The Internet Education Equal Access Foundation, and the Formation of a Global Information Society: The Global Quilt World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Pan European Regional Ministerial Conference November 9, 2002 Bucharest, Romania

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The Internet Education Equal Access Foundation,
and the Formation of a Global Information
SocietyThe Global QuiltWorld Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS)Pan European Regional
Ministerial ConferenceNovember 9,
2002Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Donald R. Riley Chair, IEEAF
(www.ieeaf.org) Vice President and
CIO University of Maryland, College Park Tel
301-405-7700 Fax [phone] drriley_at_cio.umd.edu
http//www.oit.umd.edu/presentations/
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The Cornerstone of the Information Society is
Education and Research

• Universities and colleges are key to providing
  the human infrastructure necessary for any
  country to participate in the global information
  society
• They train and educate the young people that are
  needed to create, operate and maintain the
  technical infrastructure and applications.
• They create the base for innovation and
  entrepreneurship

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Strengthen the Cornerstone of Education by
Enabling Bandwidth

• Most universities and colleges in developing
  countries are severely crippled by totally
  inadequate bandwidth and connectivity to their
  colleagues and sister institutions around the
  country and around the world
• Public policy and initiatives for the Information
  Society should start with the universities and
  colleges and recognize their importance for
  overall economic development.

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New Public-Private Partnerships Needed

• Global telecomm build-out of technical
  infrastructure provides new possibilities for
  economic development
• Current market conditions have resulted in great
  capacities which are currently going unused --
  cannot be sold.
• As a matter of social responsibility, this unused
  capacity could be made available for stimulating
  future applications and markets -- by donation to
  use by research and education institutions.
• Public-private partnerships involving government,
  universities and private sector are needed

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New Public-Private Partnerships Needed

• The IEEAF represents one such partnership whose
  goal is to obtain donations of international
  bandwidth to enable a global collaboration in
  research and education
• Current donations have already linked US and
  Europe, and will soon link US and Asia-Pacific

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IEEAF Objectives
"Non Nobis Solo" (Not by ourselves alone)

• Act to insure enhance educational access to
  bandwidth for educational institutions and their
  academic, research and services/outreach needs.
• Promote Partnerships with government/private
  entities/ educational institutions to distribute
  education content across networks, nations,and on
  a truly global basis
• Promote and/or operate a low cost reliable
  repository of access and network resources and
  information to achieve these capabilities for
  educational purposes
• Perform Asset Management for the Foundation, its
  members and associates on a global basis for
  educational purposes

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IEEAF Strategies
"Non Nobis Solo" (Not by ourselves alone)

• To achieve the vision of IEEAF, we intend to
  create frameworks and alliances between
  University and other educational leadership
  groups, industry and political/governmental
  leaders.
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• Methods of helping IEEAF include donations of
  physical facilities (co-location and riser
  space), equipment, licenses to "rights of
  way","dark fiber" or conduits at selected points
  of build-out of the US and global fiber-optical
  network, or wave-lengths. Such donations will
  be a principal means of connectivity and linkage
  for educational institutions to conduct teaching
  and learning.

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EC/GEANT Strategies
"Non Nobis Solo" (Not by ourselves alone)

• Exploiting the cooperative model
• as a global model
• to advance global networking
• for our collective benefit
• is a challenge worth pursuing!!!
• Spyros Konidaris. European Commission
• 21 February 2002

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IEEAF Organization

• Honest Broker Group (IEEAF)
• Accepting assets
• Matching Corp assets w/Educational needs
• Advocate for assets on behalf of Education
• Granting of assets as Free Use licenses

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IEEAF Board of Directors
John Charles (CSU Hayward)
CENIC
Jerry Hanley (Cal Poly SLO)
John Silvester (Univ. of So.Cal)
GEO (Geographic Network Affiliates, Intl.)
Ed Fantegrossi
PI2 (Pacific Internet2 Coalition)
David Lassner (Univ. of Hawaii)
P/NG (Pacific/Northwest Gigapop)
Ron Johnson (Univ. of Washington)
Don Riley
University of Maryland
UCAID (University Corporation for Advanced
Internet Development)
Steve Corbato
Indiana University
Michael McRobbie
(TBD)
International Member
(TBD)
International Member
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GEO builds carrier hotel buildings and supports
the IEEAF goals of helping to solve the digital
divide.
GEO - The Catalyst
Government
Submarine Fiber
Terrestial Fiber
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CENIC-GEO MOU led to IEEAF

