Director of Membership Activities  Jane Ryland

Applications Strategy Council  Tom DeFanti University of Illinois, Chicago

Network Research Liaison Council  Lawrence Landweber University of Wisconsin, Madison

Network Policy & Planning Advisory Council  Gary Augustson Pennsylvania State University

Achievements and Directions Doug Van Houweling 27 September 1998

Overview  Internet2 Goals  Progress  Current status  Challenges  Next Steps  Member Role  Strategy for the Future

Internet2 Goals  Enable new generation of applications  Re-create leading edge R&E network capability  Transfer capability to the global production Internet

Progress  2 years ago: Internet2 Project formed October 1996  1 year ago: UCAID Incorporated October 1997  6 months ago: Abilene Launched April 1998

Today  130 universities  44 corporations  7 gigaPops connected to vBNS  Abilene demonstrated  vBNS/Abilene peering announced  QoS -- Qbone initiative launched  Middleware initiative launched

Challenges  Maintain focus on advanced Internet Production Internet rapidly gaining strength through incremental improvements Intranets and extranets growing  Higher education needs a production Internet capable of serving mission- critical applications and so does the rest of the world!  Internet2 implements advanced capabilities

Next Steps  Continue to interconnect member desktops and servers at high speed  Continue to support advanced applications development focus on multi-campus implementations  Adopt, develop and implement QoS end-to-end middleware end-to-end new business models

Internet2 = Members  Internet2 priorities are your priorities  Internet2 central staff can coordinate, motivate, focus, and manage but not execute  Internet2 can only succeed with your engagement

Abilene example  Reinforced by your response  Corporate member contributions from Qwest, Nortel & Cisco  University member contribution for Indiana University  Motivation, coordination, and management from Internet2 staff

When will?  Faculty develop new knowledge  Physicians serve patients  Faculty provide learning environments  Audiences participate in performances  by coming together  whenever & wherever they are worldwide  throughout their lives

It Depends on Internet2  and Internet2 depends on all of us  We’re well launched  We have a lot more to do

This Meeting Is Our Opportunity to Take the Next Steps

Exploratorium Reception  7:00 pm to 10:00 pm  Transportation From Hyatt Drumm Street entrance beginning 6:30pm  Sponsored by 3Com