1. SOSoRNet History Pennine Group Pennine Forum Series Pennine Forum Series Identified need for convergence and sharing of problems, ideas, and solutions Applied for EPSRC funding 2005 Network launched June 2006

2. SOSoRNet Leadership Network Director/PI Nicolas Gold, King’s College London Nicolas Gold, King’s College London Network CIs: Pearl Brereton, Keele University Pearl Brereton, Keele University Keith Bennett, Durham University Keith Bennett, Durham University Christos Tjortjis, Manchester University Christos Tjortjis, Manchester University Jie Xu, Leeds University Jie Xu, Leeds University Network Administrator Kiarash Mahdavi, King’s College London Kiarash Mahdavi, King’s College London Other Pennine colleagues involved: Nikolay Mehandjiev, David Budgen, Paul Layzell Nikolay Mehandjiev, David Budgen, Paul Layzell

3. SOSoRNet Membership Currently around 100 people Attending a meeting makes you a member! Added to the announcement mail list Added to the announcement mail list Early registration for future workshops Early registration for future workshops http://sosornet.dcs.kcl.ac.uk Can also join by contacting Kiarash or myself

4. Workshops Previously Launch meeting, June 2006, Manchester Launch meeting, June 2006, Manchester Service-Oriented Computing in the Humanities (SOCH), December 2006, London Service-Oriented Computing in the Humanities (SOCH), December 2006, London Services Science Management and Engineering Network Meeting, February 2007, London Services Science Management and Engineering Network Meeting, February 2007, LondonForthcoming Young Researchers’ Service-Oriented Computing Conference (YR-SOC) 2007, June 2007, Leicester Young Researchers’ Service-Oriented Computing Conference (YR-SOC) 2007, June 2007, Leicester 2 nd SOCH Workshop, December 2007, London 2 nd SOCH Workshop, December 2007, London In the pipeline Semantic Web Workshop, Nottingham, September 2007 (tbc) Semantic Web Workshop, Nottingham, September 2007 (tbc) General SOSoRNet Workshop, Leeds, November 2007 (tbc) General SOSoRNet Workshop, Leeds, November 2007 (tbc) Service Oriented Software in Engineering, Durham, (tbc) Service Oriented Software in Engineering, Durham, (tbc)