TERENA Technical Programme
TERENA supports joint European work to develop and test new networking technologies and applications. TERENA brings together technical specialists in Task Forces and innovative projects.
This Technical Programme is guided by the TERENA Technical Committee and reviewed annually by the Technical Advisory Council. The Technical Programme is supervised by a group of experienced networking professionals appointed by the TERENA Executive Committee. Administrative support is provided by the TERENA Secretariat. The Technical Programme is described in more detail in the Terms of Reference. These were approved by the General Assembly in June 1999, and they define structures and procedures.
The Technical Programme focusses on Special Interest Areas (SIA) recommended by the TERENA membership. Current Special Interest Areas are:
- Lower-layer technologies (Layers 0-4)
- Security
- Middleware
- Mobility
- Voice and Video Collaboration
- Virtualisation
In addition, Campus and End-to-End issue coordination are challenges that have an impact across all special interest areas, while Grid collaborations span many of the areas.