Spring 2003 Internet2 Member Meeting

Date: Tuesday, April 8th 2003 to Friday, April 11th 2003

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Tuesday	April 8th	top
8:00AM-6:00PM	Registration Open	Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:00AM-10:00PM	Laptop Bar Open	Fairfax
9:00AM-4:30PM	NMI Integration Testbed: Experiences in Middleware Deployment	Salon A
	Shelley Henderson, University of Southern California Marty Humphrey, University of Virginia Jim Jokl, University of Virginia Shyamal Mitra, University of Texas at Austin Sandra Redman, University of Alabama, Huntsville Art Vandenberg, Georgia State University
	Campuses participating in the NMI Integration Testbed have been evaluating the utility and feasibility of NMI middleware integration into key research and education activities at their institutions over the past several months. Throughout this process, they have learned much about what to do, what not to do, and what to expect when deploying middleware. In this workshop, these campuses will speak in-depth on their experiences and lessons learned while working to implement campus grids, research grids, enterprise-wide identity and directory services, and directory-enabled applications. Breakfast will be served at 8:00am.
9:00AM-2:00PM	Industry Strategy Council Meeting (Closed)	Salon C
	The Industry Strategy Council (ISC) recognizes UCAID’s influence on industry through identifying key areas for applications development, commitment to technology transfer from its related projects, and strategic influence in the global Internet. An advisory group to the UCAID Board of Trustees, the ISC's mission is to provide the UCAID Board with strategic vision and input related to advanced networking and applications development, and to help focus technology transfer aspects of UCAID initiatives. Breakfast will be served at 8:30am.
9:00AM-4:00PM	Help Desk Open	Fairfax
1:00PM-5:00PM	International Collaborations and Advanced Networking Projects: Internet2 International Task Force – Part 1	Salon J/K
	The ITF is made up of representatives from each of the organizations with whom Internet2 has partnered through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The ITF serves as the forum for discussion of international issues relevant to the development of a high-performance, leading-edge network infrastructure, advanced technologies and applications for research and education. On the first part of this meeting, we will have presentations from both International Partners and Internet2 members on international collaborative activities, advanced networking projects, application initiatives and updates. Presentations will include: -World Summit on the Information Society, Artur Serra, UPC I2cat (Spain) - CERNET Update and Joint Videoconference Project, Xing Li, Jianping Wu, Congxiao Bao, CERNET (China) - Latin American Update, Speaker TBD - CERN Update, Olivier Martin, CERN (Europe) - MeteoForum: An International Network of Meteorological Training Centers for the 21st Century, Tom Yoksas, Unidata Project/UCAR (U.S.) - SERENATE: Strategic Studies into the Future of Research and Education in Europe, Karel Vietsch, TERENA (Europe) - APAN Update, Kilnam Chon, APAN (Asia) - Updates and Information for International Partners, Ana Preston/Heather Boyles (Internet2) We will also have relevant information for International Partners and updates from International Exchange Points and connections within Internet2. These will include: - Pacific Wave, Jaqueline Brown (University of Washington) - AMPATH, Julio Ibarra, (Florida International University) - MAN LAN, Paul Love/Ben Chi (Internet2, NYSERNET) - TransPAC, Jim Williams (Indiana University) - RIPN/NAUKAnet, Alexei Platanov/Greg Cole (RIPN, Russia/NCSA) - STAR TAP, Star Light and Euro-Link, Tom DeFanti (University of Illinois at Chicago) For more information on this and other international sessions, please click here.
1:00PM-2:30PM	piPEfitters (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon B
	Eric Boyd, Internet2 Iosif Legrand, California Institute of Technology Shawn McKee, University of Michigan
	This meeting is for collaborators and contributors of the End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi) measurement and evaluation effort, piPEs. The group will continue discussions on the development of piPEs, with updates of the tools under development (OWAMP, Advisor, MAGGIE, etc.), coordinate efforts to ensure no duplication of effort, set goals, and assign the remaining tasks.
2:00PM-6:00PM	Health Science Advisory (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon G
	Health Science Advisory Team , Internet2, formerly
	This session provides an opportunity for the Health Sciences Advisory Group to meet in person and to continue strategic planning for the Internet2 Health Science Initiative. Discussions cover both Healthcare and Life Science activities for the Internet2 community and the medical industry.
3:00PM-4:00PM	National Library of Medicine (NLM) Pilot Study Group	Salon H
	George Brett, Internet2 Frank Connolly, E2E NLM Pilot Study Daryl Nardick, E2E NLM Pilot Study Dr. Elliot R. Siegel, National Library of Medicine
	Internet2’s End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi) is coordinating a pilot study for NLM on user experience with high performance networking. As part of the study, user interviews are collecting information on connectivity at selected sites (real and perceived), critical successes/failures, and user satisfaction levels. This study will provide information to NLM on the level of user expertise (or lack thereof), expectations, and suggest various topics for further study. Case studies of particular applications where use of the Internet greatly aided users in performing their research will be collected and disseminated in an appropriate form.
3:00PM-5:00PM	Shibboleth Working Group Meeting (Closed)	Salon D
4:00PM-6:00PM	Internet2 Digital Video Initiative	Salon B
	Larry Amiot, Argonne National Laboratory Doug Pearson, Indiana University
	The Internet2 Digital Video Initiative meeting is targeted for members of the I2DVI, but is open to prospective members as well. Topics to be covered include discussion of the recommendations of the I2DV Leadership Council, discussion of the direction and activities of I2DVI, and status reports on the activities of various member projects.
4:00PM-5:30PM	VoIP Working Group	Salon V
	Mike Enyeart, Indiana University Walt Magnussen, Texas A&M University Ben Teitelbaum, Internet2
	In this open meeting of the Internet2 voice over IP (VoIP) working group, we will review the status of current activities and plan for new work and future deliverables. Specifically, we will examine the evolution of the Internet2 H.323 VoIP testbed and a proposal for integrating with ViDeNet's Global Dialing Scheme (GDS). The SIP sub-group will brief the working group on efforts to grow SIP connectivity in Internet2. Finally, we will hear a status report from a gigaPoP-based SIP disaster recovery trial.
4:30PM-5:30PM	NMI-EDIT Meeting (Closed)	Alexandria
5:00PM-7:00PM	Cisco Thought Leadership Technical Council (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon C
	This meeting has been cancelled.
5:30PM-7:00PM	Shibboleth Working Group	Salon H
	Steven Carmody, Brown University RL Bob Morgan, University of Washington
6:30PM-8:30PM	International Reception (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon VI
7:00PM-8:30PM	ResearchChannel Working Group Steering Committee (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon K
	William Deigaard, Rice University Amy Philipson, ResearchChannel
	The working group will review status and progress of the three main projects: broadcast quality multicast, streaming HD to the desktop, and cost effective creation of VOD files. Please join the working group to participate in these projects or propose new projects. Please share your campus experience with streaming video for success, challenges, suggestions and issues.
7:30PM-9:00PM	NMI Testbed Meeting (Closed)	Salon G
	Closed working meeting of the NMI Integration Testbed.
Wednesday	April 9th	top
7:00AM-8:30AM	End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon G
	This meeting, which is for members of the E2Epi TAG and E2Epi Internet2 staff, offers the opportunity for TAG members to provide technical guidance over programmatic aspects of E2Epi efforts. Special emphasis will be given to the alpha implementation of piPEs (Performance Improvement Performance Environment System); E2Epi staff on the project will update the TAG on the current status of the project and solicit input from the group on next steps. Breakfast will be served.
7:00AM-8:00AM	New Member Orientation Breakfast (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon E
	Laurie Burns, Internet2
	The New Member Orientation Breakfast is for representatives from Internet2 member institutions and organizations who have joined since the Fall 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting. The breakfast will give attendees the opportunity to learn more about the history and organizational structure of Internet2, and engage in a discussion with fellow member representatives and Internet2 staff about the work, challenges and opportunities in the Internet2 community.
