The Works of DANTE - Issue 2

DANTE on the Road…

IST 2004 - Participate In Your Future

The IST 2004 event took place at the Netherlands Congress Centre in The Hague between 15th and 17th November. It brought together policy makers, Sixth Framework Programme project leaders and ICT researchers to discuss the big issues facing information society technologies.

One strong theme of the conference was international collaboration between the EU and countries such as China, India and Russia. GÉANT already connects Russia, and the ongoing TEIN2 project will provide connectivity between GÉANT2 and China. The relationship between the EU and Latin America was also explored, highlighted by the success of the ALICE project to create the RedCLARA research and education network for Latin America. The first connection between South Africa and GÉANT was also formally announced by Mr Mosibudi Mangena, the South African Minister for Science and Technology.

Complementing the conference was an exhibition of current research projects, where tomorrow’s technology is in development. It was in this context that DANTE participated, highlighting GÉANT2 and its enabling role in scientific and academic research. Two network demonstrations were featured to draw attention to the potential applications of the network. These were presented by JIVE (Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe), and BioCASE (Biological Collections Access Service across Europe)

Detailed case studies featuring JIVE and BioCASE can be downloaded from the GÉANT newsroom. Please visit the following websites for more detailed information on these applications.

• www.evlbi.org and www.jive.nl
• www.biocase.org

E-infrastructures. Empowering Research and Education with the most advanced ICT

GÉANT2 jointly exhibited at the IST under this title. Joining GÉANT2 at the stand were DEISA, EGEE, SEE-GRID and DILIGENT. The projects exhibited together to demonstrate to the research community, the power of their combined efforts for academic research.

Further information about each of these projects can be found via the links below.
• DEISA: www.deisa.org
• EGEE: www.eu-egee.org
• SEE-GRID: www.see-grid.org
• DILIGENT: www.diligentproject.org

GÉANT2 is placing increasing emphasis on demonstrating the applications of the network. DANTE would be very keen to hear from anyone interested in highlighting their applications in the form of a demonstration. Please contact us via the Media Centre of the GÉANT2 website, www.geant2.net