1. eSilk Road - perspective from research and education networks - 2003. 9. 10 ~ 12 Kilnam Chon KAIST/APAN chon@apan.net FIT 2003

2. Contents 1. Silk Road 2. eSilk Road 3. APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Network) – 1997 4. APAN – 2003 5. Optical Silk Roads 6. Optical Silk Roads (North East Asia) 7. Silk Road for Research and Education Community 8. Future (2005~2010) 9. Meetings 10. eSilk Road Seminar 11. Asia-Pacific Broadband Summit 12. Notable Projects Reference

3. 1. Silk Road

4. 2. eSilk Road Europe Siberia East Asia Central Asia Sea

5. 3. APAN (Asia Pacific Advance Network) - 1997 KoreaJapanUSA SingaporeAustralia

6. 4. APAN - 2003

7. 5. Optical Silk Roads (Eurasia) Siberia (Trans Siberia) Central Asia (TAE) South (Flag, SEA-ME-WE,C2C, APC, APCN, ….)

8. 6. Optical Silk Roads (North East Asia) KoreaJapan (Europe) China (Europe) (North America) (South East Asia) (South Asia) (West Asia) (Europe) Trans Siberia Trans China Russia

9. 7. Silk Road for Research and Education Community Europe West Asia (EUMED) South Asia South East Asia Oceania (North America) North Asia Central Asia (Virtual Silk Highway) Russia

10. 8. Future (2005 - 2010) Europe West Asia South Asia South East Asia North Asia Central Asia Russia/TransSiberia

11. 9. Meetings APAN (1996 ~ ) APII/Genkai-Hyeonhae (2001~) APAN South Asia (2003~) APEC/APAN South East Asia (2003~) Central Asia/Virtual Silk Highway (2001~) West Asia/EUMED (2001~)

12. 9-1. APAN (1996~) 2003 Jan.20-25 FukuokaAug.25-30 Busan 2002 Jan.22-25 Phuket Aug. 26-28 Shanghai 2001 Feb. 1-2 HawaiiAug. 20-22 Penang 2000 Feb. 15-18 Tsukuba Aug. 22-25 Beijing 1999 Feb. 19-21 Osaka Sep. 21-24 Canberra 1998 March 2-3 TsukubaJuly 1-3 Seoul 1997 June 2-3 TokyoOct. 20-21 Singapore 1996 Aug. 23-24 Seoul Nov. 8-9 Tsukuba

13. 9-2. APII/Genkai-Hyeonhae (2001~) 2001.7.3Seoul 2001.8.22Penang 2001.8.31Fukuoka 2001.11.27Busan 2002.3.29 2002.5Daejon 2002.10.4 2002.11.30Seoul 2003.1.25Fukuoka 2003.2.27Fukuoka 2003.5.30Gwangju

14. 9-3. APAN South Asia (2003~) Chair: Gihan Dias Secretary: TBD Mailing List: southasia@apan.net Website: http://www.ac.lk/netsa Milestones/Actions: APAN Tutorials, and South Asia Net Meeting in Colombo On July 24-26. All five countries(IN, BD, LK, PK, NP) participated with conclusion of APAN South Asia Net Group proposal with interim chair of Prof Gihan Dias. Meetings: 2003.07.24-26 APAN Tutorials, and South Asia Net Meeting in Colombo 2004.01.12-16 SouthAsia Net Group 2nd meeting in Bangalore

15. 9-4. APEC/APAN South East Asia (2003~) IndonesiaCambodiaBruneiLaosMalaysia MyanmarPhilippineSingaporeThailandVietnam

16. 9-5. Central Asia/Virtual Silk Highway (2001~) First board Meeting 2002.9.24Zagreb Second board Meeting 2002.6.11~12Tbilisi Georgia Third board Meeting 2003.2.21~22Istanbul

17. 9-6. West Asia/EUMED (2001~) Mediterranean Algeria CERIST Cyprus CYNET Egypt EUN Israel IUCC Jordan NIC Lebanon NCSR Malta University of Malta Morocco CNCPSRT Palestinian Authority GCC Syria HIAST Tunisia RFR Turkey ULAKBIM European France RENATER Greece GRNET Italy GARR Spain RedIRIS United Kingdom DANTE

18. 10. eSilk Road Seminar Sapporo 2001 Shinchen 2002

19. 11. Asia-Pacific Broadband Summit Tokyo 2002 Beijing 2003 Seoul 2004

20. 12. Notable Projects Education Environment (Yellow Sand, Water, Fire, …..) GRID (Physics, BioInformatics, … ) HDTV Library Weather Medical Museum Natural Resource (Agriculture, Remote Sensing, … ) Performing Arts

21. Reference APANapan.net Virtual Silk Highway www.silkproject.org Asia Pacific Broadband Summit www.iak.ne.kr eSilk Roadwww.esilkroad.org EUMEDwww.dante.net/eumedconnect