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[Lauren Rotman <>]

Internet2 Community Meets for Annual Fall Member Meeting To Highlight  
Latest Advances in Internet Technology
New Orleans, LA – October 13-16, 2008

Internet2 to Netcast Several Conference Sessions for Worldwide Viewing

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – October 9, 2008 - Internet2's annual Fall Member  
Meeting brings the future of the Internet to New Orleans this October  
13-16, 2008 as the organization and its international member and  
partner community meet to collaborate and share advances in Internet  
development and discovery.

Hosted by Internet2 members Louisiana State University and the  
Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI), the conference will  
include a wide variety of sessions and demonstrations including  
presentations on the new optical networking technologies, advances in  
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 presentation by Dr. Ed Seidel,  
Director of the National Science Foundation Office of  
Cyberinfrastructure who will present on the "The Importance of  
Cyberinfrastructure for Higher Education." Dr. Seidel will also host a  
live peek behind the scenes at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using  
advanced iHDTV™ high-definition video technology to provide meeting  
participants in New Orleans with a first-hand view of the biggest  
science device on the planet. The videoconference will enable  
attendees to participate in a virtual Q&A with Jim Virdee, LHC CMS  
spokesperson, David Foster, head of communications and networks for  
CERN and Harvey Newman, professor of physics at the California  
Institute of Technology.

General sessions will also feature Scott Cowen, President of Tulane  
University, who will describe the Tulane experience before, during,  
and after Hurricane Katrina, and Robert Browning, Director of the C- 
SPAN Archive, who will provide a live demonstration of the C-SPAN  
Archives. A live videoconference using dynamic circuit networking and  
UltraGrid high-definition videoconferencing technologies will  
highlight distance learning collaboration between Louisiana State  
University professor Thomas Sterling and students in the Czech  
Republic. The Internet2 Strategic Planning Execution Committee will  
lead a discussion on next steps in the community-driven strategic  
planning process and implementation.

The full program can be viewed at the following link:
http://events.internet2.edu/2008/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/2008/fall-mm/netcast.cfm

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

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Federation and e-Government
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - IPv6 Challenge
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - General Session
* The Tulane experience before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina
Scott Cowen, President of Tulane University
* The C-SPAN Archives: An online, indexed, accessible, digital video  
collection
Robert Browning, Director, C-SPAN Archive

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - R&E Network Models Around the World: Today and  
Tomorrow
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Emergency Notification: Planning, Testing and  
Implementation Experience at a Small Set of Internet2 Institutions
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Performance Update
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - C-SPAN Video Library: Design and Delivery
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - PART I: Leveraging Statewide Video Conferencing  
Efforts in Ohio; PART II: Telepresence: A Low Cost Approach,  
Interoperability and The Commons
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Social Software for the Advanced Networking- 
Enabled Teaching & Learning Community
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM - Internet2 Network Members & Connectors/RONs BoF

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - General Session
* The Importance of Cyberinfrastructure for Higher Education
Ed Seidel, Director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National  
Science Foundation
* An iHDTV Peek Behind the Scenes at the LHC
Sneak peek at the Large Hadron Collider Control Center using  
uncompressed iHDTV™ videoconferencing

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Networking Needs of Health Care During Disasters
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Commons, Chaos, and Clouds in my CIs:  
Implications for Higher Education
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Research and Education Networking in Sub-Saharan  
Africa
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Conversations and Civic Engagement: Empowering  
Students using Internet2
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Using Dynamic Circuit Networks
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Future of Social Networking
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Real-World Experiences in Virtual Reality
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - LONI Provides UNO High-Speed Business Continuity  
After Katrina

Thursday, October 16, 2008
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - General Session
* Dynamic Circuit Networking-enabled HD UltraGrid Videoconferencing
Professor Thomas Sterling, LSU and Charlie McMahon, director of LONI  
will lead a discussion with colleagues at Masryk University in the  
Czech Republic using UltraGrid technology. Session will showcase how  
the students use HD videoconferencing to participate in Professor  
Sterling's class, “Introduction to High-Performance Computing."
* Internet2 Strategic Plan Implementation Update
Ray Ford, University of Montana

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Developing a Shared Business Continuity Data  
Center
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - ARP Poison Routing (Spoofing and Impersonation)
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Health Care Network Initiative Workshop Part 1 -  
Focus on FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Program (Separate Registration  
Required)

Friday, October 17, 2008
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Health Care Network Initiative Workshop Part 2 -  
Focus on FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Program (Separate Registration  
Required)

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