On Sunday 14 May, a day before the kick-off of the TERENA conference, two events relevant for this group have been organised: - 09:30 - 11:30 a Control Plane Tutorial led by Gigi Karmous Edward and Admela Jukan. The registration for this event is open: http://www.terena.nl/events/details.php?event_id=638 - 11:30 - 17:30 a Workshop on Service-oriented Optical Networks will follow. The registration for this event is also open http://www.terena.nl/events/details.php?event_id=697 You need to register independently for both the events (in case you plan to attend both). Dimitra