Middleware Announcements

[Laurie Burns <>]

Dear Colleagues:

As our Fall 2004 Member Meeting in Austin, Texas draws near, I want to
give you a few updates and reminders. The meeting and related events are
coming together very well, and we can expect another terrific gathering
of the Internet2 membership.

+ Plenary Speakers 
I am pleased to announce our distinguished plenary speakers for the Fall
2004 Internet2 Member Meeting:

- Dr. Larry Faulkner, President of the University of Texas at Austin and
Chair of the Internet2 Board of Trustees will give an address at the
opening plenary on Tuesday, September 28. Dr. Faulkner will speak on his
perspective as a University President on the impact of advanced
networking on science, research, and teaching.

- Dr. Henry Chueh, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical
School, will speak on "Unlocking Our Treasures: Enhancing Access to
Tissue for Genomics Research" at the closing plenary session on
Thursday, September 30. Dr. Chueh is also Director of the Laboratory of
Computer Science (Division of Medical Informatics), Department of
Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital.

+ Meeting Program 
The Fall meeting program features over 130 presentations and meetings in
a wide range of topic areas, such as advanced applications technologies,
cyberinfrastructure, network infrastructure, future network technologies,
security for advanced networks, federations, enterprise authority
management, and other middleware topics. Sessions on K/20 activities,
regional network updates, and national and international collaborations
will also be presented. The complete program can be viewed at: 
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/fall-mm/agenda.cfm

Note that the program is searchable by topic; these are listed
in the pull-down menu at the top of the program pages. Meeting attendees
will receive a printed pocket guide that will supplement the full
program, which can be viewed online or produced in printer-friendly
format.

+ Demonstrations 
Advanced applications demos are scheduled for Tuesday, September 28,
1:00--5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, September 29, 10:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m. Demos
will feature applications such as emergency medical services,
collaborative visualization and segmentation, network traffic analysis
and proactive protection, tele-collaboration of medical imaging for
surgical planning, Internet2 Commons videoconferencing and collaboration
tools, IPv6, streaming 3D over Internet2, and others.

+ Performance Event and Reception 
On Tuesday evening, September 28, a performance event will take place on
the University of Texas at Austin campus. This event will feature the
world-renowned Miro Quartet
(http://www.miroquartet.com)
and showcase the use of cutting-edge networking and streaming
technologies. The performance will take place in two venues: one where
the audience will see and hear the quartet in person and another where
the audience will see it via live, streaming High Definition Television
(HDTV) and hear it through 11-channel, immersive surround-sound. During
intermission, the audiences will switch venues giving each a chance to
experience both versions of the performance. The evening will conclude
with a survey to help gauge the effectiveness of the remote vs. the live
venue.  There will be a light dinner reception before the
performance, as well as a post-event reception.

+ Meeting Registration 
If you have not already registered, I encourage you to do so as early as
possible: 
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/fall-mm/registrationintro.cfm
Note that registration fees increase after September
10.

+ Hotel Reservations 
For hotel reservations, please note that Internet2 has reserved a block
of rooms for attendees at the Hilton Austin. The hotel block expires
Friday, September 3, so please reserve your room now!  For
information about the hotel, lodging, and travel, see: 
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/fall-mm/hoteltravel.html

As the date for the meeting approaches, I encourage you to
check the web site often to obtain further information and updates.
I hope that everyone had a very pleasant summer and a good start to the
new academic year. I look forward to seeing you at our meeting in
Austin!

        

Laurie

Laurie Burns
Executive Director, Member and Partner Relations
Internet2
3025 Boardwalk, Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Office:  (734) 913-4251
Cell:  (734) 604-9558
Fax:  (734) 352-4913
www.internet2.edu