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Internet2 Community Meets for Annual Fall Member Meeting To Highlight Advances in Internet Technology; San Diego, CA – October 8-11, 2007

 

Internet2 to Netcast Several Conference Sessions for Worldwide Viewing

 

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – October 4, 2007 - Internet2's annual Fall Member Meeting brings the future of the Internet to San Diego this October 8-11, 2007 as the organization and its member community meet to celebrate another year of accomplishment and advances in Internet development and discovery.

 

Dr. Larry Smarr, director of Calit2, will present the opening keynote titled, “New Applications of SuperNetworks and the Implications for Campus Networks" and Dr. Francine Berman, director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center will chair a panel entitled, “Cyberinfrastructure: The Way Forward” at the second general session of the meeting.

 

The meeting will also include a wide variety of sessions including presentations by the member community on the new high-performance nationwide Internet2 Network, advances in middleware technology, new optical networking technologies, network research, 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/2007/fall-mm/agenda.cfm

 

Many 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/2007/fall-mm/netcast.cfm

 

The full schedule of netcast sessions includes:

(NOTE: All sessions are PDT):

 

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Bradley University and the Philadelphia Orchestra: Experiential Learning and Audience Engagement through Theatre Art and Orchestral Production

8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Finding Collaborators Worldwide

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM – First General Session:

- Introduction to the new Internet2 Network

- Keynote: Dr. Larry Smarr, Director of Calit2, “New Applications of SuperNetworks and the Implications for Campus Networks"

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Internet2 Network Status Update

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Disaster Recovery: Lessons Learned From hurricane Katrina 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - VoIP Peering Pilot Using The Internet2 Backbone

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Cyberinfrastructure Days

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - NIST It By That Much: The Federal Cyber Security Outlook

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Network Research Update

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM - GigaPoP and Regional Optical Networks Coordination BoF    

 

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Reserch and Education Network Models: Current and Future

8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Enabling Access to Applications with Shibboleth

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Medical Education of the Future using Advanced Networks and Today's Technology 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Immerse Yourself: Delivering Instruction in Virtual Worlds

 

Thursday, October 11, 2007

8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Dynamic Circuit Network (DCN) Update

8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Enabling Virtual Organizations

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM – Second General Session:

- Panel Discussion - “Cyberinfrastructure: The Way Forward”

Panel led by Dr. Francine Berman, director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center

 

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:

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