JBO and MRO to establish 4 Gbit BoD using AutoBAHN.  Assisted with the creation, commissioning, & testing of the dynamic links JBO-London, JBO-Stockholm, JBO-MRO.  Helped lease with NORDUnet for the NSI BoD tests. NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012 WP2 - EVN-NREN

6. Period 2 & 3 Deliverables/Activities  D2.2 EVN-NREN meeting 2  Suggest to co-locate with NORDUnet Conference in Oslo afternoon 17 Sep 12  D2.3 EVN-NREN meeting 3. Due date: M32 Feb 13  To assess progress in the field and determine actions for effective use the networks in the short and long-term future.  Propose we co-locate with TNC2013 in Maastricht, 3-6 June 13  End of project NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012 WP2 - EVN-NREN

7. WP3- eVLBI Scientific Advisory Committee (eVSAG) Paco Colomer 2012 Jun 20

8. WP3 - eVSAG  Paco Colomer, FG-IGN  Activities:  Coordinate and encourage discussions linking the science and technology of e- VLBI with possible operational and policy impacts  Explains the activities of NEXPReS and its implications for the community at large NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012

9. Membership NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012 WP3 - eVSAG EVN Program Committee: Campbell, Bob JIVE Desmurs, Jean-Francois OAN/IGN Guirado, Jose Carlos Univ. Valencia Koerding, Elmar Paris Lindqvist, Michael Onsala, EVN TOG Lobanov, Andrei MPIfR Muxlow, Tom JBO (EVNPC Chair) ‏ Polatidis, Antonios ASTRON Shen, Zhiqiang Shanghai Obs. Vlahakis, Nektarios Univ. of Athens Venturi, Tiziana INAF-IRA Vlemmings, Wouter Univ. of Bonn Colomer, PacoIGN, WP Coord. Porcas, RichardEVN Scheduler Alef, WalterEVN TOG Szomoru, ArpadNEXPReS WP5 Boven, PaulNEXPReS WP6 Kettenis, MarkNEXPReS WP7 Mujunen, AriNEXPReS WP8 Beswick, RobUser Conway, JohnUser + Frey, SandorUser Giroletti, MarceloUser Maccarone, TomUser Paragi, ZsoltUser + Pérez-Torres, MiguelUser Tudose, ValeriuUser Van Langevelde, HuibNEXPReS Coord. Yun, CharlesNEXPReS PM

10. Period 2 Deliverables NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012 WP3 - eVSAG Face-to-face meeting (D3.1, Mo16) held at Royal Observatory of Madrid on Friday 4 November 2011, 9:00 - 13:00 hours Agenda items: – WP7 demo – Availability of eVLBI – Proposals statistics – Scheduled eVLBI sessions – Proposals requesting ? – Revision of call for proposals – Disk recording vs. e-transfer Attending: 10 in Madrid + 12 by EVO

11. Period 2 Deliverables (2) NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012 WP3 - eVSAG F2F meeting @ Madrid

12. Period 2 Deliverables (3) NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012 WP3 - eVSAG Proposal trends Connectivity status

13. Period 2 Deliverables (4) NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012 WP3 - eVSAG Action item 1: It is agreed to produce an inventory of e-VLBI telescopes available at each frequency, and current/expected connectivity bandwidth. (Colomer)‏ Action item 2: Investigate the user demand on e- VLBI at the next EVN Users' meeting (Bordeaux, October 9-12 2012). (Muxlow)‏ Action item 3: Investigate changes in NorthStar proposal tool to allow combination of disk-based and e-VLBI observations in a single proposal. (Campbell)‏ Action item 4: Prepare an adequate computer setup to be used at the next eVSAG meeting by EVO. (Colomer)‏

14. Period 3 Deliverables/Activities  D3.02 eVSAG F2F meeting 2 (D3.2, expected Mo32).  End of project scientific+technical conference on high resolution radio follow-up of transients in early 2013. Link eVSAG F2F to it ! NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012 WP3 - eVSAG

15. WP4- Communication On behalf of Kristine Yun 2012 Jun 20

16. WP4 - Communication  Kristine Yun, JIVE  Activities:  Online resources (web site, wiki, email lists, etc)  Print products and materials (logo, brochures, visual aids)  Display  Meeting communications  General communications to public NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012

17. P2 Deliverables  D4.7 Publish Print Items  Second printing of D4.6 brochure  Outreach movie  produced by JIVE  segments describing VLBI, e-VLBI, EVN and NEXPReS  can be modified for local use (subtitling or voiceover) NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012

18. P2 Other Activities  Display  Conferenza GARR (November 2011, Bologna)  JIVE Review (March 2012, Dwingeloo)  RAS National Astronomy Meeting (March 2012, Manchester)  Resolving the Sky (April 2012, Manchester) NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012

19. P2 Other Activities  Brochures  Future Internet Week (October 2011, Poznan)  10th International e-VLBI Workshop (November 2011, HartRAO) NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012

20. P2 Other Activities  Publication contributions  Knowledge Without Borders, report of the GÉANT Expert Group (October 2011)  e-Science talk brief on R&E networks (February 2012)  Digital Agenda press release: EU funded research helps astronomers see the bigger picture (August 2011) NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012

21. P3 Deliverables/Activities  D4.3 Meeting Support  Display  IAU General Assembly (Beijing, August 2012)  11th International e-VLBI Workshop?  ? NEXPReS Board Meeting – Copenhagen – 20 June 2012