The main emphasis of the 2KAN project is to address the four new JPEG 2000 work items, namely

• JPSEC (security),
• JPIP (interactivity),
• JP3D (volumetric) and
• JPWL (wireless)

which correspond to the parts 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the standard respectively.

2KAN is also adding major enhancements to the public JPEG website, allowing it to become self-financed through sponsorship and specific commercial services. Finally, the last goal of this project is to disseminate the main research results and to promote JPEG 2000 and the new parts.  In addition to these parts, directly tied to parts of the JPEG 2000 standard, the following activities also form part of the 2KAN project:

Testing:
This activity has two main objectives:

• Define measurable factors and methods for evaluation of all four above technical activities (wireless, security, interactivity, volumetric), according to the objectives defined by 2KAN.
• Operate a series of tests and trials to evaluate efficiency and results of the tools developed.

In a first phase, based on the requirements and the definition of use and business case, 2KAN will issue a set of tests conditions and measurements in conjunction with selected end-users. 2KAN Members will monitor the smooth operation of all tests and collect all results.

JPEG Website:
2KAN will add major enhancements to the public JPEG website, with the twin goals of encouraging a European dimension to the site, and allowing it to become self-financed through sponsorship and specific commercial services.

Dissemination: 
The first objective of this activity is to guarantee the dissemination of the project results in order to enhance the visibility, credibility and impact of the project. A second objective is to actively promote JPEG 2000 and more specifically the new parts (JPSEC, JPIP, JP3D, and JPWL). This is achieved by publishing research results in leading scientific journals, organizing special issues on JPEG 2000 in conferences/journals, organizing the first International Workshop on JPEG 2000, and setting up a 2KAN conference.

Another objective is to have a strong contribution to standardisation efforts in JPEG in order to ensure that Europe continues to play a leading role in these standards and stays at the forefront of the latest development in the areas addressed in this project.