Fall Member Meeting to Feature Outstanding Program

Penn State is an Internet2 member organization. That makes everybody at Penn State an Internet2 member. Twice a year, Internet2 has a member meeting with presentions for, by, and about members and what they are doing with Internet2. You might be interested. Here is part of a recent announcement for the upcoming meeting in October.

The program for the Fall 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting will feature many highlights, including 70 track session presentations of innovative uses of advanced networking for research and teaching, as well as the development and evolution of high-performance network infrastructures in support of local to global cyberinfrastructure. In addition, 11 applications demonstrations are planned, which will showcase uses of advanced networking to provide telehealth and telemedicine services, weather forecasting and numerical modeling, and innovative approaches to delivering content and video, among others.

General session presentations will include a live peek behind the scenes at the Large Hadron Collider using advanced iHDTV technology, developed by the ResearchChannel and the University of Washington, to provide a first hand view of the biggest science device on the planet. Scientists and networking experts at CERN will engage in a live discussion on the importance of the community’s investment in cyberinfrastructure to this work and in future research and discovery, with Q&A opportunities for the audience. Ed Seidel, Director of the NSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure, will present on the “The Importance of Cyberinfrastructure for Higher Education.”

General sessions will also feature Scott Cowen, President of Tulane University, who will describe the Tulane experience before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina, and Robert Browning, who will provide a live demonstration the C-SPAN Archives. A live videoconference using dynamic circuit networking and UltraGrid HD technologies will highlight collaboration between Louisiana State University professor Thomas Sterling and students in the Czech Republic, and the Internet2 Strategic Planning Execution Committee will lead a discussion on next steps in the strategic planning process and implementation.

There is still time to register and make plans to join your advanced network colleagues in New Orleans. Please also make your reservations at the Sheraton New Orleans before 5:00pm CDT on 23 September to take advantage of our special meeting room rates.

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