10th CEF Networks workshop

On the 3rd and 4th of September, 2019 in Prague, 46 representatives from research networking institutions from nearly all continents met to discuss their experience in designing, promoting and operating innovative and progressive Customer Empowered Fibre (CEF) Networks, and they managed to formulate major guidelines for further research and experimental development in networking.
The host of the meeting was the CESNET association and presentations selected by CESNET covered many interesting new developments in research networks worldwide. The presentations were focused on building, upgrading and increasing of both, fibre base and especially their lighting. The aspect of flexibility, efficiency and especially sustainability has been found as very important. Some networks are using partially disaggregated lighting, many use lighting by multiple transmission systems.