7:00AM-6:00PM	Registration Open	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
7:00AM-10:00PM	Laptop Bar Open	Fairfax
7:30AM-12:00PM	Optical Networking: Networking Architectures for Research and Education - International Task Force Meeting - Part 2	Salon J/K
	ITF meetings focus on bringing together information about how advanced networking organizations from around the world are addressing important issues in technology, organizational and applications development. The objective is to provide a forum where approaches can be compared and to identify areas where joint work might be undertaken between organizations working with similar approaches. This session will aim at exploring the different approaches being taken to the deployment of "optical networks" in many parts of the world. A number of research and education networks - at metropolitan, regional and national levels - have been or are beginning to deploy networks by taking on a degree of "ownership" of fiber assets (as opposed to purchase of telecom services), which allows greater control of how those assets are equipped and used from a technology standpoint. In some cases, such networks based on control are used to provide shared-IP services that were previously provisioned over purchased telecom services. In other cases, networks are exploring new networking protocols and architectures - often referred to also as "optical networking" and sometimes more specifically as "lambda networking" - generally indicating utilization of non-shared, dedicated circuits. Following presentations from panelists, there will be a moderated discussion. Panelists will include: Michael Stanton, RNP (Brazil): Experimental Optical Networking: implementations and challenges around the world Randy Neals, ORION (Canada): Practical knowledge gained in the deployment of a 4000Km dark fibre and DWDM Research Network. Jan Gruntorad, Stanislav Sima, CESnet (Czech Republic): Customer Empowered Optical Network - CESNET's Approach Bill St. Arnaud, CANARIE (Canada): Land speed record results between CANARIE and CERN and future plans for global grid testbed Tom DeFanti, UIC (US): TransLight Others to be confirmed For more information on this and other international sessions, please click here. Breakfast will be served.
8:00AM-9:00AM	Howard Hughes Medical Institute and ResearchChannel's DigitalWell - Infrastructure for Demanding Viewers	Salon C
	Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Dennis Liu, Director of Educational Products, will discuss HHMI's participation in the ResearchChannel's DigitalWell project. HHMI is broadcasting its Understanding Biomedical Research series on ResearchChannel and making this content available on-demand through the DigitalWell infrastructure to maximize outreach and distribution. Dr. Liu will discuss the impact of this distribution on increasing science literacy for the public.
8:00AM-9:45AM	Tutorial: Internet2 101	Salon H
	Laurie Burns, Internet2 Ted Hanss, University of Michigan and Chair of the Internet2 IDEA Russ Hobby, Internet2 John Jamison, Cisco Systems Ken Klingenstein, Internet2/University of Colorado
	This introductory tutorial provides a basic overview of Internet2 technologies, covering basic concepts and terminology in advanced network services, middleware and applications. It will also cover current working group activities and help attendees understand how to engage with various projects and initiatives. An overview and history of research and education networks is also included in the tutorial. The tutorial is open to all Internet2 member representatives and meeting attendees, and those new to Internet2 member meetings and the Internet2 community are particularly encouraged to attend.
8:00AM-10:00AM	HENP Working Group	Alexandria
	Benoit Fleury, Ceyba Corporation Shawn McKee, University of Michigan Harvey Newman, California Institute of Technology James G. Williams, Indiana University
	The mission of the High Energy and Nuclear Physics (HENP) Working Group is to help ensure that the required national and international network infrastructures, monitoring tools and facilities, and collaborative systems, are developed and deployed in a timely fashion to meet the needs of the U.S. LHC Program, as well as the HENP community. The Spring 2003 meeting will focus on updating members on the status of various network infrastructure and measurement initiatives and well as providing updates on some of our working group goals. For up-to-date info, please click here. Breakfast will be served. Breakfast will be served at 7:45am.
8:15AM-9:45AM	PKI Working Groups	Salon A
	Jim Jokl, University of Virginia David Wasley, (Retired) University of California Office of the President
	Breakfast will be served.
8:15AM-11:45AM	The Silver Ring: Inter-institutional Collaboration	Salon B
	A. Michael Berman, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Mark Crase, California State University Ann West, EDUCAUSE/Internet2
	Campuses are reaching towards the brass ring of streamlining their application infrastructures while concurrently making them more secure and offering more integrated services. Middleware is at the core of this effort. However, some schools are getting a glimpse of a silver ring --- sharing electronic research and course resources and securely collaborating among a group or system of institutions. This seminar will review the needs for, available technology for, and next steps towards pursuing these campus and group visions. Breakfast will be served.
8:30AM-12:00AM	Working Group Chairs Meeting (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon F
	Jill Arnold, Internet2 Nate Klingenstein, Internet2 Ken Klingenstein, Internet2/University of Colorado Greg Wood, Internet2
	This session is a meeting of Internet2 Working Group Chairs. The session, which will be convened by John E. Kennedy, Internet2, will focus on the new Document Library and on Intellectual Property Rights as they pertain to Working Groups.
9:00AM-4:00PM	Help Desk Open	Fairfax
10:00AM-11:30AM	Measurement Sponsored Interest Group (SIG)	Salon C
	Mladen Vouk, North Carolina State University Kevin Walsh, San Diego Supercomputer Center
	Matt Zekauskas of Internet2 will host this Measurement SIG. During this session, participants will hear updates on several measurement research projects that could significantly reduce end-to-end performance problems: first, Kevin Walsh will give an overview of a networking failure he discovered while assisting an MPACI research colleague with undue packet loss. The packet loss, which was essentially at zero, increased significantly as the researcher increased the transmission rates over 50% of the system capability. Then, Mladen Vouk will discuss the development of an open source agent-based toolset that would allow the North Carolina Networking Initiative (NCNI) to assess and predict end-to-end performance of video sessions using distributed agents. The presentation will describe tool architecture, components, capabilities, and initial results of field tests.
10:15AM-11:45AM	VidMid-VC Security and Authorization (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon A
	Douglas C. Sicker, University of Colorado at Boulder Egon Verharen, SURFnet
	This meeting will examine the issues surrounding security and authorization for videoconferencing (VC) applications. New VC clients and infrastructures are emerging which are making resource discovery and authentication more practical for VC, and thus making it easier to use as an effective collaboration and communication tool in R&E. However, as VC becomes easier to use and more widely deployed across campuses, potential problems may begin to emerge related to network usage. This is an application with the potential to consume a great deal of available bandwidth, and impact the performance of other network applications, and there is growing awareness of the need for effective authorization and management tools to control this.
10:15AM-11:45AM	Tutorial: Applications 201	Salon H
	Ann Doyle, Internet2 Ted Hanss, University of Michigan and Chair of the Internet2 IDEA Mary Kratz, TATRC & University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Bob Riddle, University of Michigan Susan Topol, Internet2 Jonathan Tyman, Internet2 T. Charles Yun, Internet2
	Following Internet2 101, this session will provide a more detailed look at the range of activities underway in the advanced applications community. Applications 201 will provide details on leading application communities and related support efforts, working group participation, broad and discipline-specific outreach activities, demonstrations, loaner equipment, funding opportunities, and initiatives such as the Internet2 Commons collaboration services environment. As a faculty member you will learn about opportunities for involvement; as an IT support person you will hear how to facilitate the engagement of faculty and researchers on your campus. There will be plenty of time to ask questions of and interact with Internet2 applications staff and other attendees. For Applications 201 participants who would like to keep the discussion going, please join the Applications Team Members at “Lunchapalooza” immediately following this session. Applications Team Members will join you at tables set aside for us in the main dining room for informal discussion of applications activities underway within our community.
10:30AM-11:30AM	BoF: Identity Management and the Use of Key Identifiers	Salon D
	Gary Chapman, New York University
	Given the growing importance of preserving privacy and preventing identity theft, this working group session provides an opportunity to share views and experiences relating to organizational use of key identifiers, specifically social security numbers, locally assigned numbers, and usernames/netids. In the context of enhancing institutional identity management, what is involved in a project to eliminate use of social security numbers as the primary person identifier in databases and in data integration processes? Are there inter-institutional issues that should shape local approaches?
10:45AM-11:45AM	ResearchChannel Working Group	Salon G
	William Deigaard, Rice University Jim DeRoest, ResearchChannel Kathleen McMonigal, University of Washington
	Internet2/ResearchChannel focuses on high quality, high bit-rate and practical video and multimedia applications across the Abilene backbone. Multicast of broadcast quality video, the automation of encoding content for on-demand viewing, the management of large multi-media archives and the provision of high definition TV desktop clients are among the Working Group's current projects. Please join us for updates on progress in all of these areas and to participate in our ongoing application work.
