NGI Community Planning Workshop - 07-2019

[Linda Roos <>]

Hi All,

We are looking forward to seeing you this week (Tuesday and Wednesday) in Minneapolis for the Community Architects’ Workshop. The meeting will be held in the Pinnacle Ballroom at the Graduate Hotel.

-Note that breakfast is on your own

-Registration will open at 7:30 in the Pinnacle Foyer

-The meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. CT tomorrow in the Pinnacle Ballroom

-We will have coffee, tea and water available

Workshop website including agenda is here:

https://meetings.internet2.edu/2019-07-ngi-community-planning-workshop/

And agenda is below. Safe travels and see you soon.

Linda

NGI Community Planning Workshop - Agenda

Goals for the meeting:

Meeting participants and collaborators will:

• Revisit why we are talking about community infrastructure upgrades:

•Supporting Research, Cloud, Automation, Ecosystme and Efficiency opportunities

• Learn about NGI progress, including

• New and changed services enabled by new infrastructure

• Roadmap and plans for optical upgrade and refresh

• Provide input into the packet architecture

• Understand what platform enables with respect to cloud, interconnect/peering and R & E networking

• Debate and advance protocol and service implementation ideas

• Debate and advance topology, resiliency, and capacity planning

• Provide feedback on packet and automation roadmaps

• Advance the community discussion on end-to-end services and infrastructure sharing

 

Tuesday, July 16
 

Time

Session

Breakfast on Own

 

9:00 - 9:30am

Welcome & Introductions

9:30 - 10:25am

Topic #1: Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) Overview & New and Changed Services

10:25 - 10:55am

Discussion #1

10:55 - 11:15am

Break

11:15 - 12:00pm

Topic #2: Optical Selection & Deployment Roadmap

12:00 - 12:45pm

Lunch and Collaboration Time

12:45 - 1:00pm

Lightning Talks

1:00 - 2:30pm

Topic #3: Packet Introduction -- RFI Process and Protocols

2:30 - 2:55pm

Discussion #2: Working Break (Grab a snack and join the discussion)

2:55 - 4:00pm

Topic #4: Packet  -- System Design, Topology

4:00 - 4:45pm

Discussion #3: Break-out Groups

4:45 - 5:15pm

Summary, Wrap-Up and a Look Ahead to Tomorrow

5:30 - 6:30pm

Reception

Dinner on Own

 

 

Wednesday, July 17

Time

Session

Breakfast on Own

 

8:30 - 9:00am

Thoughts from Day 1

9:00 - 10:00am

Topic #5: Software and Automation

10:00 - 10:30am

Discussion #4: Break-out Groups

10:30 - 10:45am

Break

10:45 - 11:00am

Break-out Group Reports

11:00 - 12:00pm

Discussion: Checking Community Expectations on Delivering Edge to Edge Services

12:00 - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00pm

Bringing it all Together, Follow Up Steps and How to Report to Community

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Linda Roos
Sr Director, State and Regional Networks
Internet2

812-558-0615