2013 Internet2 Annual Meeting

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Title: Internet2 Annual Meeting Program Highlights for Tuesday, April 23

 

In short Registration -The meeting Registration Desk, located in the Arlington Foyer, will be open on Tuesday from 7:00am - 6:00pm InfoTable - Stop by the InfoTable, located near Registration, for a selection of the latest Internet2 infosheets. Or, visit the Online InfoKit for information on additional services and projects. Metro Cards - Please consider returning your Metro fare card with any leftover amount to the meeting Registration Desk or placing it in the lockbox on the hotel concierge desk to be donated to a local non-profit organization. Presentations - If you are presenting at any session during the 2013 Internet2 Annual Meeting, please send an electronic version of your slides for posting to the event website to: For more information, please refer to the Speaker Info page. Questions? Should you have any questions throughout the meeting, please don't hesitate to contact the Internet2 staff, who are wearing the red "STAFF" button. Complete Evaluations - and Win Prizes! Help us shape future meetings by completing the online session evaluations as well as the overall meeting evaluation. Attendees who complete the meeting evaluation will be eligible to win a prize. Your feedback is important to us! Social Media Keynotes and selected sessions will be Netcast on our website; if you are joining us in Arlington or watching sessions remotely, you can join the conversation via Twitter; use #i2am13 to follow coverage and comment on sessions. Also, we're featuring a live Tweet Wall that will be displayed during keynote sessions and selected sessions throughout the meeting, as well as on a screen at our registration desk; you'll be able to see and send tweets, read what others think about the session, submit questions, and help drive the conversation! Be sure to follow us on Twitter for reminders @Internet2.

Program Highlights: Tuesday, April 23 Tuesday, April 23 Keynote: The Digital Smithsonian Our second General Session features Wayne Clough, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who will talk about the Smithsonian's effort to digitize and share its collection with scholars, researchers, and others around the globe. This work is an example of the global impact that our community's technology and networks can make. This session also features the Richard Rose Award presentation. Program Changes For program updates, including room, time, and speaker changes, as well as session cancellations, please refer to the online program or mobile application. Industry Sponsor Roundtable Sessions We are grateful to our Meeting Sponsors for their generous support. Many of our meeting sponsors will be participating in the Industry Roundtable Sessions from 11:45-1:15 tomorrow over lunch in the meal room and Sponsor Display Hall. This is a great opportunity for members to have a round-table discussion about the solutions provided by our sponsors, and fill your toolbox of transformational technologies. Please visit the Sponsor Displays in Salons IV/V/VI during the Industry Roundtable Sessions, meals, program breaks, and at the following times: Tuesday, April 23 | 7:00am - 6:00pm Wednesday, April 24 | 7:00am - 3:00pm Win a $500 Apple Gift Card, a $250 Amazon Gift Card, and several $25 Brookstone Gift Cards by visiting the Sponsor Display Hall and and tweeting (using #i2am13) a photo, comment about the meeting, or asking a question. Visit the Internet2 blog or refer to the prize drawing infosheets at the registration desk for full details of how to play and win! Internet2 would like to thank Platinum Sponsors Juniper Networks and Microsoft, Gold Sponsors: Box, Brocade, codefortytwo software, Dell, Fujitsu, and Vidyo, Silver Sponsors: Aastra, ADVA Optical Networking, Ciena, and Zayo, Bronze Sponsors: Arista, Canvas by Instructure, CenturyLink Government, Desire2Learn, Fuzebox, Level 3 Communications, Matrix Integration, Optelian, Phybridge, Polycom, Spranto, Sprint, and Tele-ClassRoom as well as all 29 sponsors of the 2013 Internet2 Annual Meeting for their generous contributions.