11:00AM-12:00PM	MedMid Working Group	Alexandria
	Dr. Jack Buchanan, University of Tennessee Bill Gordon, University of Cincinnati Keith Hazelton, University of Wisconsin-Madison Barry Ribbeck, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
	This session will cover current issues and experiences in medical middleware, focusing on security, authorization, and authentication in clinical practice and medical education. Building on the scenarios and requirements developed by the Medical Middleware working group (MedMid) we will examine pilot opportunities under development and the ways we can leverage other activities under way within the Internet2 Middleware Initiative, especially Shibboleth.
11:45AM-1:15PM	Lunch	Salon IV
	Lunchapalooza During this informal lunch event, tables in the main dining room will be set aside for participants who want to discuss areas of common interest, such as applications, middleware, and other Internet2-related topics. Staff members from these Internet2 areas will join you for a discussion of activities underway within Internet2 and throughout our member organizations. Shibboleth Demonstration The Internet2 Shibboleth Project is a collaborative effort to build an inter-institutional standard for web access control. Each user's home campus is responsible for authentication, and provides "attributes" about the user to web targets for use in access control decisions. This "federated" approach to authentication retains local control of private information while allowing network users to access resources on other campuses. A Shib demo, and answers to questions about Shib, will be available in the lunchroom. Please look for the reserved "Shib Demo" table in the main dining room.
11:45AM-1:15PM	Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Working Group Meeting	Salon F
	George Brett, Internet2 David Futey, Stanford University Linda Roos, Internet2 Krishna Sankar, Cisco Systems
	The Internet2 P2P Working Group has its beginnings from a grassroots effort to investigate and explore the many aspects of P2P, beyond the resource management issues that bring the most notoriety. In addition, projects in progress will provide status reports; the four areas in which the group is involved are: applications for research and education; best practices; security; and working with EDUCAUSE. Lunch will be served.
1:15PM-2:30PM	Opening Plenary	Salon III
	Welcome and Meeting Overview Doug Van Houweling, President, Internet2 Challenges for Advanced Networking Peter Freeman, Assistant Director of National Science Foundation for CISE The conduct of advanced research in many fields of science and engineering continues to push the demand for ever more advanced networking. History teaches us that the demands arising from S&E are often harbingers of future demands from other areas. This talk will outline some of these demands and the research programs NSF is encouraging to meet them.
2:30PM-3:00PM	Break	Salon IV
2:30PM-3:00PM	Meet the Internet2 Staff	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
	Stop by and meet some of the Internet2 staff.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Advanced Applications: Innovative Collaborative Research Applications Using Grid Technology	Salon III
	Bob Bradford, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Richard desJardins, NASA Research and Education Network Dr. Sara Graves, University of Alabama, Huntsville
	This session will highlight collaborative research applications using advanced networks and grid technology. Presentations from both collaborative academic researchers and partnerships with government and industry will showcase the benefits of enabling technologies provided by computational grids and advanced networking. These researchers “think outside the box” to develop innovative applications that take full advantage of these technologies. Examples of current Internet2 research efforts to be presented and discussed include grid-based data mining and space-based science operations. The UAH Information Technology and Systems Center’s Algorithm Development and Mining (ADaM) system mines large scientific data sets for geophysical phenomena detection and feature extraction. Now a grid-based application, ADaM provides collaborators with the capability to use geographically distributed system resources in new ways to achieve greater results than previously possible. The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Space-based Science Operations Grid will provide remote Principal Investigators with a portal to receive, process, and visualize telemetry data, receive voice and video in real-time, perform payload planning activities, and command experiments on board the International Space Station. The grid-based system provides a dynamic, secure, and scalable architecture based on emerging standards and next-generation reusable software, while enabling greater collaboration and productivity through shared resources and distributed computing. This session will be netcast
3:00PM-4:15PM	Middleware: Recent Developments in Directories	Salon B
	Tom Barton, University of Chicago Brendan Bellina, University of Southern California Todd Picket, Michigan Technological University
	MACE-Dir working group members will describe recent activities to enhance directory schemas and their work on new directory components for the upcoming NMI Release. These components include directory monitoring tools and a utility for managing group information in registries and directories.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Relationships & Partnerships: Lessons of CORN Learned and Applied	Salon J
	Dr. Michael Ackerman, National Library of Medicine Parvati Dev, Innovation in Learning, Inc. John C. Fowler, Sun Microsystems W. Edward Johansen, Internet2 Health Science Leadership Team Dr. Greg Mogel, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center/University of Southern California Chadwick F. Smith, University of Southern California Marsha Smith, University of California, Los Angeles
	The panelists will discuss lessons that were learned from the launch of the California Orthopaedic Research Network on October 29, 2002 and how these lessons were applied to the formation of the Orthopaedic Surgery Working Group, Western Orthopaedic Research Network (WestORN) and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Network of the Americas (ORENA). These lessons can also be applied to cardiology, radiology and pharmaceutical industry.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Network Engineering: EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force	Salon C
	Dan Updegrove, University of Texas at Austin Gordon Wishon, University of Notre Dame
	Learn more about the initiatives of the Task Force, including results of the NSF workshops, efforts to increase executive awareness, security professionals workshop, memo on legal issues, REN-ISAC, and more. The Task Force will also reveal the results from its recent survey following the SQL Slammer Worm incident. Attendees are encouraged to bring questions and suggestions regarding efforts to improve IT security in higher education.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Video: Using Interactive Video for Education over Internet2/Virtual Cheering--A Java TV Application for Interactive TV/Poli Virtual Project	Salon K
	Aquiles Burlamarqui, RNP Tereza Cristina Carvalho, ANSP, LARC - University of Sao Paulo Guido Lemos de Souza Filho, RNP Luiz Eduardo Leite, RNP Regina Silveira, LARC-USP Tatiana AIres Tavares, RNP
	Using Interactive Video for Education over Internet2 One of the most promising high speed application is certainly Interactive TV. High quality video associated with a large variety of information for many different purpose like entertainment, news and information dissemination, or learning. The idea is create a very natural interaction, where the human vision and hearing capacity are explored and the user is kept with active behavior towards the application. But how integrate so different media and information is yet a research subject. Digital TV and Internet integration is one of the possibilities for these scenarios that show us the importance of advanced network research, such as Internet 2. This work challenging is to establish a framework for interactive programming production, allowing that this task could be more economical and efficient. The interactive functionality is inserted by the use of a media integration software. These tools have been used as experimental way to create some computer engineering learning material. This project has been developed by a consortium of Brazilian Internet 2 member, including universities and TV companies. Virtual Cheering - A Java TV application for Interactive TV Interactive TV can be seen as a convergence of the Internet services and conventional television. The idea behind the convergence is provide Internet interactive facilities to the audience of TV channels. Currently, contents available are limited to program guides and some movies-on-demand, but down the road the systems promise things like e-mail and online shopping through the television. In this demo we intend to show a new class of TV programs that combines interactivity and communication in an application called "Virtual Cheering". This application provides to users the capability for communicating using audio and for cheering together during the transmission of sport events, like soccer games. The audio captured from the users is sent to servers that mixes the audios and send back the resultant audio. This way we provide to users the feeling of being cheering together in a "virtual cheering". Moreover, the users can participate of questions quiz that could change during the transmission and interact using a chat window. This application was developed under a JavaTV platform integrating the whole applications: Chat Server, Video Server, Quiz Server and Virtual Cheering Server. Poli Virtual Project Keeping in mind the need of renewing the traditional education with digital technologies and multimedia elements, and that distance learning is becoming a reality, Poli-Virtual Project has been developed in Polytechnic School of São Paulo University. Poli-Virtual is related to on-line teaching and community services that intends to make our School more efficient in many aspects. It provides our Teaching-Learning environment where we plan to offer many courses in a distance-learning format and also support systems for traditional education. This environment provides video on demand systems, videoconferences rooms, support system for on-line courses development, knowledge multimedia database system and the automation of all students administrative process as consulting schedule classes, grades, teachers information and course information. To support these entire Webs based services it is necessary to create a specific transmission infrastructure. The project creates a high-speed network backbone linking all the Polytechnic School departments. This high speed network is linked to Brazilian Internet2 core. This system intends to improve information achievement the learning quality and the interaction between teachers and students. The information available and the interactivity were our priorities in the system drawn up. In this project we defined many format courses as: Web based courses with multimedia elements and Courses based on videoconference technology.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Network Engineering: Optical Networking Tutorial	Salon H
	Force 10 Representative  , Force 10 Networks Andy Wright, Ceyba Corporation
	OPTICAL NETWORKING: What is it? What does it do? And how is it relevant to the broader educational and research community? This joint session will provide the audience with an interactive tutorial on: 1. The basics of core optical networking and its significance to the world of grid communication requirements and applications 2. The implemented and theoretical solutions for providing "virtual lambdas" over existing IP backbones. This session provide a comprehensive background on optical networking; trends, technologies, capabilities and future infrastructure developments. It will link optical networking to the delivery/support of key communication requirements of the grid such as; high capacity, protocol transparency, operational simplicity and end-user control. In addition, an in depth look will be given to dedicated IP transport, virtual lambdas. With evolving research collaborations, specialized application and creative partnerships demand for dedicated bandwidth and private networks has grown. "Virtual lambda" solutions will be explored through case studies including MPLS and other solutions over the Internet2 Abilene backbone and the Qwest IP Backbone. The objective of this session is twofold; to leave the audience with a solid understanding of core optical networking and to provide the audience with viable solutions for addressing the growing demand for dedicated bandwidth and private networks.
