1. Welcome to the 9th Chinese American Network Symposium!
A Welcome from Internet2 – a co-organizer of the CANS events
Doug Van Houweling
President and CEO, Internet2

2. US and China
Partnership between Internet2 and CERNET, CSTNET and NSFC since May 2000
Chinese-American Networking Symposium series
Internet2 is delighted to be co-organizer of annual CANS conferences with CAST-USA, CERNET and CSTNET
Internet2 has participated in every CANS since the first in 1999

3. Internet2 at 12 years old
Community-designed strategic plan for Internet2
New governance structure
Re-engaged and re-energized community
Internet2 Network new directions
Dynamic circuit networking
Support for GENI network research facility
Growing global adoption of Internet2 middleware

4. Jeff Lehman, Chair Internet2 Board of Trustees
Chancellor and Founding Dean, Peking University School of Transnational Law

5. Summary
Thanks for attending CANS
Thanks very much to our hosts, Indiana University
We look forward to continuing to build strong partnership between the Chinese and US research and education networking communities