1. Net Based Meetings The SUNET:s project and service Implementation in Göteborg Plans for the future Patrice Worth Göteborgs universitet

2. SUNET Net based Meetings Goal: To make personnel and students in Swedish universities start using net- based meetings in their daily work Competence team members in Luleå, Umeå, Stockholm, Göteborg and Lund We live as we preach: Meeting over the network once a week Earlier a project Nowadays a service

3. www.meetings.sunet.se Success stories Tutorials Recommendations –Studio systems –Personal systems Forum

6. The recommendations Conventional Videoconferences –H.323 over the network Worldwide standard with ISDN compatibility E-meetings –Marratech

7. Why Marratech? Complete system: –Participants window –Speaker window –Chat window –Whiteboard window –Viewer window + Extremely cheep, works well, good support + Windows, Linux, Mac - No compatibility with ISDN and H.323

9. The SUNET test sites Conventional Videoconferences –The H.323 bridge in Göteborg E-meetings –Marratech café at SUNET site –Demo room at Göteborgs university –+++

10. The Göteborg implementation E-meetings –Tests with Microsoft Exchange Conferencing server and CUSee Me (abandoned) –Implementation of Marratech 4 virtual rooms: 1 Demo always open 1 Private room can be ”borrowed” for 1 day 2 really private rooms –Cost: 60.000 SEK + 1 Linux server

11. The Göteborg implementation The building Conventional Conferences The Wallenberg conferencing center –2 big conference rooms –4 seminar rooms –2 videoconferencing studios Many millions SEK

12. Videoconferencing facilities –2 studios for 5 and 10 persons Central bridge equipment –12 IP participants –10 ISDN participants The Göteborg implementation

13. Videoconferencing services –Test center for SUNET customers –Low cost conferences –Mainly universities and municipalities –Customers get own planning and monitoring facilities

14. Need of collaboration Each site is limited Limited information about possibilities and costs We would like to share! Contact: Patrice.Worth@adm.gu.se Johnny.Widen@cdt.luth.se www.meetings.sunet.se