4:15PM-4:45PM	Break	Salon IV
4:15PM-4:45PM	Meet the Internet2 Staff	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
	Stop by and meet some of the Internet2 staff.
4:45PM-6:00PM	Super Track: Cyberinfrastructure Report -- Implications for the Future of Scientific Research	Salon III
	Alan Blatecky, Renaissance Computing Institute David G. Messerschmitt, University of California, Berkeley
	Described as bringing a revolution to the way scientific research will be conducted, “cyberinfrastructure” is an emerging concept that will redefine science and engineering in our nation’s research universities. A new report prepared by the National Science Foundation calls for a bold new initiative to provide the cyberinfrastructure necessary to enable university scientists and engineers to work in new ways on advanced research problems that would not otherwise be solvable. The panel participants will talk about how the "cyberinfrastructure revolution" will change not only scientific research, but also social and organizational structures at research universities.
4:45PM-6:00PM	Advanced Applications: FAST TCP for Multi-Gbps WAN: Experiments and Applications	Salon J
	Julian Bunn, California Institute of Technology Les Cottrell, Stanford Linear Accelerator Philippe Galvez, California Institute of Technology Cheng Jin, California Institute of Technology Steven Low, California Institute of Technology
	The development of robust and stable ultrascale networking, eventually at 100 Gbps and higher speeds in the wide area, is critical to support the fundamental and applied sciences of the next decade. Continued advances in computing, communication, and storage technologies, combined with the development of national and global Grid systems, hold the promise of providing the required capacities and an effective environment for computing and science. The key challenge we face, and intend to overcome, is that some of our current network control and resource sharing algorithms cannot scale to this regime. Our goal is to develop theory, algorithms and prototypes to design, demonstrate, and deploy protocols that are scaleable to arbitrary network capacity and size. The Caltech FAST (TCP) kernel was first demonstrated publicly in experiments conducted during the SuperComputing Conference (SC2002), November 16-22, 2002, in Baltimore, by a Caltech/SLAC research team working in partnership with CERN, DataTAG, StarLight, Cisco, and Level(3), and Internet2. It achieves 925Mbps (95% utilization) with a single TCP flow between CERN, Geneva and Sunnyvale, CA, using standard MTU over extended period (an hour). In this session, we will present/ demonstrate: i) experimental results of FAST kernel international high-energy physics networks, at multi-Gbps per flow, over wide area. ii) advanced high-performance FAST-supported analysis and collaborative environment iii) Global platform for rich media conferencing and collaboration (VRVS) More details of the FAST project are at: http://netlab.caltech.edu/FAST/
4:45PM-6:00PM	Video: VidMid VoD Update and Directions	Salon K
	Jim DeRoest, ResearchChannel
	Advanced networks in concert with expanding broadband connectivity are driving an exponential demand for anytime, anywhere audio and video resources via the Internet.  Collections of high quality digital media are rapidly becoming network available but the lack of consistent middleware severely limit discovery and accessibility.  The Internet2 Vidmid VoD working group have been exploring requirements and  developing models where federated autonomous media repositories become globally visible via exchange of consistent metadata in conjunction with digital rights middleware support to mitigate access.  This work includes collaboration with other efforts in the digital library space such as the NSF NSDL "Moving Image Collections" project being developed jointly by the Library of Congress and the Association of Moving Image Archivists.  If you have any interest in the future of Internet on demand audio and video please join us as we discuss current projects and direction.
4:45PM-6:00PM	Network Engineering: The Open Proxy Problem	Salon B
	Joe St Sauver, Internet2 & University of Oregon
	Open proxy servers are systems which accept connections from anyone, anywhere, and forward them onward, either to another proxy ("proxy chaining") or to some ultimate destination. There are currently tens of thousands of open proxy servers in existence on the Internet, and individuals all around the Internet are using automated tools to identify more. While the problem of open proxy servers is not widely known, it is the means by which much of today's email spam is sent, and proxy servers are also a favorite of hacker/crackers since use of proxy servers facilitates anonymity and provides diverse attack vectors which can be exploited. Open proxy servers have been identified as a threat to sitewide access to copyrighted data, have been used to breach organizational firewalls, and are a threat you cannot afford to ignore. In this presentation we describe the open proxy servers problem, discuss ways of dealing with open proxy servers that may be targeting your network (or which may be running on your network), and provide pointers to where you can find further information.
4:45PM-6:00PM	Middleware: FOO: Federations in the Public and Private Sectors	Salon H
	Dr. Peter Alterman, National Institutes of Health, Federal CIO Council Steve Hanna, Trusted Computing Group Ken Klingenstein, Internet2/University of Colorado William Wainsborough, McAfee Research, Network Associates, Inc.
	Federated administration has emerged as a promising new direction for inter-realm trust models. Internet2 member universities and companies from a diverse range of industries are working in partnership to develop a body of real-world practice about federated administration. Although the higher education and research community is perhaps the prototypical environment for inter-realm collaboration, companies from a diverse range of industries face the challenges of forming federations as well. . A panel of senior IT architects participating in Internet2's FOO (Federated Organizations Organization) activity will discuss the real-world challenges of deploying and supporting federations; approaches for addressing those challenges; and opportunities for academic/industry collaboration in this space.
6:30PM-8:00PM	Welcome Reception	Salon IV
Thursday	April 10th	top
7:00AM-9:00AM	International Videoconferencing Coordination Forum	Salon A
	Heather Boyles, Internet2 Ana [Preston] Hunsinger, Internet2 Jonathan Tyman, Internet2
	Representatives from International Partner organizations, non-US NRENs, Internet2 members and staff will gather to explore video, voice, and other collaborative infrastructures. Interested participants will discuss how to better coordinate collaboration internationally. The agenda is broad, but topics will include: best practices, national service models, practical connection matters (dialing, inter-operability, finding endpoints, etc.), and other considerations that address the adoption and use of collaborative tools. We will also discuss the formation of an international group to coordinate further exchange. Breakfast will be served.
7:00AM-8:45AM	Great Plains Network Board of Directors (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon D
	The Great Plains Network Board and invited guests will meet for a hot breakfast and discussion of hot issues for the seven mid-western states members and the Kansas City GigaPoP. Breakfast will be served.
7:00AM-8:30AM	Campus Network Infrastructure Guide (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon G
	Internet2’s End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2Epi) has been tasked to coordinate the creation of a guide to “best practices” in the area of campus network infrastructure. In an effort to complete such a guide, a detailed outline of the proposed content has been created, please click here to review the draft. This session is intended to be a working meeting; many of those experienced in implementing campus networks have been invited to attend the session. Note: If you wish to participate, please contact Russ Hobby. All participants are urged to review the outline and come prepared to share suggestions for content, outline modifications, or omissions. The Guide will be redrafted, based on input received, and re-posted for review; a final version will be released before the August Joint Techs Workshop. Breakfast will be served.
7:00AM-8:45AM	Vet Med Special Interest Group (SIG)	Alexandria
	Gary Allen, University of Missouri Douglas Allen, University of Georgia
	High performance network capabilities and recent application deployments of advanced technologies represent a unique opportunity for a variety of research collaborations. The Veterinary Medical community recently completed a survey of Deans on the topic of Internet2 and found a great level of support. Explore driving economic factors to improved infrastructure for research, education, and clinical care. This session will explore the development of a Veterinary Medical Research Network to encourage collaborations across the nations Veterinary campuses. Potential topics include multi-centered clinical trials, Telerobotic surgery, surgical simulations and computer assisted surgery. Join Internet2 members in a brainstorming session of potential sponsors and Veterinary Surgical diplomats as they explore both engineering and medical research collaboration opportunities. Breakfast will be served.
