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[Jennifer Oxenford <>]

Dear Colleagues, 

[Apologies for cross-postings…]

Please join us virtually TODAY Wednesday June 26th and tomorrow Thursday June 27th for the 2013 KINBER Member Meeting live webstream from Pittsburgh, PA. All keynote sessions and select breakouts will be live webstreamed by MAGPI so that anyone, anywhere can participate. 

LIVE WEBSTREAM VIEWING INSTRUCTIONS 

To view the live webstreams simply go to: http://video.magpi.net and click on "Live Streams." 

Schedule of Free Live Webstream Sessions of the KINBER 2013 Member Meeting

Wednesday June 26th 

8:30am - 9:30 am EDT  Plenary Session 1 - Welcome and Opening Session

Featured Speaker: Shelton Waggener, Senior Vice President at Internet2 for NET+ Services

9:4am - 10:30 am EDT  The Promise of PennREN

10:45am - 11:30am EDT Using Broadband Across the Education Continuum

11:45am - 12:30pm EDT The Evolving Role of the CIO in Higher Education 

1:45am - 2:30pm EDT Global Research Network Operations Center and PennREN

3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT Plenary Session 2 - Featured Speaker: Craig Settles, Industry Analyst, Speaker and Author 

Building the Gigabit City

4:15pm - 5:30pm EDT The Quilt - A Nationwide Perspective on Research and Education Networks

Thursday June 27th 

8:30am - 9:15am EDT KINBER Board Town Hall

9:30am - 10:30am EDT Plenary Session 3 - Featured Guest Speaker: Dr. Tony Wilhelm, Director of the Technology Opportunities Program  (BTOP) at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,  followed by a brief Recognition and Awards Ceremony 

10:45am - 11:30am EDT Healthcare IT Across the Commonwealth

11:45am - 12:30pm EDT Plenary Session 4 - Joe Freddoso, President and CEO of MCNC Next-Generation  Networks Serving Anchor Institutions 

1:45pm - 2:30pm EDT Health Information Exchange Connecting the Commonwealth 

2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT Reducing Energy Costs and Improving Operational Efficiency in Data Centers

Full abstracts and speaker info available here. 

About KINBER

The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) is a non-profit coalition of Pennsylvania’s education, research, healthcare, economic development and other non-profit based communities. KINBER is lighting the way for new and innovative partnerships for its anchor institutions and members in the realms of digital resources, regional peering, tele-medicine, high performance computing and network-centric information technology applications. Members will benefit from enhanced access to regional, national, and global R&E networks with “built-in” opportunities for collaborations between members.

PennREN, the Pennsylvania Research and Education Network, is KINBER’s first project that delivers a statewide platform for connecting its members through facilities based fiber-optic networking. Members can utilize PennREN’s services for advancing their initiatives while KINBER provider partners can offer open access for expanding broadband access across the commonwealth. With construction complete, PennREN lights over 1,600 miles of fiber on a middle-mile network that will connect over 70 locations.

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Jennifer Oxenford

Manager, Member Relations & Communications

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