The Japanese National Institute of Informatics (NII) and Livedoor, a Japanese provider of commercial WLAN services, have collaborated to create a region-wide eduroam service in the Kanto area of Japan.

As a result, eduroam is now available in over 130 access points ('hotspots') at cafes, convention centres and a few large shops in the area including Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama.

Proposals for poster presentations for TERENA Networking Conference 2010 (TNC 2010) are cordially requested by the Programme Committee. Proposals can be submitted by sending a short abstract of 100 to 250 words by email, before the end of Friday, 30 April 2010.

Poster presentations are less formal than regular presentations, are more interactive and can provoke various points of view. They are ideal for sharing ideas that are shorter than a conference paper, of interest to fewer people, or which are best communicated graphically. Poster presentations on all subjects relevant to the spirit and objectives of the conference are welcome. Selected posters will be displayed in an area close to the parallel sessions and on the conference website.

TERENA invites you to register for this year’s TERENA Networking Conference (TNC 2010), which will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 31 May - 3 June. “Living the network life” is the theme of TNC 2010, including talks about multi-federation and peer-to-peer roaming, ultra high-definition streaming media distribution, user interaction based on new human-machine interface design principles and new innovative tools for distance teaching and e-collaboration.

Take advantage of the early registration rates, available until April 9 midnight. Registration can be done online or using a downloadable form (pdf) at http://tnc2010.terena.org/register/. Back by popular demand this year, students can apply to attend the conference free of charge: a limited number of free registration places will be available for bona fide postgraduate students. Information about all registration options is available on http://tnc2010.terena.org/register/.

Students from relevant fields are kindly welcomed to participate in this year's TERENA Networking Conference (TNC 2010), taking place in Vilnius, Lithuania on May 31 to 3 June. Eligible students who meet the selection criteria and present a poster at TNC 2010 and online will receive free admission to the conference, with sponsorship by Cisco Systems, Inc. This is a unique opportunity for students to share their ideas with a knowledgeable audience keen on innovation. The best student poster will receive an award at the end of the conference.

To apply, students are encouraged to submit a short poster abstract (100 to 250 words) on any of the subjects relevant to the spirit and objectives of the conference, the theme of which is 'living the network life'. Applications should be sent to tnc2010@terena.org with the subject ‘TNC 2010 Student Poster‘ by 30 April 2010.

National research and education networking organisations (NRENs) throughout the world are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental impact of their networks and services. Some NRENs are measuring their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to reduce their carbon footprints. Others are interested in learning about best practices. These were some of the conclusions discussed during the recent ‘Green Workshop’ in the NORDUnet offices in Kastrup, Denmark on 3-4 February 2010. Participants also stressed the importance of disseminating information about potential environmental policies and practices.

As part of the GN3 (GÉANT) project, the “Study of Environmental Impact” task will evaluate the effects of ICT, particularly wide-area networks, on the environment. The Green Workshop was organised under the auspices of TERENA by the study group, attended by more than 25 participants, mostly NREN managers and technicians responsible for networks and data centres.

TERENA is pleased to announce that effective from 5 February 2010, the TERENA Certificate Service (TCS) will provide Personal and eScience Personal Certificates, as well as Code-Signing Certificates.

The TERENA Certificate Service allows a variety of digital certificates to be offered to research and education institutions in the countries of the participating national member organisations of TERENA. The certificates are issued by Comodo CA Limited, one of the largest Certification Authority providers worldwide.

The Greek Research and Technology Network, GRNET, will host the first TF-Media meeting on 18-19 March 2010, in Athens, Greece. The TF-Media task force meeting will be preceded by a GRNET workshop on academic media casting on 18 March 2010. Participants are invited to sign up to both events.

The next meeting of TF-Storage marks the conclusion of the task force's first two year mandate. TF-Storage will review and re-draft the terms of reference during the meeting on 4-5 March 2010, which will be held in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and will be hosted by the Dutch national research and education network, SURFnet.

Five prominent members of the computer and network security community in Europe will present a two-day "TRANSITS" training course for staff members of new or established Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) on 4-5 March 2010 in Uppsala, Sweden.

Co-organised by TERENA, ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) and SUNET (Swedish University Computer Network), the course will focus on the operational, organisational and legal aspects of incident response. It is designed for professionals who are current or future members of existing computer security teams, or who will be involved in building such a team within their own organisation.

The majority of worldwide email can be considered 'spam' (unsolicited email). Over 30 participants from NRENs, universities and industry came together on 9 December to discuss how to detect and block spam email messages, in order to help overcome this problem which is expected to increase in the coming years.

The issue of spam suppression is not an easy one to solve. By coming together, there is hope of formulating a single, collaborative solution. TERENA's task force on management of service portfolios, TF-MSP, organised its first workshop on this subject in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to gauge interest on the subject and enable possible collaboration in the future.