INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION FOCUS GROUP ON CLOUD COMPUTING TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION SECTOR English only STUDY PERIOD 2009-2012 Original: English Seoul, 26-30 September 2011 MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT Source: TSB Title: Seventh meeting of the Focus Group on Cloud Computing (FG Cloud) Seoul, South Korea, 26-30 September 2011 1 The seventh meeting of the FG Cloud is scheduled to take place at Ramada Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, from 26 to 30 September 2011 inclusive, at the kind invitation of Korea Communication Commission (KCC), South Korea. 2 The results from the past meetings of FG Cloud are available at http://ifa.itu.int/t/fg/cloud/docs/. 3 The FG Cloud is open to ITU Member States, Sector Members and Associates. It is also open to any individual from a country which is a member of ITU and who is willing to contribute to the work. This includes individuals who are also members or representatives of interested standards development organizations. 4 The items for discussion at the meeting will be made available on the Focus Group web page: http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/focusgroups/cloud/. A draft agenda prepared by the Focus Group management is provided as Annex 1. Additional information related to the meeting as well as the contributions received will also be made available on the Focus Group web page. Please note that the ITU-T FG Cloud and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38/SGCC Joint Meeting is scheduled on 26 September (See Annex 2). The meeting will open at 0900 hours on 26 September 2011. Participant registration will begin at 0830 hours at the following address: Ramada Seoul, 112-5, Samsung-Dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. No registration fee is required for participating in this meeting. The discussions will be held in English only. The documents will be made publicly available. In preparing documents, please use the basic template for the FG documents available from the Focus Group web page. Participants shall submit input documents to FG Cloud in electronic format to TSB as follows: - contact TSB at tsbfgcloud@itu.int to receive a number (nnnn) for each document - prepare documents with a file name showing the assigned number Contact: TSB Email: tsbfgcloud@itu.int -2- using an FTP client, upload the document to the document drop folder in the FG Cloud FTP area, namely: Host name: ifa.itu.int Path: /t/fg/cloud/docs/incoming Note: contents of the document drop box can be read with a web browser at: http://ifa.itu.int/t/fg/cloud/docs/incoming/. Documents will be processed by TSB and moved to the relevant read only folder: http://ifa.itu.int/t/fg/cloud/docs/1109-seo/in/ The deadline for document submission for this meeting is 21 September 2011. Please note that this is a paperless meeting. Note: The FG Cloud management team recommends that the future contributions should focus on document improvement, clarification, solving editor notes and completion in line with scope of the output documents. 5 Wireless LAN facilities are available for use by delegates at the venue. Detailed information is available on site 6 For practical information, please refer to the following website: http://www.itu.int/ITUT/focusgroups/cloud/index.html (provided as “meeting information”). 7 To enable TSB to make the necessary arrangements concerning the organization of the Focus Group meeting, please register via the on-line form at http://www.itu.int/ITUT/focusgroups/cloud/ , as soon as possible, but no later than 20 July 2010. Please note that preregistration of participants to the meeting is carried out exclusively online. To easily provide you with any updates concerning the meeting planning, please fill in your valid e-mail address on your registration form. 8 We would remind you that citizens of some countries are required to obtain a visa in order to enter and spend any time in South Korea. The visa must be requested and obtained from the office (embassy or consulate) representing South Korea in your country or, if there is no such office in your country, from the one that is closest to the country of departure. Please be aware that visa approval might take time so kindly make your request for the invitation letter as soon as possible. Participants who require an invitation letter and/or a visa supporting letter for entering South Korea are advised to get in touch with the contact person in this country whose detailed information is as follows: Mr. Myung-ho Yoo KCSA(Korea Cloud Service Association) Tel: +82 70 87302344 Fax: +82 2 21798188 Email: yoomh70@kcsa.or.kr -3- ANNEX 1 Draft meeting agenda 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. DAY1(26 September ) Joint meeting with JTC1 SC38 (See Annex 2) DAY2-DAY5(27-30 September) Welcome and introduction Approval of draft agenda Approval of the report of the last meeting Assignment of incoming contributions to Breakout Sessions including introduction of incoming liaison statements General discussion: Goal of this meeting Confirmation of Session Chairs, editors Workshop Breakout sessions Cloud Ecosystem Resource Management Overview of SDO Benefit Reference Architecture Infrastructure Security 7. Drafting sessions 8. Review of deliverables 9. Review and approval of the outgoing LSs and meeting report 10. Future plan of the FG-Cloud including future meeting schedule. 11. Any other business 12. Closing of the meeting -4- ANNEX 2 Tentative agenda for the ITU FG Cloud /JTC1 SC38 Joint meeting Time Topic Presenter or Moderator 0900 – 0930 Presentation of Korea Company TBD 0930 – 1000 Presentation from NIST on Cloud Computing TBD 1000 – 1015 Opening Remarks – SC 38 CCSG Seungyun Lee 1015 – 1030 Opening Remarks – FG Cloud Victor Kutukov 1030 – 1050 Coffee Break 1050 – 1140 JTC 1 SC38 SGCC Perspectives on Cloud Computing ITU-T FG Cloud Deliverables 1140 – 1230 1230 – 1330 (SC38) Victor Kutukov Introduction to the Cloud Eco-system Marco Carugi Functional Requirements and Reference Architecture Peter Tomsu Infrastructure and Network Enabled Cloud Mingdong Li Cloud Computing Security Koji Nakao Networking Lunch Discussion “Guide for ITU-T and ISO/IEC JTC 1 1330 – 1400 cooperation” (Annex A to ITU-T Recommendation A.23, Annex K to ISO/IEC JTC 1 Directives) Potential Joint Standards Topic I : Harmonization of 1400 – 1500 Cloud Computing Definitions and Terminology (include Cloud Use Cases to drive requirements) 1500 – 1530 Seungyun Lee (ITU-T FG Cloud Secretary, ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 38 Secretary) Seungyun Lee, Victor Kutukov Presenter : TBD Coffee Break Potential Joint Standards Topic II : Resource and Service 1530 – 1630 Management Potential Joint Standards Topic III : Reference 1630 – 1730 architecture 1730 – 1800 Meeting Report Approval and Closing Remarks Note: Location/Venue will be confirmed for the the Joint Meeting with JTC1. Seungyun Lee, Victor Kutukov Presenter : TBD Seungyun Lee, Victor Kutukov Presenter : TBD Seungyun Lee, Victor Kutukov