SIP in higher education

["Mazza, Bruce P (Bruce)" <>]

Hello,

I will be attending the SIP.edu workshop.  My SIP URI is 
sip:.
   My availability to be reached is:
After 4:30 ET today (May 28th)
After 3:00 ET next Tuesday (June 1st)

Sincerely,
Bruce Mazza
Converged Systems Division
Vertical Solutions Team - State, Local & Education 
Avaya, Inc.
phone, fax: 303.538.7803




-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Baron 
[mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:41 PM
To: VoIP Working Group
Subject: First SIP.edu Implementors Workshop (Registration is Now Open;
Space Limited)


First SIP.edu Implementors Workshop
16 June 2004, 8:00am - 4:00pm
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

http://voip.internet2.edu/SIP.edu/200406-workshop/

Overview

The Internet2 SIP.edu project seeks to promote the convergence of
voice and email identities, grow SIP-reachability within Internet2,
and build a community of Internet2 schools that are developing and
deploying campus SIP services.

In one year, the project has provided SIP reachability to nearly
100,000 users at four universities, attracted corporate sponsorship,
and published a "cookbook" to lower the implementation hurdle for
others.  There is significant interest in SIP.edu among Internet2
universities and corporate members and a number of new implementations
underway.

The goals for this one-day workshop are to:

    * Build a knowledge base for those that will follow in deploying
      SIP.edu 
    * Investigate areas that the SIP.edu community should pursue,
      individually or as a group, in order to leverage SIP as a core
      technology for new campus communications services and
      collaboration applications 
    * Expand the leadership group for SIP.edu
    * Chart a course for scaling up campus and inter-campus SIP
      service deployment. 

Draft Agenda

    * Welcome
          o Workshop goals and agenda review 
    * SIP.edu Overview
          o Project goals and status 
    * Campus Deployment Experience Reports
          o Reports from schools that have implemented SIP.edu
          o Proxy and gateway configuration issues
          o Campus directory integration issues 
    * Directory Best Practices
    * Issues on the Horizon
          o SIP spam - how do we prepare for it?
          o Peering relationships - Free World Dialup and other
            requests for peering 
          o Reverse SIP.edu - reaching SIP.edu URIs from legacy phones 
          o Discussion: Do we need a SIP.edu community routing policy? 
    * Moving SIP.edu Forward
          o SIP.edu Cookbook - what's needed; next steps
          o SIP.edu as a foundation for better-than-POTS communication 
          o Discussion: How do we get from sandboxes to services? 

Program Committee

    * Dennis Baron, MIT
    * Steve Blair, University of Pennsylvania
    * Ben Teitelbaum, Internet2 
    * Others TBD

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is primarily for campus data and telecommunications
technologists who have implemented the initial SIP.edu architecture or
who are in the course of implementing it.  Internet2 corporate members
partnering with campuses on SIP.edu implementations are also
welcome. Attendance may be limited by available space and to keep the
workshop interactive.  

Registration

Registration is via SIP voice.  Please send email to
,
 providing a SIP URI and times when you can be
reached.  One of the workshop organizers will call you to confirm your
registration. Note that this registration process does not require
that your university already be SIP.edu-enabled; any SIP URI will
suffice. For example, you could become an FreeWorld Dialup user and
send us your FWD URI (e.g. 
sip:).
  

Lodging and Travel

On campus lodging is available at either the Sheraton, 36th & Chestnut
streets or The Inn at Penn, 35th & Walnut streets. Both are a short
walk to the workshop location. The Inn at Penn is much nicer but also
more expensive than the Sheraton. We are trying to confirm block room
rates at The Inn at Penn.

   * http://www.starwood.com/sheraton
   * http://theinnatpenn.com
   * http://www.upenn.edu/campus/housing.php

Transportation and Parking

Parking: Average price is $10.00 per day (in by 6AM - out by 6PM). The
nearest public access pay lots are (see the clickable campus map for
more information): 

   * Open Air public lot at 34th & Chestnut
   * Sheraton University City 36th & Chestnut
   * Parking Garage #30 38th & Walnut Streets

Philadelphia International Airport: The airport (PHL) is about a
twenty minute taxi ride from campus. 

Train service: AMTRAK's Philadelphia 30th Street Station, The station
is about a 10 minute walk from the UPenn campus. Taxi service is
available at the station. 

Cost

There will be no registration fee charged to attendees.