Fall 2011 Internet2 Member meeting

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Title: Member Meeting Program Updates for Thursday, October 6

 

Contents Program Changes Third General Session Member Meeting Evaluations Sponsor Events and Activities Call for Program Committee Participation Host a Future Member Meeting In short Registration - Registration is open from 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM on Thursday. Pick up your name badge and meeting materials at the Registration Desk in the 300 Level Lobby. Sponsor Display Hall -Don’t forget to visit the Sponsor Display Hall in Ballroom A to learn about the latest initiatives and product offerings from our meeting sponsors, and drop your business card in each sponsor’s Display Hall booth. There are still chances to win! The Sponsor Display Hall is open from 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM on Thursday. InfoTable - Stop by the InfoTable, located near Registration, to pick up copies of the latest infosheets. The complete library of Internet2 publications is available for download at internet2.edu/info. Presentations - If you are presenting at any session during the Fall 2011 Internet2 Member Meeting, please send an electronic version of your slides for posting to the event website to: Questions? Should you have any questions throughout the meeting, please don't hesitate to contact the Internet2 staff, who are wearing badges with the red "STAFF" ribbon. Upcoming events SC|11 November 12-18, Seattle, Washington Winter 2012 ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs January 22-26, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Spring 2012 Internet2 Member Meeting April 22-25, Arlington, Virginia Planning is underway for the Spring 2012 Internet2 Member Meeting. The Call for Participation will be announced in December! Social Media & Tagging Photos, videos, and blog posts tagged with I2FMM11 will be aggregated at http://www.netvibes.com/Internet2. See http://www.internet2.edu/tags for more information. If you use Twitter, you can follow Internet2 to get tweets during the meeting and use the #I2FMM11 hashtag to share tweets with other Twitter users. Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

Program Changes for Thursday, October 6 Approaches that Work: Libraries that employ advanced network services and resources to engage communities 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM Location: 305A Added Speaker: Lorrainne Haricombe, University of Kansas Third General Session For the third General Session, 10:30 AM-11:45 AM on Thursday, we welcome Greg Fishel, Chief Meteorologist , WRAL-TV 5. Fishel's presentation, "Broadening the Scope of TV Weather Graphics with the Help of the Internet and a Little Data Manipulation," will discuss the process he is using to acquire and manipulate weather data, as well as how this process is helping with adoption of a new forecasting philosophy. Member Meeting Evaluations Please help us shape future meetings by completing the online session evaluations as well as the overall meeting evaluation, which is also linked from the Member Meeting website. Attendees who complete the meeting evaluation will be entered in a drawing for two $200 Amazon gift cards. Your feedback is important to us! Internet2 Industry Members Sponsor Events and Activities Internet2 gratefully acknowledges the sponsors of the Fall 2011 Internet2 Member Meeting. Internet2 would like to thank Silver level sponsors Ciena, Cisco, HP and Level 3 Communications; Bronze sponsors ADVA Optical Networking, CenturyLink Government & Education Solutions, NEC and VMware; and Supporting sponsors Acentia, CommScope, Fujitsu, Infinera, Juniper Networks, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Mediasite by Sonic Foundry, and Time Warner Cable Business Class. The generous support of these sponsors has helped to make this Member Meeting possible! Call for Program Committee Participation The Internet2 Member Meeting provides many opportunities for the exchange of information about new and on-going work in the member community. These opportunities are created by the work of the Internet2 Member Meeting Program Committee, which has responsibility for creating the main program at each meeting. The Program Committee is charged with developing the Call for Session Proposals and the subsequent review and selection of the final Member Meeting program. The Program Committee comprises member representatives from the Internet2 community. Please consider volunteering your time and sharing your expertise by joining the Internet2 Program Committee. More information about the Call for Participation and the roles of the Program Committee is available online. Host a Future Member Meeting If your organization is interested in hosting a future Internet2 Member Meeting and you would like more information about what is involved--and more importantly, the benefits to your organization--please contact Marianne Smith, Director of Member & Partner Relations either by email: or by phone (734) 352-4976.

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