• GEO will donate real estate
• 15K sq.ft. in each of two new International
  carrier hotels (Hayward/CA, MD/DC)
• 200 sq.ft. in each of other facilities
• GEO will get business partners (wet fiber/dry
  fiber/equipment/etc.) to donate as part of
  business negotiations

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Netherlands Example Project Glasbak

• New cable landing Eemshaven (near Groningen)
• New telecom carrier hotel Groningen
• Zernicke Research Park adjacent to University of
  Groningen
• Groningen Internet Exchange (GNIX)
• New fiber backhaul to major Internet exchanges
• Essent Kabelcom
• Amsterdam to Groningen to Hamburg additional
  Europe
• New RD and Economic Development Opportunities

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Groningen Wet meets Dry Opportunity
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Groningen Carrier Hotel March 2002
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GroNingen Internet eXchange
Dedicated Connection
Client
(Worldwide)
Groningen
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Groningen Zernicke Research Park
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Think Globally
Act Locally
Strategic
Opportunistic
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IEEAF Strategies
"Non Nobis Solo" (Not by ourselves alone)

• The IEEAF has no boundaries of home
  territory..
• Its mission is a global family --
• the Global Quilt fabric

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The Global Quilt
The Global Quilt
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Tyco Global Network and IEEAF Donations
Connectivity Donations
10 Gbps l
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Tyco Atlantic Donation
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Tyco Transpacific Donation
Pacific Rim APAN Opportunities
IEEAF 622 Mbps POS 10 Gbps l
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Tyco Telecomm Donation Summary

• Production RE Bandwidth 622 Mbps POS
• NY-London-Groningen (Netherlands)
• Connects to IEEAF fiber to Amsterdam and Hamburg
• CA-OR-Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong,
  and Singapore
• International Lambda Research 10 Gbps optical
  wavelength
• NY-London-Groningen (Netherlands)
• CA-OR-Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong,
  and Singapore
• Colocation space in NYC for Expanded NY Intl
  Exchange Pt
• Colocation space in Oregon and California on US
  West Coast
• 200sq.ft. Co-location space in each of global
  facilities
• Additional donations as global build-out
  continues

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Global Opportunities
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THE GLOBAL QUILT INITIATIVE SITES
Stockholm
Helsinki
Amsterdam
Oslo
Ireland
Seattle, WA
Copenhagen
Dusseldorf
Portland, OR
London-Stfd
NY-6th Ave
Berlin
Frankfurt
London-Htrw
CSU-Hayward
NY-Broadway
Groningen
Hamburg
Russia
NJ-Wall Township
Beijing
Santa Clara, CA
Seoul
Los Angeles, CA
Tokyo
Guam
College Park, MD
Taipei
Miami
Shanghai
Geneva
Hong Kong
Lisbon
Tel Aviv
Philippines
Chennai
Madrid
Cypress
Singapore
Barcelona
Vienna
Bangladesh
Marseille
Milan
Current
Mumbai
Paris
Future
Rome
Bangalore
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A Global Quilt Project
Global Medical Research Exchange Initiative
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A Historical Milepost Event Gironingen Global
Quilt Meeting June, 2003
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Global Medical Research Exchange
Initiative Bio-Medicine and Health Sciences
Global Quilt Initiative GMRE Initiative - 001
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Global Medical Research Exchange
Initiative Bio-Medicine and Health Sciences
Global Quilt Initiative GMRE Initiative - 001
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Global Quilt Partnership

• This evolving Global Quilt can be key enabler
  to reduce/eliminate Bandwidth Divide
• If we reduce/eliminate the Bandwidth Divide, we
  will have then enabled bright people around the
  world to collaborate and to innovate.
• When you no longer are limited by the bandwidth
  limitations, then you can focus on what you
  really need/want to do -- the applications!
• How can we collaborate to accelerate the
  development of the Global Quilt and to maximize
  the benefits?

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Http//www.ieeaf.org/
IEEAF Global Quilt