STRONGEST participated in the Converged and Optical Networks (CaON) cluster meeting that was held in Brussels, on 12 February 2011. The Project is increasing its involvement in CaON, as Dimitra Simeonidu (University of Essex) has been elected chair of the cluster for 2011, while Juan Fernandez Palacios (STRONGEST architecture chief ) and Andrea Di Giglio (STRONGEST projet coordinator) have been designated co-chairs.