1. 1 NICT Update on NWGN - AKARI Initiative - Masaki Hirabaru Hikaru Yagi New Generation Network R&D Strategic Headquarters & Network Architecture Group, New Generation Network Research Center NICT stands for

2. 2 NICTs R&D Activities for NWGN 1. R&D on Network Architecture - AKARI Architecture Design Project preliminary English version of executive summary: http://akari-project.nict.go.jp/concept-design/akari_summary_e_preliminary.pdf 2. CoE on Overlay Network Research - Network Virtualization Lab led by Prof. Nakao @ U Tokyo 3. Funding for Industry and University (Solicitation open Oct. 2007) - Dynamic Network - New ideas on a new generation network architecture 4. JGN2plus Network Testbed (Apr. 2008 -) Compensation and Competition led by Hirabaru supervised by Kubota directed by Aoyama Testbed Design & Experiments

3. 3 Japans Strategic R&D Formation for NWGN NICT Industry and Academia Strategic Headquarters for NWGN R&D Head: Miyahara Deputy: Aoyama, Murata, and Ohmori Manager: Hirabaru NWGN Promotion Forum established Oct. 2007 Research Divisions Testbed (JGN) Funding Strategic R&D Planning WG Social Assessment WG Testbed Network Promotion WG Promotion Planning WG General Assembly Advisory Committee International Collaborations Steering Committee Plan Japans R&D Strategy and Lead Japans R&D on NWGN Promotion in Industry Japans Window for Overseas Counterparts will be established Nov. 2007. Secretariat by MIC and NICT Yagi in charge

4. 4 CISE – EC – NICT Communications Japan NICTs NWGN Strategic Headquarters NWGN Promotion All Japan Forum JGN2plus NORC AKARI Architecture Promotion Committee (WIDE, SINET, APAN-JP, and Academia) International Collaborations 2006.5 NSF CISE and NICT @ NICT 2006.12 NICT and CISE @ NSF 2007.6 EC and NICT @ Brussels 2007.7 EC and MIC Forum @ Tokyo 2007.8 NICT and CISE (FIND) @ Kyoto 2007.9 GENI Optical Workshop @ DC 2007.10 GENI Intl BOF @ Minneapolis 2007.11 NWGN Forum @ Tokyo 2007.11 FIND PI Meeting @ DC 2008.1 JGN2+AKARI @ Tokyo 2008.1 GENI Session @ Hawaii 2008.2 EC and MIC Forum @ Tokyo 2008.2 2 nd GEC @ DC 2008.4 ROADS WS @ Tokyo 2008.6 NICT NWGN Intl @ Tokyo Done Plan January 17-18, 2008 @ Akihabara Convention Hall, Tokyo, Japan