1. The Role of Europe in Developing Future Internet Technologies, EC Initiatives

2. Some Key Opportunities
Internet Market Growth
Internet technologies increasingly central to new services
Convergence
Mobility Aspects
Global Electronic Commerce
Global Education and Training ….
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3. Key Challenges for Europe
Lack of competitive infrastructure -> High Cost of International Telecommunications
Fast Technology Cycles
Access to Venture Capital and Investments
Fragmentation of European Infrastructures for Research and Education
Providing Effective means for Interactive Development and Demonstration of Leading Edge Technologies and Applications with a critical mass
Improving the European Industrial Role in the Internet Evolution and Standardisation
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4. EC Internet Related Policies
Regulatory/Legal Aspects
Research/Development/Deployment
Globalisation
Critical Mass/Timely Standards
The Network as indispensable Tool for R&D
R&D into Network Technologies, Services and Tools
R&D into advanced Applications and Content
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5. Current Actions TEN-155 / QUANTUM TEN-34 Tools and Applications
Stop-Gap Measure, Non-optimal Architecture
Tools and Applications
Telematics for Research
Esprit/ACTS
Supporting European IETF work
TEN-155 / QUANTUM
Upgrade of Bandwidth to min. 155 Mbit/s
Large Scale Pilots of Differentiated QoS RSVP, IPv6, reliable Multi-Casting, MPLS,..
Real-Time based Application Demonstrations
Better Architecture (IP/ATM based)
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6. TEN-155/QUANTUM
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7. Next Actions EC Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme
Basic Research on Key Internet Technologies
Applications Oriented Research on Education and Training, Health Care, Electronic Commerce, Collaborative Work, Multi-Media Contents,…..
Horizontal Infrastructure Measure to Interconnect Research and Education Networks, Testbeds 4

8. Information Society Technologies Programme
Virtual Enterprises, Collaborative Work,
Virtual Storefront, Security ...
Virtual Hospitals,
Cyber Town Halls ...
New Methods of Work & Electronic Trading
Multimedia Content and Tools
Systems and Services for the
Citizen
Digital Library,
Virtual Universities, Virtual Laboratories,
New Forms of Content, Intelligent Searching ...
Essential Technologies and Infrastructures
Immersive Virtual Environments,
distributed computing,
Future Internet Protocols and Services, Optical
Networks, Mobile ...
Generic/Future
Technologies
Support for Research
Infrastructure 9

9. FP5 IST Infrastructure Action
Unleash the Power of Leading Edge Tools and Services for Support of European Collaborative Research and Education by: Broadband Interconnection of National research and education networks
Capacity and Quality matching the best of the National Networks
622Mbit/s - Gigabit/s with differentiated QoS
Improving Management and Monitoring
Improving International Connectivity to Third Countries
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10. FP5 IST Infrastructure Action
Enable Experimentation with New Generations of Networking Technologies, Tools, Services by: Interconnecting Advanced Testbeds across Europe
All Optical Networks
Very High Speed Networking and New Protocols
Support/Enable Leading Edge Applications Development and Demonstration
Support User Access to Testbeds
Support Advanced Applications Experiments
Support Standards making process and best practice dissemination and Take-up
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11. Implementation Issues
What is the Budget?
3% of IST Programme Budget
Possible Overall Budget for IST Programme ~ 3.8 BECU (Shared Cost Funding)
How to Get the Capacity?
Competitive Tenders
Public/Private Partnerships
Strategic European Interest
How to Build the Network?
Gigapops?, IP/DWDM?, ...
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12. International Cooperation
World-wide Connectivity Essential (e.g. STAR TAP, G-8 GIBN Project)
Open Standards Process (Links with NGI, Internet 2, CANARIE III, other initiatives)
Joint Experiments, Trials and Workshops
IST Programme has Political Mandate to support this
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13. Provisional IST Calendar
October 1998: Programme Advisory Group Meeting
November 1998: Draft Work Programme for Published
December 1998: Final Adoption by the Council of FP5 and IST (including Budget)
Jan 1999: Publication of first Call for Proposals
August 1999: First Projects starting
Next Calls in March, June, October 1999
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14. Conclusions
Europe will play a Role in the Future of Internet, but must get to leading edge to Influence
Global Approach and Cooperation is Needed
European Industry and Academics need to Work together to make it Happen
IST Programme offers the Opportunity for Support
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15. Relevant WWW Addresses
Regulatory/Legal Aspects
Current Actions:
Telematics for Research
Esprit
ACTS
5th FP
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16. Relationships with Thematic Programmes
Advanced Applications:
Environment Monitoring and Simulation, Digital City
Advanced Applications:
Virtual University, Virtual Enterprise ..
Advanced Applications: Virtual Factory, Virtual Labs ...
Advanced Applications:
Human Genome DB, Earth Observation ....
Creating a
User-Friendly
Information
Society
Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
Competitive
and Sustainable Growth
Quality of Life & Management of Living Resources
Optimal Use of
Computer Centres,
Clinical and Bio. Databases
Support for Research
Infrastructure
Networking and Optimal Use of
Industrial Computing
Centres, Wind-tunnels,
Laboratories
Sharing
Environment Databases, Earth Observation Data
Support for
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