GLEON 1

San Diego, California, USA,7-9 March 2005

In March 2005, scientists and information technology experts from ten countries met in San Diego, CA, USA to discuss extending the network. Countries represented at this meeting included Australia , Canada , China , Finland , Israel , New Zealand , South Korea , Taiwan , United Kingdom and the US . Coral reef scientists interested in using largely the same cyberinfrasture to build a parallel network for their systems also participated in the meeting.