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APANAsia Pacific Advanced Network

George McLaughlin, APAN

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We live in a time of unprecedented change in the delivery of services over the Internet

An exciting array of new possibilities is emerging that can be applied to areas of entertainment, health, education, societal benefit and commerce

Social networking provides disruptive opportunities Significant technical and social challenges are ever present

The changing environment

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APAN Members 18 Asian (and Oceania) countries are members of APAN Only one organisation per country can be the primary APAN member, and

must represent all the legitimate interests of the country in the objectives of APAN

A number of countries have more than one REN (eg Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Thailand) and are represented by an unbrella organisation (eg APAN-JP)

9 of the 18 member countries are island nations, only one is landlocked (Nepal)

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APAN Members

Primary Members (16):Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Pakistan, Vietnam

Liaison Members:CANARIE, CLARA, DANTE, Internet2, TERENA

Affiliate Members:Bangladesh, APNIC, APRU, APNG, APBioNet, PRAGMA, etc

Associate Members:TransPAC, Pacific Wave, Indonesia

Industry Members:Cisco, Juniper

AP*Retreat Hong Kong 20 February 2011 5Updated history of APANMarch 1996 - The idea of “APAN” was conceived at the APEC Symposium in Japan,

inspired by Dr. Steve Goldstein - Kilnam Chon (KAIST) & Michael McRobbie (ANU) took the lead for catalysing regional networks

June 1997 - APAN was established, chaired by Kilnam Chon (until 2004)August 1997 - Michael McRobbie submitted “TransPAC” proposal to NSF’s HPIIS

solicitationAugust 1998 - TransPAC was funded as a HPIIS project APAN expanded the members as well as the networksJune 2004 – APAN Bylaws endorsed. Shigeki Goto becomes Chair. APAN members

participated in proposals for NSF’s IRNC solicitation - - many also participate in TEIN2June 2007 – Jianping Wu becomes Chair of APANAugust 2009 – APAN incorporates in Hong Kong as APAN Ltd.

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The combined populations of the APAN member nations represent ~60% of the world’s total

- most in a timezone range spanning only 4 hours

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APAN’s Charter (1) To co-ordinate and promote network technology developments and

advances in network-based applications and services across the Asia-Pacific region that will: lead to significant improvements in educational outcomes by providing

the foundation for a knowledge-based economy; allow educators and students to share knowledge and to discover and

learn remotely; enhance the ability of all member economies to participate in global

collaborative innovation through unprecedented access to digital resources, instrumentation and expertise for education, research and societal benefit;

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APAN’s Charter (1 continued) provide access to scarce or expensive educational and research

resources around the Asian region and across the globe;

lead to the saving and improvement of lives and property as a result of implementing advanced communications that support the well-being of the populations; and

catalyse and stimulate the information economy by demonstrating new network enabled services, by acting as an incubator for technology transfer to industry, and as a springboard for innovation.

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APAN’s Charter (2, 3, 4) To provide a forum for user communities to come together with network

engineers to help promote and exploit opportunities to enhance research and education in disciplines that are relevant to the member economies.

To hold meetings, workshops and conferences relating to network technology, the development of advanced communication services, and the exploitation of these, resulting in compelling new applications.

To arrange and organize education and training workshops, and to operate a fellowship program to support and develop the next generation of network engineers and network leaders in the Asia Pacific region.

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APAN’s Charter (5, 6) To work closely with relevant organizations, institutions, groups and

individuals around the world to further enhance the adoption of and research into advance network applications and technologies.

Together with peer organizations in North and South America, Europe and

Africa, coordinate the building of global infrastructure that will transform the way that education and research is undertaken, leading to improvements in societal benefit.

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Meetings and Working Groups APAN organizes two meetings each year where interested participants

come together in working groups, BoFs, committees, plenary sessions, and other meetings to review progress, demonstrate advances in technology and applications, and make plans for the future activities.

The meetings venues are moved around the various APAN members. Working Groups are at the core of APAN activities and are key to

development among members. Current working groups include:

Medical, e-Culture, HDTV, SIP, Network Research, Sensor Networks, Future Internet, Middleware, IPv6, Agriculture, Earth Monitoring

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Current ExecutiveTeam

Directors: Jianping Wu (CN) - ChairShigeki Goto (JP)Nimal Ratnayake (LK)Dae Young Kim (KR)Francis Lee (SG)

Interim General Manager: George McLaughlin (AU)Secretariat: sec@apan.net (SG)

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