1. Conference Update Shirley Wood TERENA Executive

2. Limerick Conference Overall feedback: positive

3. Limerick Conference Significant successes: Some excellent plenary speakers (Lawrence Lessing, Egon Verharen, Guy Almes); Accommodation on campus; Connectivity; Great venue; Excellent conference support; Gala Evening, excellent; HEAnet and the University of Limerick support

4. Limerick Conference Problems: Transport - the Aer Lingus strike; Same as usual: less than optimal presentations; Chairing not particularly good; Lunches

5. Limerick Conference Financial update: 324 participants; 39 cancellations; Teleglobe paid their sponsorship invoice; Outstanding sponsorship invoices

6. TNC 2003 Joint conference with CARNet Users Conference – CUC 2003 Hosted by CARNet Venue: Hotel Opera, Zagreb, Croatia –Centre of the City –http://www.opera-zagreb.hr/ From 19 to 22 May 2003

7. Hotel Opera

8. Hotel Opera – Congress Hall

9. Conference Planning Meetings 14 - 15 October Programme Conference Organiser Hotels Social Programme Technical Issues

10. Programme Committee Chairs: Miroslav Milinovic CARNet, Croatia Shirley WoodUKERNA, UK Members: Mauro Campanella GARR, Italy Peter ClarkeUCL, UK Gerti FoestDFN Verein, Germany Michael Gettes Georgetown University, USA Jean-Paul le Guigner CRU, France Diego Lopez, RedIRIS, Spain Ingrid MelveUNINETT AS, Norway Pedrag PaleCARNet, Croatia Janos Mohacsi Victor ReijsHEAnet Ltd, Ireland Steve WilliamsUniversity of Wales Swansea, UK

11. Main topics have been defined Keynote speaker search going on now Few identified Deadline for submitted papers 16 December 2002 Next Programme Committee meeting 14 January 2003 Main Sponsor to be identified Other sponsors will be found. Programme

12. Zagreb Conference Possible other meetings (after or partially overlapping): Cisco Hi-Tech event Juniper For more information: http://www.terena.nl/tnc2003

13. See you in Zagreb in May 2003