On page 15 of the following link is further information re LUXMUX which might help to understand their interest in POET
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69mCCMGWIIWekJXYmtLTTJscVk/view?usp=sharing
LUXMUX is attending on 24 October 16 a German Canadian Cooperation Symposium in Munchen. There for the Octoberfest and beer I expect but Rainer or the German Board might be interested in their technical objectives - if so see:
http://www.tumtech.de/de/aktuelle-projekte/gccir-2016.html
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