8th CEF Networks Workshop
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We held the 8th Customer Empowered Fibre Networks Workshop in Prague from September 15th to 16th. Major topics for this year event were:
- photonic (all-optical) services, dark fibre channels, alien waves, fibre sharing, virtual fibre networks,
- open dark fibre testbeds,
- research projects and disciplines requiring photonic services or dark fibre connections,
- dark fibre footprint used by research community (including CBFs and last miles to user premises) and expected development,
- multidomain and multi-vendor fibre lighting issues and expected development,
- description of transmission systems,
- required possibilities of fibre spectrum sharing (Spectrum as a Service) in transmission systems innovation,
- deployments and testing of high-speed optoelectronic transmission systems,
- power consumption of transmission systems (greening),
- potential users of real-time applications,
- CEF Networks support for Future Internet projects,
- end to end services for high precision and high performance applications,
- improvement of long term REC economy,
- enabling SDN approach for systematic service design methods
Programme
Monday September 15th, 2014
09:00 | registration |
10:00 | Opening of the 8th CEF Networks workshop VIDEO Tomas Kosnar, CESNET |
10:30 | Strategy and Innovation in CEF Networks VIDEO Stanislav Sima, CESNET |
11:00 | tea and coffee break |
11:30 | ESnet European Extension: Aims and Architecture VIDEO Gregory Bell, ESnet |
12:00 | New Age of PIONIER Infrastructure VIDEO Artur Binczewski, PSNC |
12:30 | buffet lunch |
13:30 | Dark fibre testbed in Japan and its optical network applications VIDEO Hiroaki Harai, NICT |
14:00 | Fibre footprint for Research Infrastructures VIDEO Lada Altmannova, CESNET |
14:30 | tea and coffee break |
15:00 | Dark Fibre in the South African Research and Education Network VIDEO Simeon Miteff, SANreN |
15:30 | ALPSTEIN—roll out of SWITCH’s new optical backbone VIDEO Felix Kugler, SWITCH |
16:00 | Power savings provided by elastic optical networks considering yearly traffic fluctuations VIDEO Ioan Turus, DTU |
16:30 | Visit in optical laboratory |
19:00 | dinner |
Tuesday September 16th, 2014
Venue
The workshop venue was
Lecture room No. 112/113
Faculty of Architecture
Czech Technical University of Prague
Thákurova 9
Prague
Czech Republic
It is located in the campus of the Czech Technical University in Dejvice district, very close to Metro and other public transportation means. All the necessary infrastructure is available including conference and terminal rooms with Wi-Fi connectivity, demonstration area, and catering.
How to get there
The campus location is really suitable. There is a direct bus connection which brings you from/to the airport in less than 30 minutes. See the map and instructions on Google Maps.
- From the airport:
- Bus no. 119 (stop is in the middle of the car park outside the arrival hall, just walk straight and look for the signs) will take you to the Metro station “Dejvická” (20 minutes). Bus 119 ends here, so don’t worry. Then follow the instructions provided on the map above.
- From anywhere else:
- Use subway (Metro). Go to the line A and then to station Dejvická (which is end-station of this line). Plans of Metro lines are available on stations and inside trains (above every door). Then follow the instructions provided on the map above.
Dinner
Dinner venue was the Sahara Café Lounge & Restaurant, náměstí Míru 6, Prague. It can be reached with ease—use Metro and travel to the station Náměstí Míru (line A, the same which leads to the workshop venue).
Accommodation tips
We can recommend following accommodation options for the participants of the workshop. All hotels are located nearby the workshop venue—see the map of hotels.
We have no contracts with the hotels below. Feel free to use booking.com or any other generic accommodation website to find a hotel suitable to your preferences.
- Diplomat Hotel **** in easy walking distance,
- Denisa Hotel **** in easy walking distance,
- Hotel International Prague **** (former Crowne Plaza) 15 minute walk or 2 tram stops,
- Silenzio Hotel **** 15 minute walk, small hotel in quite environment,
- Pyramida Hotel **** 20 minute by tram (No. 22 to Malostranská) and Metro,
- Masarykova Dormitory in easy walking distance.
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Last change: 17.10.2014