1. Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications

2. ESF Program Sponsors networking activities –Schools –Workshops –Exchange of researchers Exchange grants and short visits –PhD Workshops Focus on young researchers

3. Dissemination activities MiNEMA Web Page http://www.minema.di.fc.ul.pt/ Mail list – MiNEMA Announcements. Textbook to published by Springer

4. The bad news MiNEMA is a 5 year programme To finish in March 2009 Less than 8 months to go.

5. The good news Some important activities planned. Joint workshop with Middleware conference Winter school in March 2009 –Tutorials based on the chapters of the MiNEMA book being produced –One book copy will be offered to each participant

6. Book topics (1/3) Energy management Programming abstractions Mobility patterns Routing Wireless meshes Publish/Subscribe Gossip

7. Book topics (2/3) Gossip protocols Opportunistic routing Population protocols Security Structured data dissemination Tuple spaces Adaptation

8. Book topics (3/3) Context aware Service discovery Vehicular networks Cyber foraging

9. Keep tuned Google MiNEMA Subscribe the announcements mailing list Attend the MiNEMA 2009 winter school

10. Thanks Jari Porras, Pekka Jäppinen, and Lappeenranta University of Technology for hosting the 7 th MiNEMA workshop and the summer school.