Planned workshops Clause Samples

Planned workshops. Collaboration with third-­‐party partners, especially those involved in running PCP/PPI-­‐related activities will remain pivotal for the success of the project. The project consortium together with partners plans to submit a proposal for organization of a half-­‐day workshop at the relevant conference gathering participants from a wide range of public network operators. The consortium have chosen the TNC Networking Conference, as it connects NRENs, other public network operators, as well as key market vendors from the networking industry. The conference takes place in the second quarter of each year, and is continuously very well attended. The planned workshop will in the first aspect allow both, the consumers of network technologies (public network operators) and the providers of new solutions to present their future roadmaps, solutions and plans for the evolution of network architectures (operators) and products (vendors). The workshop however, is planned not only to deal with short-­‐term roadmaps, which reflect the nature of PPI-­‐related activities. The workshop will also provide opportunities to operators to elaborate their long-­‐term expectations regarding future network technologies. This is expected to conclude in an inspiring summary, which in future can lead to joint efforts towards PCP projects, submitted jointly by NRENs, other network operators and representatives of their prominent customers.