See: http://www.terena.nl/conferences/tnc2004/

                             First Announcement
                                    and
                              Call for Papers

                     TERENA Networking Conference 2004

                          7-10 June, Rhodes Greece

            New! Paper submission: www.terena.nl/tnc2004/submit/

     * Important Dates
     * Required Format
     * How to Submit
     * Conference Theme
     * Conference Topics

   The  TERENA  Networking  Conference  2004  is organised by TERENA, the
   Trans-European   Research  and  Education  Networking  Association.The
   conference  will be held on the Rhodes campus of the University of the
   Aegean, hosted by the Greek Research and Technology Network, GRNET.
   TERENA Networking Conferences are prominent annual events, offering an
   opportunity  to present and discuss technical and strategic aspects of
   the  provision  of networks and services to the research and education
   community,  and the corresponding research and development activities.
   They  bring  together  leading  figures  from  the research networking
   community in Europe and worldwide, and provide a unique opportunity to
   learn about the latest developments and plans.

   The theme of this year's conference is One Step Ahead. "One Step Ahead
   of  what?,"  you  might  ask.  Well  certainly we are one step further
   towards  single  sign-on,  high-speed  pan-European  optical networks,
   virtual  learning  environments  and  a  host  of  other technological
   developments  than we were at this time last year. Europe also has the
   ambition  to  be  one  step  ahead of the rest of the world in several
   areas   of   networking   such   as:   the  application  of  Grids  to
   computationally     complex    scientific    problems,    policy-based
   authorisation  infrastructures,  and  testing  and deployment of fully
   optical  networks  in  the  research  networking  environment. So this
   year's  conference is designed to put you one step ahead of your peers
   by  presenting  you  with  some of the very latest developments in the
   networking arena.

   The  conference  will  be  structured around keynote presentations and
   invited  talks,  complemented  by presentations of reviewed papers and
   panel discussions.
   David Chadwick Programme Committee Chair

   The  conference  presentations will focus on the technology as well as
   the user applications for:
     * ADVANCED  COLLABORATIVE  ENVIRONMENTS:  peer-to-peer,  end-to-end,
       streaming,   videoconferencing,   virtual   worlds   and   virtual
       communities,  information retrieval and distance education, remote
       instrumentation
     * SEAMLESS   SECURITY:   single   sign-on,   federated   identities,
       policy-based   security,  application  independent  authorisation,
       network  and  system security, application data security, privacy,
       intrusion detection and NOC co-ordination
     * GRID  DEVELOPMENTS:  updates on Grid projects in the 6th Framework
       Programme, making Grids more scalable, usable and secure
     * SPOTLIGHT   ON   THE   FUTURE:   IPv6,   presence  and  integrated
       communications technologies, optical networks, network performance
       and  quality of service, next generation web services and semantic
       web
     * SEAMLESS  CONNECTIVITY:  cross-organisational  roaming, the global
       desktop,  roaming  between  access  technologies,  mobile  access,
       increasing connectivity in hard-to-network places
     * INNOVATIVE  INFORMATION  HANDLING:  highly replicated content, new
       indexing paradigms, huge quantities of information

   The  programme  committee  particularly  encourages  the submission of
   proposals  for panel discussions, with of panellists who hold opposing
   views   or   who  present  comparative  perspectives  on  leading-edge
   practices and issues. 

   SUBMISSION
   Extended  abstracts  (rather  than  full  papers)  are  invited on all
   subjects  relevant  to the spirit and objectives of the conference: to
   present, discuss and learn about the latest developments in networking
   technology  for  the research and education community and their use by
   the community.

   The  above  topics  are  an  indication  of  the  planned scope of the
   conference, but are not meant to be restrictive.

   Extended  abstracts  of  about  1200  words  (two  A4  pages)  must be
   submitted  in  English,  the  official language of the conference. The
   abstracts  should be structured according to the Formatting Guidelines
   and Submission Instructions for Authors.

   TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER, PLEASE PLACE IT IN THE DROP BOX AT:
   www.terena.nl/tnc2004/submit/

   The deadline for submission of papers is 30 November 2003.

   Closer  to  the  date  of the conference, TERENA will issue a Call for
   Short Presentations to provide an opportunity to present late-breaking
   news  in  sessions  dedicated to recent results in the development and
   deployment   of   networking   infrastructures,   user   services  and
   applications.

   IMPORTANT DATES
   Papers Due:                           30 November 2003
   Call for Short Presentations          20 January 2004
   Notification of Acceptance of Papers: 30 January 2004
   Registration Commences:               20 February 2004
   Slides Due:                           24 May 2004
   Conference:                           7 - 10 June 2004

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