The recently introduced 'Chains' concept attempts to compile the results from related projects in the form of Guidelines that can be used for the development of standards and network planning - taking into account interoperability issues in the heterogeneous network environment, network deployment and operation. Participants' contributions will be used to enhance the Guidelines, making them a blueprint of research findings among different actors involved in the area of network deployment and operation. The joint session with GN'97 will have panel discussions involving experts from multiple centres, and demonstrations of state of the art technology applications. The Guidelines presentation will be followed by technical sessions and local demonstrations in Madeira. The technical programme will be presented by EU experts, specialists in the network interoperability area and researchers highlighting the latest advances in multimedia applications using high performance networks.
Live demonstrations are also part of the technical programme.
Please contact Mrs. Isilda Gomes at CET, Portugal Telecom, ph.