Stefano Trumpy Conference Introduction TERENA Networking Conference 2001

Stefano Trumpy -- Conference Introduction TERENA Networking Conference 2001 Conference Introduction Stefano Trumpy Programme Committee Chairman 1

Stefano Trumpy -- Conference Introduction TERENA Networking Conference 2001 The range of this week events: • The conference • The tutorial • The stands • The CISCO event High. Tech 2001 • TERENA General Assembly & other TERENA events • The social programme & excursions 2

Stefano Trumpy -- Conference Introduction TERENA Networking Conference 2001 Organization of the conference: • Plenary sessions 4 • 3 tracks, in 8 parallel sessions A) technology B) policy and general information C) specialised: middleware 3

Stefano Trumpy -- Conference Introduction TERENA Networking Conference 2001 Later in the year, you all will receive a copy of the Computer Journal with a selection of the best papers from TNC 2001 4

Stefano Trumpy -- Conference Introduction TERENA Networking Conference 2001 Programme Committee Claudio Allocchio Lajos Balint Rob Blokzijl Ufuk Caglayan Michael Gettes Christoph Graf Sabine Jaume Peter Kaufmann Wojtek Sylwerstrzak Roman Tirler Stefano Trumpy Ton Verschuren Peter Villemoes 5

Stefano Trumpy -- Conference Introduction TERENA Networking Conference 2001 Special thanks to: • • Michel Walsh, Vice. President for Conferences Nicola Warren and Carol De Groot for assistance to the Programme Committee Bert van Pinxteren for conference organization Tugrul Yilmaz, our Local HOST and to the organizations who have provided sponsorship 6