1. Introduction & WP1 CHAIN Meeting Taipei 22 March 2011
Federico Ruggieri – Project Director

2. Agenda 09:00 Introduction of the Project and WP1 – F. Ruggieri (INFN)
09:10 Technical program: advancement and issues - R. Barbera (Univ. Catania/INFN)
09:40 WP2 – Ognjen Prnjat (GRNET)
10:10 WP3 – Stefano Troiani (CIEMAT)
10: coffee break ?
11:00 WP4 – Ludek Matyska (CESNET)
11:30 WP5 – Federico Ruggieri (INFN)
12:00 Definition of event dates and main issues
12:20 A. O. B. & Conclusions
12: Lunch Break ---

3. Partners: ASREN Meeting in Dusseldorf on 31 March – 1 April 2011.
Signature of the documents to constitute a Legal Entity

4. WP1 status and issues
First Deliverable D5.1 was delayed by 40 days due to the changes in the technology of the web site.
The Regional Executive Board has not been exploited yet
Response to the request of Quarterly Report was very limited (see next slide)
New projects are going to be financed this year; we should start contacting them as soon as the situation is clear. Possible MoUs with new projects
Financial assessment will be done every 6 months (see next slide)
In June we should also agree with our Project Officer on the date for the First Review in January-February Propose Brussels ?

5. First Quarterly Report
Period from 1 December 2010 to 28 February 2011
Received reports from CIEMAT & GRNET only
Draft QR1 to be circulated next week
Future QR should be sent within the first week after the end of the quarter.
Planning an assessment at Month 6 (May 2011). The QR2 to be released in June 2011 should also contain a list of costs for the first 6 months.

6. Conclusion I wish to all of us a successful project!