7:00AM-6:00PM	Registration Open	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
7:00AM-10:00PM	Laptop Bar Open	Fairfax
7:30AM-8:30AM	Breakfast	Salon IV
7:30AM-8:45AM	Corporate Member Breakfast (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon V
	This event is an excellent opportunity to connect with industry leaders and interact with Internet2 staff while enjoying breakfast. Breakfast will be served at 7:00am.
8:45AM-10:30AM	Network Engineering: Web100 Roll Out: User Experience with Web100	Salon C
	Jim Ferguson, NCSA Wendy Huntoon, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
	The Web100 project is in its third and final year. Many are people are successfully using Web100 to solve a wide assortment of real networking problems. Currently many of these solutions include the development of new tools or novel approaches to network diagnosis. In this session we will provide a overview of the Web100 project and introduce a number of these collaborative projects. These collaborations will set the stage for the widening deployment of Web100 and the demand for commercial adoption. This session has been combined with "End-to-End Performance Improvement Performance Evaluation System (E2E piPEs)." It will run from 8:45am-10:30am.
8:45AM-10:00AM	Advanced Applications: e-VLBI: A High-Data-Rate Radio-Astronomy Application for Internet2	Salon J
	Yasuhiro Koyama, Communications Research Laboratory, Japan Steve Parsley, Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe Alan Whitney, MIT Haystack Observatory
	Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is one of the most powerful techniques available for the high-resolution imaging of distant radio sources in the universe and for making accurate measurements of the motion of the earth in space. Multiple radiotelescopes scattered over the surface of the earth simultaneously record data from a radio source at streaming data rates as high as 1 Gbps for a 24-hour period; the data are then shipped to a central processing site for correlation analysis. Because the signal-to-noise ratio achieved by VLBI increases with the bandwidth of the observations, there has been a continual effort to increase the captured data rate. The advent of modern high-speed networks offers the possibility to transport VLBI data electronically with much higher data rates and lower costs to maximize the scientific potential of the observations. The electronic transmission of VLBI data (dubbed e-VLBI), though now in its infancy, is poised to become a reality as global network coverage and data-rates expand. Japan has been a leader in e-VLBI technology, with several dedicated e-VLBI networks already demonstrated within Japan. A recent e-VLBI demonstration in the U.S. between Haystack Observatory in Massachusetts and NASA/GSFC in Maryland achieved near Gbps speeds. In Europe, high-speed e-VLBI data transfer was demonstrated at the IGRID conference in Amsterdam in fall 2002. Preliminary experiments at low data rates have been done between the U.S. and Japan and Europe and Japan, with continuing experiments planned for the near future. Plans are beginning to emerge for much higher data rate global networks using high-speed international research networks, with some potential for dedicated e-VLBI wavelengths on networks in Europe. e-VLBI presents some special challenges to the use of high-speed global networks. While e-VLBI requires the transmission of vast amounts of quasi-real-time instrumentation data, latency and data-loss tolerances are less stringent than in more traditional applications. For this reason, e-VLBI and similar instrumentation applications should be able to share global high-bandwidth networks unobtrusively. To do this, new protocols and strategies must be developed so these applications become efficient high-bandwidth ‘background’ users, while not significantly impacting other normal network traffic. Because many high-speed networks, such as Internet2, are not heavily loaded on an average basis, there is considerable potential for applications of this class to productively use background capacity, promoting better science for fewer dollars. MIT Haystack Observatory, in collaboration with the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, has recently been awarded a grant by NSF to develop new IP protocols specifically tailored to applications such as e-VLBI.
8:45AM-10:00AM	Middleware: NSF Middleware Initiative: New Findings, New Opportunities	Salon H
	Ken Klingenstein, Internet2/University of Colorado John McGee, University of Southern California/ISI Kevin Thompson, National Science Foundation, IRNC Program Ann West, EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Mary Fran Yafchak, SURA
	Managing electronic personal identity, security, access, and information exchange is critical to allowing scientists, engineers, and educators transparently use and share distributed resources. This seminar will offer an overview of the new activities and deliverables of the National Science Foundation Middleware Initiative and how to leverage these for use at your campus.
8:45AM-10:00AM	Network Engineering: End-to-End Performance Improvement Performance Evaluation System (E2E piPEs)	Salon B
	Jeff Boote, Internet2 Eric Boyd, Internet2
	Internet2’s End-to-End Performance Initiative is actively developing a distributed, scalable system to test, monitor, and report end-to-end (E2E) performance. The E2E piPEs indicates performance capabilities and performance along the path between two computers connected by the UCAID Abilene network, participating campuses, regional networks, and GigaPoPs. In its final form, piPEs will consist of a: testing engine, job scheduler, network of linked performance measurement points (PMPs), database of performance data, analysis engine, database of contact names/addresses, and several web-based GUIs. The system calls for regularly scheduled tests to ascertain network performance and establish baselines for expected performance (by time/date) as well as on-demand tests to address emergent problems. This effort is being coordinated with the Abilene Measurement Infrastructure (AMI). At this time, piPEs is deployed on the 11-node mesh of Abilene, collecting data on throughput and latency at the NOC, which is available via a website. This session will include a demonstration of the AMI/piPEs effort, an update on current status and expected timeline for full deployment, and information the Abilene One-Way Active Measurement Protocol (OWAMP), which is used by piPEs. This session has been combined with "Web100 Roll Out: User Experience with Web100," and will be in Salon C. The time will be 8:45am-10:30am.
8:45AM-10:00AM	Video: Towards Total Integration: A Successful Collaboration	Salon III
	Jim DeRoest, ResearchChannel
	An unique collaboration between the ResearchChannel consortium and Pro-Track, a leading vendor of television automation systems has enhanced the end-to-end performance of video on demand on Internet2. The full integration of television tools accessed through a web interface brings a richer experience learning experience to viewers worldwide. Combining the extensive resources of the television automation systems with separate web resources changed capabilities of available information makes enhanced search capabilities available. Broadcast engineers and software developers worked together to create new work process and methods to bring more information to demanding users. Come hear how this partnership between traditional broadcast technologies and emerging search, storage and distribution tools has improved access to educational resources. This session will be netcast.
8:45AM-10:00AM	Relationships & Partnerships: Arts and Humanities Case Studies	Salon K
	Michele Foerst, Catholic University of America Jeffrey Huberman, Bradley University Dr. William Lantry, Catholic University of America Kathleen Fitzpatrick Napack, Catholic University of America Andrew Simpson, Catholic University of America William Winn, Bradley University John Yost, Bradley University
	Case Study 1: Libations, Thalia, and Video: Networked Collaboration in Opera Production The project at hand concerns not simply the performance of an original opera, but especially the collaborative process made possible by Internet2. All production elements are still in development and it is in this developmental space that innovative collaboration becomes possible. We intend to have choreographers and other artists necessary to opera production (composers, conductors, experts in staging and in vocal performance) here in Washington and at several other member Universities across the country, all of whom will be linked to the rehearsals by videoconferencing. The goal is to engage all of these artists in a truly collaborative process, with each choreographer critiquing elements of the rehearsal so that the actual production includes their input. The intent is to go well beyond the planned live streaming of opening night across Internet2, and also build an archive of the artistic, technological, or pedagogical processes involved. We also intend to involve other academic fields in the process and the archives (Architecture, Psychology, Media Studies). During the conference, we will have a live demo of artistic collaboration with at least 2 remote sites, including composers and performing artists. We have been invited to submit a Formal Application to the NEA, and seek additional technological and artistic partners for this project. Case Study 2: Blending the Arts and Humanities: An Internet2 Collaboration This session will illustrate the Screenwriting course done last fall collaboratively by Bradley University and California State University-Los Angeles as a case study in blending the arts and the humanities. There will be a ppt by Dean Jeffrey Huberman of the Slane College of Communication at Bradley. This Internet2 Screenwriting course involved in addition to the two universities, two fine arts colleges, three departments (Communication, English, and Theatre Arts, and fourteen Hollywood entertainment industry professionals. Eight students from each campus met twice weekly to participate in this course on screenwriting structure, methodology, and business.
