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["Lauren Rotman" <>]

Internet2 Community Celebrates its 10-year Anniversary and Showcases
Advanced Internet Technology at its Annual Fall Member Meeting
Chicago, IL - December 4-7, 2006        

Internet2 to Netcast Many Sessions for Worldwide Viewing

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - November 30, 2006 - Internet2's annual Fall Member
Meeting brings the future of the Internet to Chicago this December 4-7, 2006
as the organization and its member community celebrate ten years of
next-generation Internet discovery. With participants representing more than
300 research universities, leading corporations, international partners and
government entities, Internet2's 2006 Member Meeting provides a glimpse into
the development of future Internet technologies.

The conference will include a wide variety of sessions including
presentations on the new high-performance Internet2 network, advances in
middleware, new optical networking technologies, grid computing, as well as
advanced applications in telemedicine, arts and humanities, K-12 educational
programs, distance-learning, among many others. 

The full program can be viewed at the following link:
http://events.internet2.edu/2006/fall-mm/agenda.cfm

Many important sessions will also be netcast for those who can not attend
the meeting in person. For access to the live streams and additional
information, visit: http://events.internet2.edu/2006/fall-mm/netcast.cfm

The full schedule of netcast sessions includes: 
(NOTE: All sessions are CST):

Tuesday, December 5, 2006
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Teaching & Learning in Massively Multiplayer Virtual
Worlds: Second Life Adventures in Learning     
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - HealthGrids: Applications of Grid Computing in Health
Care, Medical Research and Education     
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM - General Session, featuring Douglas Van Houweling,
President and CEO; Internet2; Mort Rahimi, Vice President, Information
Technology and Chief Technology Officer Northwestern University; Jeff
Lehman, Professor of Law, Cornell University; and William E. Johnston, ESnet
Department Head and Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Internet2 Security Topics Update     
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Digital Libraries, Data Grids and DigitalWell     
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Connect, Communicate, Collaborate: Linking the K20
Internet2 Community     
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - New Internet2 Network Presentation     
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - HOPI Update     
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Learning Science by Doing Science: Enabling 21st Century
Astronomy Research in the Classroom
6:30 PM- 8:00 PM - GigaPoP and RONs Coordination BoF   

Wednesday, December 6, 2006
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Five Essential Elements for Future Regional Optical
Networks     8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Application Driven Design for a
Large-Scale, Multi-Purpose Grid Infrastructure     
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Dynamic Ethernet Lightpaths: Delivering On-demand
10GbE and GbE Connections for Research Networks     
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Fiber Qualification and Characterization: Financially
& Technically A MUST     
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Regional Network Collaborations among CIC Institutions
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Ethernet Evolution: The Path to 100 Gigabit Ethernet
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Roadmap for Campus Real Time Communications     
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Developing TeraGrid Campus Partnerships    
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - The Quilt - Supporting Regional & National Networking
Initiatives     
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Optical Waves - Who Needs Them and Why    

Thursday, December 7, 2006
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Advanced Network Design Considerations for
Supercomputers and Grids     
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Enabling a Collaborative Approach for Biomedical
Research and Homeland Security     
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Second General Session featuring Charlie Catlett,
Director of TeraGrid. The session will also feature a Shibboleth-based,
federated identity demonstration between collaborators University of
Washington, Stanford University, Penn State University, NSF FastLane and the
U.S. General Services Administration.

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



Note to I2news subscribers - During the next week, there may be a higher
volume of press releases due to the Internet2 Member Meeting.  Regular
distribution volumes will resume after the meeting.