Internet2 Community Celebrates its 10-year Anniversary and Showcases Advanced Internet Technology at its Annual Fall Member Meeting Chicago, IL - Dece
5 December 2006
Internet2's annual Fall Member Meeting brings the future of the Internet to Chicago this December 4-7, 2006 as the organization and its member community celebrate ten years of next-generation Internet discovery. With participants representing more than 300 research universities, leading corporations, international partners and government entities, Internet2's member meeting provides a glimpse into the development of future Internet technologies. The conference will include a wide variety of sessions including presentations on the new high-performance nationwide Internet2 network, advances in middleware technology, new optical networking technologies, grid computing, as well as advanced applications in telemedicine, arts and humanities, K-12 educational programs, distance-learning, among many others. The full program can be viewed at the following link: http://events.internet2.edu/2006/fall-mm/agenda.cfm Many important sessions will also be netcast for worldwide viewing. For access to live streams, additional information as well as archived sessions, visit: http://events.internet2.edu/2006/fall-mm/netcast.cfm The full schedule of netcast sessions includes: (NOTE: All sessions are CST): Tuesday, December 5, 2006 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Teaching & Learning in Massively Multiplayer Virtual Worlds: Second Life Adventures in Learning 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - HealthGrids: Applications of Grid Computing in Health Care, Medical Research and Education 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM - General Session, featuring Douglas Van Houweling, President and CEO, Internet2; Mort Rahimi, Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer, Northwestern University; Jeff Lehman, Professor of Law, Cornell University; and William E. Johnston, ESnet Department Head and Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Internet2 Security Topics Update 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Digital Libraries, Data Grids and DigitalWell 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Connect, Communicate, Collaborate: Linking the K20 Internet2 Community 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - New Internet2 Network Presentation 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - HOPI Update 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Learning Science by Doing Science: Enabling 21st Century Astronomy Research in the Classroom 6:30 PM- 8:00 PM - GigaPoP and RONs Coordination BoF Wednesday, December 6, 2006 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Five Essential Elements for Future Regional Optical Networks 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Application Driven Design for a Large-Scale, Multi- Purpose Grid Infrastructure 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Dynamic Ethernet Lightpaths: Delivering On-demand 10GbE and GbE Connections for Research Networks 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Fiber Qualification and Characterization: Financially & Technically A MUST 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Regional Network Collaborations among CIC Institutions 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM - Ethernet Evolution: The Path to 100 Gigabit Ethernet 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Roadmap for Campus Real Time Communications 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Developing TeraGrid Campus Partnerships 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - The Quilt - Supporting Regional & National Networking Initiatives 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Optical Waves - Who Needs Them and Why Thursday, December 7, 2006 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Advanced Network Design Considerations for Supercomputers and Grids 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM - Enabling a Collaborative Approach for Biomedical Research and Homeland Security 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Second General Session featuring Charlie Catlett, Director of TeraGrid. The session will also feature a Shibboleth-based, federated identity demonstration. About Internet2 Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by the research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that together facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary Internet technologies. Internet2 brings the U.S. research and academic community together with technology leaders from industry, government and the international community to undertake collaborative efforts that have a fundamental impact on tomorrow's Internet. For more information: http://www.internet2.edu
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