9:00AM-4:00PM	Help Desk Open	Fairfax
10:00AM-10:30AM	Break	Salon IV
10:00AM-10:30AM	Poster Sessions	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
10:00AM-10:30AM	Meet the Internet2 Staff	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
	Stop by and meet some of the Internet2 staff.
10:30AM-11:45AM	Video: Tiered Subscription Model for Internet2 Commons Videoconferencing	Salon K
	Ted Hanss, University of Michigan and Chair of the Internet2 IDEA Jonathan Tyman, Internet2
	As use of videoconferencing via the Internet2 Commons expands throughout the member community, the Commons will begin to offer a selection of fee-based tiered services, while also retaining its open, free elements. This session will announce plans to introduce various subscription-based services in order to increase the value and ease of use of the Commons, and also to broaden the adoption and scale of collaboration services over advanced networks throughout our membership and partner organizations. An overview of the Commons will be provided, along with future plans of exploration.
10:30AM-11:45AM	Relationships & Partnerships: Taking Advantage of International Connectivity Leveraging Global Collaboration	Salon III
	Heidi Alvarez, Florida International University Micah Beck, University of Tennessee Ana [Preston] Hunsinger, Internet2 Laird Kramer, Florida International University Terry Moore, University of Tennessee Alan Whitney, MIT Haystack Observatory
	This session will highlight exemplary collaborations between Internet2 members and international partners that are taking advantage of international connectivity to support research and education. In the format of case studies, the primary goals of this session will aim at: 1) highlighting the value of international connectivity and international partnerships to the Internet2 community 2) highlighting what members of the Internet2 community are doing with International partners and providing a forum to share projects and lessons learned. After the case studies, we'll have an informal question and answer session between presenters and audience. Case Study 1: Interregional Grid-enabled Center for High Energy Physics Research and Education Outreach (CHEPREO). Heidi Alvarez, Associate Director, AMPATH, Florida International University Laird Kramer, Professor Physics, Florida International University Case Study 2: Logistical Networking in Worldwide Research Networks Micah Beck, Director, Logistical Computing and Internetworking Lab (LoCi), Associate Professor, University of Tennessee Terry Moore, Associate Director, Logistical Computing and Internetworking Lab, University of Tennessee Case Study 3: e-VLBI International Research Networking Needs Alan Whitney, MIT Haystack Observatory For more information on this and other international sessions, please go to http://international.internet2.edu/resources/events/2003/SpringMMintl.html This session will be netcast.
10:30AM-11:45AM	Advanced Applications: The Advanced Technology Commons at Case Western Reserve University	Salon C
	Dell Klingensmith, Case Western Reserve University Elizabeth Madigan, Case Western Reserve University
	The emergence of extremely high speed networks and the continued advances in technology represents a challenge and an opportunity to the research intensive university. Case Western Reserve University has developed an Advanced Technology Commons (ATC) to encourage collaborations involving faculty expertise and research across disciplines and institutions by providing high speed network connectivity and access to shared advanced technologies. The collaborations are developed on and utilize the technologically sophisticated functional facets of the ATC. These components include a Technopolis (public museum providing interactions with researchers), New Media Studio, network and data operations center, high speed network switching hotel and GigaPoP. In this presentation, we will share what we've learned about how to successfully introduce faculty to the possibilities inherent in the information technology arena but also how to engage faculty in taking the lead in applications development. The presentation will include descriptions of the Centers of Excellence in Advanced Research and Development (faculty lead initiatives), how the high speed connectivity (dark fiber) portion of the project has grown into larger projects involving regional economic development and improving infrastructure for research, education, cultural and governmental organizations in northeastern Ohio.
10:30AM-11:45AM	Middleware: Metadirectory: A Tool for Multiple Directories, Multiple Data Sources	Salon J
	Rob Banz, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Keith Hazelton, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chad LaJoie, SWITCH
	A panel of metadirectory experts will discuss a set of metadirectory issues that should be considered in the deployment of enterprise directories and offer accompanying best practices, possible architectures, and actual case study experiences.
10:30AM-11:45AM	Network Engineering: Abilene Update	Salon H
	Steve Corbato, Internet2 Rick Summerhill, Internet2
	During this session, we will provide an update on the Abilene Network and report on the status of the ongoing 10-Gbps upgrade. We also will discuss key advanced services such as measurement - including the Abilene Observatory project - and native IPv6 and will review plans for MPLS experimentation on the backbone. Finally, we will leave time for questions and open discussion.
11:45AM-1:15PM	Lunch	Salon IV
	Working Group and SIG Awareness Informational posters describing some of Internet2's Working Groups and Sponsored Interest Groups (SIGs) will be on display in the main dining room during this lunch. The posters will also feature sign-up sheets, for those who want to learn more about or become engaged in Working Group and SIG activities. Shibboleth Demonstration The Internet2 Shibboleth Project is a collaborative effort to build an inter-institutional standard for web access control. Each user's home campus is responsible for authentication, and provides "attributes" about the user to web targets for use in access control decisions. This "federated" approach to authentication retains local control of private information while allowing network users to access resources on other campuses. A Shib demo, and answers to questions about Shib, will be available in the lunchroom. Please look for the reserved "Shib Demo" table in the main dining room. Voice Over IP Over Lunch During the "Working Group and SIG Awareness" lunch, the voice over IP (VoIP) working group will have a lunch table adjacent to an informational poster about the working group. Come talk shop, kick the tires on MIT and Yale's initial deployments of SIP.edu (an effort to grow email-address style SIP reachability in Internet2), and experience other informal demos of VoIP technology.
11:45AM-12:55PM	BoF: Corp-to-Corp: Pharmaceutical Industry/Federal Agency Collaboration	Salon G
	In this session corporate members, interested university members, and FDA and National Institutes of Health representatives will explore shared interests and collaborative opportunities around Bio-Grid computing, knowledge bases, electronic submission processes, and multi-centered clinical trials. Lunch will be served.
11:45AM-1:15PM	BoF: Reaching Collaborators in Hard to Network Parts of the World Interest Group	Salon F
	Internet2-type networks continue to grow and interconnect from around the world, people, facilities, data repositories, making these research-related resources more accessible than ever before. However, what happens when some of these research and/or science resources are located in countries not well served by advanced research and education networks, or in some cases, in countries where dedicated networks may exist, but the facilities are remote (including in the U.S.) or even in places where there is no basic infrastructure that supports the development of research and education networks? This Birds of a Feather session follows on a successful first BoF on this topic at last fall's Internet2 Member Meeting. This BoF is intended to provide a forum for people engaged in projects that require access to remote resources and projects that are attempting to deploy network infrastructure in underserved and remote areas as well as people who may bring resources (funding, technical) to all of these efforts. The BoF will begin with some brief presentations from people who would like to inform the group on projects they're engaged in or needs they have and continue with information exchange and discussion, possibly leading to the initiation of particular partnerships or projects addressing specific needs/infrastructure development/resource discovery. For more information and background on this discussion from last Fall 2002 Member Meeting, please click here. Lunch will be served.
11:45AM-12:55PM	BoF: Corp to Corp: Security Collaboration among Industry, Government, and Higher Education	Salon D
	One of the five elements of the Internet2/EDUCAUSE framework to improve information technology security in higher education is to raise the level of security collaboration among higher education, industry, and government. This session offers corporate members a forum in which to discuss how they would like to participate with Internet2 and work with each other to strengthen security collaboration in research, development, and technology transfer. We will also discuss industry views on how best to combine performance and security. In addition, Internet2 staff will be on hand to describe the goals of Internet2's NSF-funded "security at wirespeed" workshops to develop best practices on security techniques. Lunch will be served.
1:15PM-2:30PM	Network Engineering: The Quilt: Project Updates	Salon J
	Wendy Huntoon, The Quilt
	The Quilt is a consortium of advanced regional network organizations (mostly GigaPoPs) focused on providing a broad range of advanced networking services to their constituents as well as the national networking community as a whole. This session will provide an update on the Quilt's activities including an overview of all the active projects and interest groups. We will begin with a brief overview of the Quilt, its Participants and Affiliates and various areas of interest. We will then provide in depth updates on The Quilt's more active projects, including: Peering Project, Vendor Liaison Interest Group, PBS Interest Group and Commodity Internet Service Project.
