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[Lauren Rotman <>]

Internet2 Community Meets for Annual Fall Member Meeting, October 5-8,  
2009

Meeting To Highlight Network-Based Collaboration Technology, Internet2  
to Netcast Several Conference Sessions for Worldwide Viewing

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – October 2, 2009 – The Internet2 community will meet  
in San Antonio, Texas from October 5-8, 2009 to hold its annual Fall  
Member Meeting. The overarching theme for this meeting is  
“Collaborations and Resource Sharing in Research and Education: How  
the economic crisis is fueling the expansion of networking technology,  
fostering global communities, and driving social change.”  
Presentations will focus on the elements of network-based  
collaboration, including--but not limited to--virtual organizations,  
social networking, and software collaboration tools.

Hosted by Internet2 members University of Texas at San Antonio and the  
Lonestar Education and Research Network (LEARN), the conference will  
include a wide variety of sessions and demonstrations including  
presentations on advances in collaboration tools, middleware and  
federated identity technology, network research, as well as advanced  
applications in telemedicine, arts and humanities, K-12 educational  
programs, distance-learning, among many others.

General sessions will include a keynote presentation by Gary Forsee,  
President, University of Missouri System and former chairman and CEO  
of Sprint Nextel, on October 6, 2009 at 10:30am CT who will address  
the strategic importance of information technology in higher education.

"The need for a more strategic and creative management of information  
technology in higher education has never been greater," says Forsee.   
"IT can provide institutions with a wide range of solutions and  
opportunities to save money, create new revenue streams, and enhance  
collaborations across the academy as well as with businesses, venture  
capitalists and the general public.  And, of course, IT will play an  
increasingly important role in how traditional and nontraditional  
students are educated."

Gwen Jacobs, professor and assistant CIO at Montana State University  
and chair of the iPlant Collaborative Board of Directors will present  
at the second keynote session on October 8, 2009 at 10:30am CT  
providing an overview of iPlant’s work to create seamless  
cyberinfrastructure facilities to support researchers in the plant  
biology community.

Lastly, the second keynote session will also feature a demonstration,  
developed by Internet2, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of  
Veterans Affairs, and the Federal Health Architecture. The demo will  
use the LEARN, Internet2, Iowa Health System, HealthLINC, and  
HealthBridge networks to connect a physician specialist in San Antonio  
with a nurse practitioner in a rural clinic to assist in patient care.  
The demo will showcase how high-definition videoconferencing combined  
with the exchange of electronic medical records can significantly  
improve the delivery of healthcare to patients in rural settings.

The full program can be viewed at the following link:  
http://events.internet2.edu/2009/fall-mm/agenda.cfm

Several meeting sessions will also be netcast for worldwide viewing.  
For access to live streams, additional information as well as archived  
sessions, visit: http://events.internet2.edu/2009/fall-mm/agenda.cfm?go=netcast

About Internet2
Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by  
the research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes  
the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network  
capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that together  
facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary  
Internet technologies. Internet2 brings the U.S. research and academic  
community together with technology leaders from industry, government  
and the international community to undertake collaborative efforts  
that have a fundamental impact on tomorrow's Internet. For more  
information: http://www.internet2.edu

Contact:
Lauren Rotman
+1-202-331-5345