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SUMMARY
The Irish Future Internet Forum and the Irish Ipv6 Task Force are both collaborative organisations established by Irish ICT organisations with a shared interest in and desire to accelerate the development of the Future Internet in Ireland.
Irish Future Internet Forum
The IFIF was established by the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group at Waterford Institute of Technology. The purpose of forum is to bring the Irish ICT research community together so as to facilitate the discussion of issues related to Future Internet activities in the EU and globally. At the first meeting of the IFIF, 160 participants from Government, Industry and Academia met to discuss a number of topics related to the Future Internet.
It is envisaged that the IFIF will allow Irish industrial and academic partners to engage in discussions that will lead to new research initiatives .
Irish IPv6 Task Force
The Irish IPv6 Task Force, and chaired by Mícheál Ó Foghlú of TSSG, was established in 2004. The Irish National IPv6 Centre was set up in 2005 as a collaboration between the TSSG in Waterford Institute of Technology, the Hamilton Institute in NUI Maynooth, BT Ireland and HEAnet. The role of these organisations is to encourage the transition of the Irish network to IPv6 to allow continued growth of the Internet and its services in Ireland.
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SOLUTIONS
- Promoting Ireland as an early adopter of the Future Internet
- Creating of awareness of the Future Internet and its potential impact on the Irish economy
- Promoting participation of Irish stakeholders in the European Future Internet Initiates
- Encouraging greater R&D investment in activities around the Future Internet
- Encouraging the development of test sites and trails around aspects of the future internet
- Promoting greater strategic alignment between National and European research and innovation initiatives in the Future Internet Environment
- Ensuring the successful transition of the Irish network from IPv4 to IPv6 so as to guarantee the future development of the internet and its services
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LINK: Irish Future Internet Forum http://www.futureinternet.ie/FutureInternet11/index.php
LINK: Irish IPv6 Task Force http://www.ipv6.ie/
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