1:15PM-2:30PM	Advanced Applications: Prevention and Global Health	Salon B
	Ana [Preston] Hunsinger, Internet2 Ron LaPorte, University of Pittsburgh Dianne Lewis, ALTA Consulting Tom Oluoch, Wellcome Trust/KEMRI Julia Royall, National Institutes of Health
	Following from the discussion on "Reaching Collaborators in Hard to Network Parts of the World" (see program for more details), this session will focus on the role of the Internet2 Health Sciences community and projects by members to further the cause of prevention of diseases and global health in areas not just where there are dedicated Internet2-type networks, but also in those where there may not be any dedicated research and education networking. Research programs play a very powerful role in coordination of fundamental technology to support infrastructure necessary for sharing of information resources. Data experts in the Internet2 community and under-resourced countries encourage and facilitate regional knowledge sharing and co-operation in many areas of scientific and technical data. One area of particular emphasis is the promotion and enhancement of development in Prevention and Global Health. For this session and as the focus of a panel discussion, we will have an assessment of results from projects in the Health Sciences, followed by a process discussion on "Prevention and Global Health" as a driver of the functional requirements of networking and getting to hard to reach to reach endpoints around the world. Presentation 1: Experiences in Africa and the Need for Global Connectivity, Tom Oluoch, Wellcome Trust/KEMRI Over the last 10 years, access to online information via the Internet has become an essential element of research. Researchers based in under-resourced countries, especially in Africa, have not had a fair share of the benefits that come with good connectivity which enable them to have that access. The Multilaterial Initiative on Malaria Communications (MIMCom) network supports malaria researchers based in remote sites in Africa to connect with one another and have full access to the Internet. VSAT technology is used, with a 2.4m satellite dish at each site relaying signal to a hub station in London, via a geostationary satellite, for onward transmission to the Internet backbone. The network currently serves over 1000 researchers from 10 sites, each with a Committed Information Rate between 32Kbps and 64Kbps into London. The total bandwidth from London is 768K, assigned on demand. This paper discusses the state of connectivity at a Kenyan site, based in a rural district, before and after the installation of improved connectivity to the Internet. It describes the experiences of the scientists as well as the Systems Administrators and their perception of the impact the fast and reliable Internet access has had on their research activities. Presentation 2: Health and Digital Disparities, Dianne Lewis, ALTA Consulting Presentation 3: Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health, Ron LaPorte, University of Pittsburgh For more information on this and other international sessions, please go to: http://international.internet2.edu/resources/events/2003/SpringMMintl.html
1:15PM-2:30PM	Video: Video Case Studies	Salon K
	David Lassner, University of Hawaii Eric Dvorak, Northwestern University
	Case Study 1: Using MPEG2, Multicast and QoS Technologies for Production Distance Learning The University of Hawaii was faced with the challenge of upgrading a 10-year old analog full-motion video distance learning network that served some 25 interactive television classrooms in 15 locations on 6 islands.  At the same time, the University needed to upgrade its (IP) data network to meet needs for internal and external connectivity and applications.  A new IP network and IP-based interactive video service was implemented that provides broadcast-quality video with a full audio mesh among all sites. The solution relies on multicast IP, IP quality-of-service (QoS) and MPEG-over-IP encoders and decoders.  Any or all sites can participate in individual sessions that are set up and torn down by scheduling and management software developed in-house.  There is no central hub or MCU; the network is the switch.  This presentation will summarize the context for the project and describe the implementation that is now in production for thousands of students each year. Case Study 2: Nurturing Collaboration in the Life Sciences Community This presentation will explore an effort that has taken place at Northwestern University to deploy a suite of digital video technologies that nurture collaboration and expand teaching opportunities within the life sciences community. New distributed learning technologies are offering many powerful possibilities for teaching across geographical locations and time. But these systems are mostly today not well-integrated and require more IT-operational support than an academic department can afford. During 2002 at Northwestern, a new partnership was formed by the Life Sciences community with NUIT to see if we could together make progress in building strong collaboration services while tackling the dual challenges of integration of video services and the management of operational costs. This presentation will highlight the developments that have been put in place with our life sciences community to integrate videoconferencing, data sharing, and real-time and archived streaming media. The technical aspects of the presentation will include an overview of the development of a new network-based presentation system that coordinates Real video playback for both real-time and archived presentation viewing. NUIT has also built new MCU scheduling technologies and directory services to facilitate collaboration. With modest costs, NUIT has been able to expand the distributed learning efforts on the NU campus, meet the demands of data sharing while avoiding costly proprietary systems and create an inclusive system that allows for simultaneous videoconferencing, live streaming and archiving of media.
1:15PM-12:00AM	Middleware: Weaving a Trust Fabric: Shibboleth and PKI	Salon III
	Scott Cantor, The Ohio State University Steven Carmody, Brown University Keith Hazelton, University of Wisconsin-Madison Ken Klingenstein, Internet2/University of Colorado
	Creating a viable inter-realm trust for higher education is a necessary step for implementing both Shibboleth and PKI and points to opportunities to leverage the common needs of the two. The unity of Shibboleth and PKI infrastructures is new territory and will be discussed by representatives of institutions who are pioneering this work. This session will be netcast.
1:15PM-2:30PM	Relationships & Partnerships: Adventure and All That Jazz: The Jason Project, Live Jazz, K20 and Internet2	Salon H
	Scott Bryan, St. Clair County ISD, Michigan Louis Fox, University of Washington/Internet2 George Loftus, OSHEAN Susan Scott, Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System (IHETS)
	This panel discussion will provide a glimpse into two Internet2 K20 projects: The Virtual Argonaut Project, involving several SEGP states (Rhode Island, California, and Indiana); and the K-12 University Musical Collaboration, live concerts involving high school and university musicians using Internet2 capabilities.
1:15PM-2:30PM	Advanced Applications: Internet2 VoIP: From POTS Redesign to Advanced Application	Salon C
	Phil Coolick, Pennsylvania State University Jeremy George, Yale University Walt Magnussen, Texas A&M University Chris Peabody, Georgetown University Ben Teitelbaum, Internet2 Barry Wray, Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System (IHETS)
	A number of universities have successfully deployed voice over IP (VoIP) within their institutions. Others continue to examine the business case for VoIP, studying the cost-savings of converged networking, the technical and organizational challenges, and the opportunities for new service creation. Meanwhile SIP and SIMPLE provide the peer-to-peer framework to realize VoIP not as a POTS replacement technology, but as an element within innovative advanced interpersonal communications applications that integrate voice with instant messaging, presence, and other communications modalities. The panelists in this session will survey the experience with VoIP to date, examine technology and business trends, and conclude with a roundtable discussion on how Internet2 can better engage to advance VoIP technology, deployment, and use.
