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What's APAN
The Internet was born
and grown up by the massive efforts of researchers, with the fiscal support of
government agencies.
Commercial Internet providers now enjoy the business
success, but it is well known that new technologies are required to meet
tomorrow's demands of the customers.
Researchers are
faced with the tomorrow's demands at first, and can make efforts to overcome the
difficulties. Thus the
necessity for high-end Internet for researchers in Asia
Pacific region was recognized at APEC Symposium in Tsukuba, Japan
in March 1996,
and then Asia Pacific Advanced(APAN) was proposed at APII Test-bed Forum in
Seoul, Korea in June 1996.
Energetic
meetings were held with the attendance of the delegates from North America or
Europe for one year, and APAN
Consortium was formed under a Memorandum of
Understanding in Jun 1997 to promote advanced research in networking
technologies and the development of high-performance broadband applications.
APAN
(Asia-Pacific
Advanced Network ) is a non-profit international consortium established on 3 June 1997.
APAN is designed to be a high-performance network for research and
development on advanced next generation
applications and services. APAN
provides an advanced networking environment for the research and education
community in the Asia-Pacific region, and promotes global
collaboration.
Its objectives are:
(a) to coordinate and promote network
technology developments and advances in network-based applications and
services;
(b) to coordinate the development of an
advanced networking environment for research and education communities in the
Asia-Pacific region; and
(c) to encourage and promote global
cooperation to help achieve the above.
In furtherance of the above
objectives, the Organization may carry out the following activities, though not
necessarily
limited to these:
(a) holding meetings, workshops and
conferences;
(b) exchanging technical information among
its community and beyond;
(c) arranging and organizing education and
training workshops; and
(d) promoting and encouraging regional
connectivity
In furtherance of the above
objectives, the Organization may work closely with interested individuals and
organizations to further
the cause of adoption and research into advance
network applications and technologies.
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