Dear all,
please find enclosed the preliminary meeting agenda for meeting 2004/2 in Bangkok.
Please send me a message if you want that additional topics should be treated.
The timing is as follows:
Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004:
9.30: Meeting begins. Location: Meeting Room #DLC1002, 10th Floor, Shinawatra Tower III, with standard meeting equipments (LCD, OHP, flip chart). However, since it is on Sunday there is no notebook or a PC in the room. Wireless Internet connection possible but not guaranteed. Lunch at 14th Floor, Shinawatra Tower III.
17.30: Transportation to Si Phraya for a dinner cruise by 2-3 vans
19.00 - 21.00: Dinner cruise on Chao Phraya River.
Monday, Nov. 22, 2004:
9.00: Meeting begins (again): Location: Meeting Room #StudyRoom1, 15th Floor, Shinawatra Tower III with meeting equipments + a PC + wireless Internet connection. Lunch at 14th Floor, Shinawatra Tower III. Dinner: This is not yet finalized. If we can find a nice restaurant not far from Shin III, we can finish the meeting later than 16:30 (17:00 or 17:30 could be possible). Another option for the dinner is "Pueng Chom" at Soi Aree (Phaholyothin 5).
INTELLCOMM will sponsor room rental fees, lunch and coffee breaks, transportation to dinner (by vans). Thanks a lot to INTELLCOMM! Dinners will be paid from TC6 fund. Thanks a lot to IFIP!
The location of Shinawatra Tower III is found on the INTELLCOMM web pages.
You can reach me in Bangkok (I arrive Saturday before the meeting) via mobile phone: +49 172 273 4814. My hotel is: Trinity Hotel Silom, 425/15 Soi Silom, Silom Rd. Tel.: +66 2 231 5416.
Note that due to the varying equipment in the meeting rooms it is possible that agenda points are treated in a sequence which is different from the proposed one.
Best regards Otto
Otto, thanks for the agenda ---- even if it makes me sad that I will not be there.
One additional topic for discussion is from the note that Harry Perros sent on 10 October about joint IFIP/IEEE events. Harry wrote:
"In my 6.10 report, as you will find out, I am requesting that the 6.10 conference ONDM become a joint IFIP/IEEE conference. You will find my reasoning and justifications in my report. If ONDM becomes a IFIP/IEEE joint conference, FIP stands to loose income from the publication of the ONDM proceedings, but on the other hand they stand to gain money from a larger group of participants. (I am not sure if this will result to a positive or negative flow at the end!!)
"My motivation for seeking this joint sponsorship comes from my desire to launch a truly international conference on Optical Networks. TC 6 has no criticial mass in optical networks (unlike for instance, areas such as performance evaluation, or ATM networks back a few years ago). IEEE's ONTC has a critical mass, but they do not have a conference of their own... So, this marriage is likely to generate the correct environment within which a successful international conference can be born."
Since I won't be at the meeting either, I would like to go on record as supporting joint sponshorship for this event. I find Harry's reasoning a good justification. I find joint sponsorship a good way to make up for the ground we have lost in the optical networking world in the past.
With best regards to all, Harry (Rudin)