Conference Update
Shirley Wood
TERENA Executive
Limerick Conference
Overall feedback: positive
Limerick Conference 2002 - overall evaluation
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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
Limerick Conference
Problems:
• Transport - the Aer Lingus strike;
• Same as usual: less than optimal
presentations;
• Chairing not particularly good;
• Lunches
Limerick Conference
Financial update:
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324 participants;
39 cancellations;
Teleglobe paid their sponsorship invoice;
Outstanding sponsorship invoices
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
Hotel Opera
Hotel Opera – Congress Hall
Conference Planning
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Meetings 14 - 15 October
Programme Conference Organiser
Hotels
Social Programme
Technical Issues
Programme Committee
Chairs: Miroslav Milinovic
Shirley Wood
CARNet, Croatia
UKERNA, UK
Members:
Mauro Campanella
Peter Clarke
Gerti Foest
Michael Gettes
Jean-Paul le Guigner
Diego Lopez,
Ingrid Melve
Pedrag Pale
Janos Mohacsi
Victor Reijs
Steve Williams
GARR, Italy
UCL, UK
DFN Verein, Germany
Georgetown University, USA
CRU, France
RedIRIS, Spain
UNINETT AS, Norway
CARNet, Croatia
HEAnet Ltd, Ireland
University of Wales Swansea, UK
Programme
• 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.
Zagreb Conference
Possible other meetings (after or
partially overlapping):
• Cisco Hi-Tech event
• Juniper
For more information:
http://www.terena.nl/tnc2003
See you in Zagreb in May 2003