What’s the idea? David Williams CERN, also President TERENA SERENATE Workshop

Topics What is about? Structure and timescales The initial workshop This workshop

What is SERENATE about?

The acronym SERENATE = Study into European Research and Education Networking as Targeted by eEurope Funded as an EC project – FP5 Looking at the strategic needs, say up to 5 years ahead NOT making detailed plans

The objectives  Strategic study into the evolution of research & education networking in Europe over the next years. Looking into the technical, organisational and financial aspects, the market conditions and the regulatory environment. Will provide inputs to the policy-making of the EC, national governments and funding bodies, research institutions and research & education networks.

Who are the partners? Academia Europaea Centre for Tele-informatics (CTI), Technical University of Denmark DANTE European Science Foundation TERENA (coordinating partner) encouraging considerable involvement of the NRENs, and hopefully of other actors, including end-users and industry

Steering Committee Bonac - ARNES – “geographic” issues Butterworth - AE – “research users” Davies - DANTE – “technical” Jaume - RENATER – “other users” [Liello - chair NREN Consortium Mayer - ESF] Skouby - CTI – “economics” Vietsch - TERENA Williams

Route to more information? –Public pages –Also working areas for each work package

Structure and Timescales

The EU project Runs from 1 May 2002 for 16 months, so until 31 August 2003 Comprises 14 areas of work, including workshops, studies and report writing

Workshops Initial workshop (17-18 Sept 2002, La Hulpe) Done Operators’ views on infrastructure status and evolution (8 Nov 2002, Amsterdam) Today User needs and priorities (17-19 Jan 2003, Montpellier) NREN issues (4-5 Feb 2003, Noordwijkerhout) Final workshop (June 2003, t.b.d.)

Reports A report will be generated after each workshop (see previous slide for list) PLUS Deployment and trends in transport and infrastructure market (~Dec 2002) Regulatory situation, especially for alternative approaches (~Dec 2002) Equipment trends (~Jan 2003) Telecoms market and infra deployment forecast (~Mar 2003) Possible infrastructure scenarios (~Mar 2003) Overall strategic plan – input to Final Workshop (~May 2003)

Other areas of work Education and other fields (libraries, healthcare….) Geographic coverage

Where are we today?

Some more about work packages that may interest operators

Transport Infrastructure  fact-finding on the transport and infrastructure market – deployment and trends, incl. pricing and availability and market development as well as global connectivity issues  carried out by DANTE and CTI  started in June 2002  material GÉANT procurements as one of the inputs  confidential interviews with European-level operators  study to be completed in November 2002  taking into account results of Operators Workshop  report in December 2002

Regulatory situation  study into the status of regulatory development in:  each of the EU Accession States  Portugal, Greece  the other EU Member States as a whole  carried out by CTI and Antelope Consulting  started in May 2002 (one month before schedule)  lot of information already gathered  study to be completed in November 2002  report in December 2002

Equipment  study into the availability and characteristics of equipment for next-generation networks  carried out by DANTE and TERENA  contributions from technical experts from TF-NGN  started in July 2002  questionnaire developed; interviews with equipment manufacturers to take place between 20 October and 30 November 2002  study to be completed in December 2002  report in January 2003

The initial workshop

Overview  September 2002 at La Hulpe  94 participants from: national research & education networks, researchers, government and funding bodies, telecom operators, equipment manufacturers  interesting plenary presentations:  researcher’s, educationalist’s and librarian’s view  policies/politics (EP, EC, ENPG)  the view from the campus (FR, UK)  the continental view (GÉANT, Internet2)  optical networking  problems in real life  breakout discussion sessions on Technology, Economics, Geography, Researchers’ Needs, Other Users’ Needs

First impressions (1/3)  From hardware to services: Research networking is evolving fast. It is not so much just getting “hardware connectivity” to the researcher’s desk, but it is increasingly about delivering a set of services needed by researchers (and others). The user wants information access, collaborative tools, “disciplinary Grids”. AAA and Web/Grid services will be part of the delivery mechanism.  Research & education networks are a resource: Lots of expertise. Growing understanding by government of the importance of ICT as a driver for economic prosperity. Growing understanding by governments of the value of their research & education network’s expertise. Increasing requests to capitalise on that expertise.

First impressions (2/3)  Technology: The “optical wave” is a powerful one. We need to find a coherent approach to the “steadily increasing amplitude” of optical networking.  Economics: We need a clear understanding of any regulatory barriers that we could face in deploying pan-European fibre. Does it matter whether you actually own fibre, or lease it on a long-term basis, or maybe even lease wavelengths?  Geography: There is a potential conflict between two fundamental EU-policy concepts: equal opportunities for researchers wherever they are (ERA)  subsidiarity.

First impressions (3/3) Researcher-User Needs: As much as they can get (and afford). AAA, Grids etc.  Other Users’ Needs: Could one develop benchmarks for schools, libraries, hospitals etc.?  Policy and funding: Dialogue with governments and politicians (national and European level) needed.

This workshop

Who are you? People with “operator backgrounds” recommended to us as being interested in this topic And able to talk and interact

Very general (personal) comment We (users and NRENs) do understand the need for operators to have healthy finances You (operators) also understand the value for you and for the overall economy of early adopters of advanced services We are condemned to succeed in finding a modus vivendi which is mutually beneficial

Pleas for the speakers Not everyone listens to rapid-fire English every day. Please speak reasonably slowly and enunciate as clearly as you can! Remember to send Raquel a copy of your presentation Please keep to time …

Operators Workshop