We look forward to seeing you in Athens! === Grid High Performance Networking Research Group (GHPN-RG) Chairs: Dimitra Simeonidou, Franco Travostino Session I (Monday, Feb 13th, 5:30-7:00) and Session II (Tuesday, Feb 14th, 5:30-7:00). Session I Agenda 1. Agenda Bashing and Administrivia [5'] 2. GHPN overview. Progress against milestones. Last call for Use Cases [5'] 3. Update on Grid Oprical Burst Switched Networks by Reza Nejabati [20'] 4. OBS over GMPLS by Nicola Ciulli [10'] 4. Contribution to Grid Network Services ("GNS-WSI") by Michiaki Hayashi [20'] 5. Short presentations: [30'] * Implementation and Performance Assessment of a Grid-Oriented Centralized Topology Discovery Service by Luca Valcarenghi * Reliable network measurement and prediction architecture by Muhammad Murtaza Yousaf Session II Agenda Roundtable on Grid Networks research projects with relevance to the development of Grid Networks standards, hosted by Costas Kotsokalis and the Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET) The projects represented include (participants confirmed thus far): GEANT2 VIOLA LUCIFER CANARIE AIST, KDDI Lab & NTT Franco, Dimitra