eSilk Road - perspective from research and education networks ~ 12 Kilnam Chon KAIST/APAN FIT 2003

Contents 1. Silk Road 2. eSilk Road 3. APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Network) – APAN – Optical Silk Roads 6. Optical Silk Roads (North East Asia) 7. Silk Road for Research and Education Community 8. Future (2005~2010) 9. Meetings 10. eSilk Road Seminar 11. Asia-Pacific Broadband Summit 12. Notable Projects Reference

1. Silk Road

2. eSilk Road Europe Siberia East Asia Central Asia Sea

3. APAN (Asia Pacific Advance Network) KoreaJapanUSA SingaporeAustralia

4. APAN

5. Optical Silk Roads (Eurasia) Siberia (Trans Siberia) Central Asia (TAE) South (Flag, SEA-ME-WE,C2C, APC, APCN, ….)

6. Optical Silk Roads (North East Asia) KoreaJapan (Europe) China (Europe) (North America) (South East Asia) (South Asia) (West Asia) (Europe) Trans Siberia Trans China Russia

7. Silk Road for Research and Education Community Europe West Asia (EUMED) South Asia South East Asia Oceania (North America) North Asia Central Asia (Virtual Silk Highway) Russia

8. Future ( ) Europe West Asia South Asia South East Asia North Asia Central Asia Russia/TransSiberia

9. Meetings APAN (1996 ~ ) APII/Genkai-Hyeonhae (2001~) APAN South Asia (2003~) APEC/APAN South East Asia (2003~) Central Asia/Virtual Silk Highway (2001~) West Asia/EUMED (2001~)

9-1. APAN (1996~) 2003 Jan FukuokaAug Busan 2002 Jan Phuket Aug Shanghai 2001 Feb. 1-2 HawaiiAug Penang 2000 Feb Tsukuba Aug Beijing 1999 Feb Osaka Sep Canberra 1998 March 2-3 TsukubaJuly 1-3 Seoul 1997 June 2-3 TokyoOct Singapore 1996 Aug Seoul Nov. 8-9 Tsukuba

9-2. APII/Genkai-Hyeonhae (2001~) Seoul Penang Fukuoka Busan Daejon Seoul Fukuoka Fukuoka Gwangju

9-3. APAN South Asia (2003~) Chair: Gihan Dias Secretary: TBD Mailing List: Website: Milestones/Actions: APAN Tutorials, and South Asia Net Meeting in Colombo On July All five countries(IN, BD, LK, PK, NP) participated with conclusion of APAN South Asia Net Group proposal with interim chair of Prof Gihan Dias. Meetings: APAN Tutorials, and South Asia Net Meeting in Colombo SouthAsia Net Group 2nd meeting in Bangalore

9-4. APEC/APAN South East Asia (2003~) IndonesiaCambodiaBruneiLaosMalaysia MyanmarPhilippineSingaporeThailandVietnam

9-5. Central Asia/Virtual Silk Highway (2001~) First board Meeting Zagreb Second board Meeting ~12Tbilisi Georgia Third board Meeting ~22Istanbul

9-6. West Asia/EUMED (2001~) Mediterranean Algeria CERIST Cyprus CYNET Egypt EUN Israel IUCC Jordan NIC Lebanon NCSR Malta University of Malta Morocco CNCPSRT Palestinian Authority GCC Syria HIAST Tunisia RFR Turkey ULAKBIM European France RENATER Greece GRNET Italy GARR Spain RedIRIS United Kingdom DANTE

10. eSilk Road Seminar Sapporo 2001 Shinchen 2002

11. Asia-Pacific Broadband Summit Tokyo 2002 Beijing 2003 Seoul 2004

12. Notable Projects Education Environment (Yellow Sand, Water, Fire, …..) GRID (Physics, BioInformatics, … ) HDTV Library Weather Medical Museum Natural Resource (Agriculture, Remote Sensing, … ) Performing Arts

Reference APANapan.net Virtual Silk Highway Asia Pacific Broadband Summit eSilk Roadwww.esilkroad.org EUMEDwww.dante.net/eumedconnect