GÉANT2 Eastern Extension

Overview

The workshop was directed to top managers of NRENs, the representatives of their funding bodies, national policy makers and regulators. It was held in Poznan on 18th April 2007. The program of the workshop covered technical, financial, legal and organizational aspects of fiber deployment in the Eastern Europe as well as managerial and sustainability aspects of fiber network operation.

Agenda

PSNC, ul. Wieniawskiego 17/19, Poznań

10:00Welcome, Jan Weglarz, PSNC
10:15"GÉANT2 services and policy", Matthew Scott, DANTE
11:00"EC policy and mechanisms of support for development of IT sector for East Europe", Wim Jansen, EC (videoconference)
11:45Coffee Break
12:15"Porta Optica Study results: Research networking in beneficiary regions", Raimundas Tuminauskas, KTU
12:45"Porta Optica Study results: Expansion of National Research and Education Networks in Eastern Europe", Milosz Przywecki, PSNC
13:15"Porta Optica Study results: Dissemination of knowledge" , Jacek Gajewski, CEENET
13:45Lunch
14:45"BalticGrid, e-Infrastructure in the Baltic Region", Per Öster, KTH
15:15"SEEREN2: Extending the network to SE Europe", Yannis Mitsos, GRNET
15:45"Current Status of Black Sea Initiative", Ramaz Kvatadze, GRENA
16:00Coffee break
16:30"Belarus High Tech Park: National IT and Networking Activities", Mikhail Makhaniok, NCIRT
17:00"New fiber optic project linking Black Sea and Caspian Sea countries", Robert Busz, TeliaSonera
17:30Memorex presentation, David Bakala, MTCAG
18:00Workshop summary & closing remarks
19:00Gala dinner

Accomodation

For accommodation we would like to recommend you one of the following options:

  1. Guest Rooms
    ul. H. Wieniawskiego 17/19
    61-713 Poznan
    Reservation:
    tel/fax: + 48 61 8516841
    e-mail: olka@man.poznan.pl
    Please note: Credit cards are not accepted. Only Polish currency (Polish Zloty) is accepted in this hotel! (1 Euro=approx. 3.8zl)
  2. Hotel Mercure - 80-145 Euro
  3. Hotel Poznan - 76-118 Euro
  4. Hotel Royal
  5. Hotel Polonez
  6. Hotel Ikar
  7. Hotel Rzymski
  8. Hotel Topaz
  9. Hotel Lech
  10. Jowita - guest rooms in students dormitory - about 25-30 Euro
    tel.: +48 61 8292401 or +48 61 8292500

All listed above hotels are in the walking distance from PSNC.
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Arrival and Transportation

Practical information how to get to PSNC (Wieniawskiego street 17/19):

  • by taxi - please , call +48 61 8222 222 or +48 61 8219 219. If calling from local telephone please skip +48 prefix and add "0" before number (eg. 061 8222 222). Please do not take a taxi without ordering it by telephone first! (there are taxis in front of railway station, very expensive).
  • by public transport. You can take bus 51 in front of "Dworzec Główny" railway station and go to "Urząd Wojewódzki" (3rd stop). Then you need only to cross the street and you are in front of ICHB/PSNC building (however, you need to go back to the crossing). 51 line runs between 5am and 10:30 pm.
  • walk - it is approx 1 km from the railway station - map and picture of the PSNC building.
PSNC - location

PSNC

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