Information on Internet2 activities in the international arena.

[Ana Preston <>]

Friends and colleagues:

So that you can start making your plans, what follows is a tentative
schedule of the International Task Force (ITF) meetings and international
related events for the upcoming Fall 2005 Internet2 member meeting,
taking place 18-22 September, 2005 in Philadelphia, PA. Overall eeting
details are all at
http://events.internet2.edu/2005/fall-mm/

Note that the hotel room block cutoff date is August 19.

As always, please contact us if you have any questions. We look forward
to seeing you in a couple of months!

Regards,
Ana Preston/Heather Boyles
Internet2 

Timeline - International (Fall 2005 Internet2 Member 
Meeting)

+ Special Meeting:  Progress and Challenges in Building National
Research and Education Networks In Africa: A View from the Field

Sunday, 18 September
This continues our focus on bringing together people interested and
engaged in promoting better research and education connectivity to
countries in Africa.  There will be ~10-12 leaders representing
various African national, campus and regional networking initiatives and
organizations to talk about existing and emerging efforts and discuss
opportunities for collaboration and further support.  There will be
a separate registration and space is limited.  Registration will
open by 18 August.  Preliminary information about the meeting is
available from this page: 
http://international.internet2.edu/resources/events/2005/FallMMintl.html

+ ITF events:   Monday, 19 September

Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. - International Task Force: Part 1
 > There will be two topical panels.  One will focus on
issues, developments in interconnecting our respective performance
measurement and monitoring infrastructures. 
The other will focus on issue and developments in interconnecting
dark-fiber-based network across borders.

11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Lunch

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. -  International Task Force - Part 2
> Several update presentations from international partners and
projects will be given.

+ General meeting kicks off with a welcome reception on Monday night (19
September); followed by the opening plenary in the AM of Tuesday (20
September). There are many track sessions with relevant international
presence and content. You  can check out a preliminary schedule at
http://events.internet2.edu/2005/fall-mm/gensched.html

Please note that overall meeting information, registration and
accommodation information for the meeting can be found at 
http://events.internet2.edu/2005/fall-mm/

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