2:30PM-3:00PM	Break	Salon IV
2:30PM-3:00PM	Poster Sessions	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
2:30PM-3:00PM	Meet the Internet2 Staff	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
	Stop by and meet some of the Internet2 staff.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Network Engineering: Optical Networking Progress	Salon H
	Joseph Berthold, Ciena
	Over the past years there has been a great deal of progress in formulating interoperability standards for optical networks in support of data traffic in general and the Internet in particular. This session begins with an overview of work in the IETF, OIF and ITU-T, and reports current status. If possible we would like to include speakers who can cover each of these three bodies. As the President of the OIF, I will commit to at least one talk in depth on the work of the OIF. This will include a review of the OIF architectural model and the UNI 1.0 specification that was approved one year ago. Ongoing OIF work includes UNI 2.0, which adds new features, and the NNI, a domain-to-domain interface specification. An industry interoperability event of both the completed UNI 1.0 and current snapshot of the NNI is planned for OFC in March 2003, shortly before the Spring Internet2 Member Meeting. We will review the interoperability event design and testing results. I will also solicit presentations from service providers who are driving the requirements for interoperability, and from representatives of vendors who participated in the NNI interoperability event.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Advanced Applications: Logistical Networking as an Advanced Engineering Testbed	Salon J
	Micah Beck, University of Tennessee Jim Ferguson, NCSA Geoff Hayward, YottaYotta Gabriella Paolini, GARR
	Logistical Networking places storage servers (or depots) throughout the network and enables flexible transfer of data to, from and between them as an overlay service to applications. In this session, we will discuss how these depots are used as a testbed for advanced network technologies, including IP multicast, IPv6, self-tuned high performance TCP transfers and wide area storage networking. By making these technologies available on the depot, Logistical Networking enables applications to take advantage of them before they are available at the endpoint (e.g. on the users workstation). We will review the current implementation and deployment of Logistical Networking in worldwide research networks, and review the end-user tools and how they are being used to provide access to advanced network technologies. Speakers will address deployment of specific technologies on Logistical Networking depots.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Video: Video Middleware (VidMid) Videoconferencing	Salon K
	Dr. Samir Chatterjee, Claremont Graduate University Nadim El-Khoury, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adi Regev, Vidyo, Inc. Doug Sicker, University of Colorado at Boulder
	Videoconferencing continues to be a widespread and growing application within R&E, particularly as advanced networks become more accessible and widely used. As a key component of growing inter-institutional collaboration, the need to integrate VC services with campus middleware infrastructures is becoming more acute than ever. Federated administration in particular is one area that is becoming very active, especially as efforts advance toward the goal of making this service more secure, yet user friendly  Federated administration describes the emerging model where autonomous systems or enterprises form communities of interest to exchange management data. In higher education, campuses will group together into federations to share resources and build collaborative environments. The VidMid-VC working group, a partnership of Internet2 and ViDe, has been working on these issues and recently has made significant progress in defining requirements and developing architectural alternatives.  This session will include a report on the current and future work of the group, including authenticated and authorized call setup, directory-enabled SIP videoconferencing clients, directory enabled H.323 videoconferencing infrastructure, and resource discovery videoconferencing clients.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Middleware: Current Activities in Federal and Higher Ed PKI	Salon C
	Dr. Peter Alterman, National Institutes of Health, Federal CIO Council Michael Gettes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jim Jokl, University of Virginia Ken Klingenstein, Internet2/University of Colorado David Wasley, (Retired) University of California Office of the President
	It has been an interesting year for PKI. There have been distinct advances but real, broad PKI deployments still face significant obstacles. The federal government and higher education continue to work closely to align their PKI activities. This session will describe a number of the advances and discuss the remaining challenges to wider deployments.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Network Engineering: Cyber-Infrastructure Security: Information Sharing and Analysis Centers	Salon III
	Peter Allor, Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) Mark Bruhn, Indiana University Michael McRobbie, Indiana University Jim Plehal, NIPC
	In February 2003, Indiana University signed an agreement with the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) to establish a Research and Education Network (REN) Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC). The REN-ISAC will combine an expanded set of security services, including proactive security monitoring, assessment, and reporting. This session will provide an overview of sector ISAC’s, the experiences of the IT-ISAC, the purpose and value of the REN-ISAC, and the future of ISAC’s for higher education. This session will be netcast.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Relationships & Partnerships: Leveraging IPv6 for Strategic Business Advantage: Key Drivers for IPv6 Adoption	Salon B
	Dale Finkelson, Internet2 Randy Strickfaden, HP Labs Stewart Tansley, Microsoft Research
	The ubiquitous deployment of IPv6 is a strategic business imperative for many Internet2 corporate members. This session will explore ways in which corporate members are leveraging Internet2 relationships and partnerships to help drive the pervasive deployment of IPv6. Panelists from diverse sectors will discuss their perspectives on the technological and business imperatives for adoption of IPv6; their initiatives to promote widespread deployment; and the industry/academic/government collaborations and partnerships needed to achieve the common goal of ubiquitous adoption. Please see program addenda for additional speakers in this session.
3:00PM-4:15PM	Relationships & Partnerships: Collaborative Relationships for Advancing Health Education in the 21st Century	Salon A
	Dr. Darrell L. Bailey, Indiana University Robert Skip Comer, Indiana University Julian T. Peebles, Ruth Lilly Health Education Center
	Completed in 1989, the Ruth Lilly Health Education Center in Indianapolis is a nationally recognized not-for-profit center for excellence in health education for young people. The center serves nearly 90,000 students each year and delivers a curriculum covering major areas of health education including general health, drug education, human growth, nutrition and fitness, and disease prevention and control. In 2003, supported by a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment, the Center in partnership with the Indiana University School of Informatics, and the School of Allied Health Sciences began a comprehensive initiative to transform the legacy learning environments and teaching applications in its eight teaching theaters. Additional relationships with the Indiana Humanities Council, the IU Pervasive Computing Laboratories, and the Polis Center are bringing curricular integration, visualization tools, and geographical data collection techniques to the initiative. A significant component of the project is the implementation of a high-speed network that will connect the center to Indiana University’s I-Light high speed optical fiber network. This connectivity will facilitate the research, development and delivery of innovative health education applications, provide for advanced Internet videoconferencing and communication, and contribute to the ongoing national and international dialogue about K-12 health education. This session will describe the project, the work of the center, the framework of partnerships and relationships in acquiring funding, and the progress to date in the transformation of the center’s systems in support of its core missions. http://www.healtheducationcenter.org/, http://informatics.iupui.edu, http://www.sahs.iupui.edu/, http://www.vis.iu.edu/, http://www.ihc4u.org/desktop.htm, http://www.polis.iupui.edu/polis/home.htm, http://www.iupui.edu/~ilight/factsheet.html.
4:15PM-4:45PM	Break	Salon IV
4:15PM-4:45PM	Poster Sessions	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
4:15PM-4:45PM	Meet the Internet2 Staff	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
	Stop by and meet some of the Internet2 staff.
4:45PM-6:00PM	Advanced Applications: Analysis and Mapping of a Large Dataset over the Network	Salon B
	Kevin Heard, Binghamton University Joel Plummer, Binghamton University Keith Smith, Binghamton University Lucius Willis, Binghamton University
	The U.S. Census of Population and Housing is an example of a widely-used but very large and difficult to use research database. Methods to extract sub-sets of such datasets on demand as well as methods to analyse such datasets over the internet will be a significant part of the success of Internet2 in the future. At Binghamton University we are developing an Internet Map Service which allows one to select variables from the Census, map them at any of several scales and download a dataset of the selected variables for further analysis. This presentation would consist of a discussion of the problems encountered in the development of this service and an on-line demonstration.
4:45PM-6:00PM	Advanced Applications: InterContinental Distributed Collaborations in the Performing Arts	Salon H
	Kelly Drummond Cawthon, University of Florida James Oliverio, University of Florida
	Building on the initial success of our "Dancing Beyond Boundaries" (DBB) project at SC Global 2001, the University of Florida's Digital Worlds Institute has been building an international network of artists, scientists and engineers with the goal of ongoing development of intercontinental collaborations and performances. The initial DBB project joined four cities across North and South America and created a completely new work of dance and music over a three-day period. As a result, this project was featured on CNN International and the BBC. A current project in development with partners in Korea and Australia will span six months of distributed collaboration and creation, and result in a full evening premiere at several major international festivals, linked with Access Grid and other Internet2-enabled technologies. The presentation for the Spring 2003 Internet2 Member Meeting will detail what we have done so far, and how we are designing present and future distributed collaboration environments, including our new Research, Education and Visualization Environment (REVE).
4:45PM-6:00PM	Video: Case Studies in Video on Demand	Salon K
	Jim DeRoest, ResearchChannel Jeff Imig, University of Arizona Chris Kaufmann, University of Arizona Kathleen McMonigal, University of Washington
	Case Study 1: Automated Encoding for Video On Demand archives Every institution has looked at how to digitize new and existing materials for use on the internet.  Many instutitions have sought grants and other funding to support time consuming and labor intensive encoding efforts.  Many institutions have been stalled in making their programming available on the web due to the prohibitive costs of getting the materials encoded.  With one of the largest collections of video on demand programming at over 1200 hours, the ResearchChannel consortium has had to develop tools so that additions to the collection could be made easily and cost effectively. Using developers at the University of Washington, and off-the-shelf hardware from multiple vendors, the ResearchChannel Working Group embarked on a project to automated encoding and publishing of Video-On-Demand files. This session will review the options rejected, the solution implemented and the next steps to include automated metadata. This solution may be easily applicable to your campus so come hear how to start reducing your digitizing costs. Case Study 2: The University of Arizona's Searchable Video Library The University of Arizona's Searchable Video Library allows students, faculty and others to search and edit thousands of hours of on-line, streaming video. The video is indexed with standards- compliant metadata and its audio is converted to a searchable text track. As more classes and eventually the University's media library are added, the SVL will become a useful repository of shared, reusable objects. Internet 2 will allow the SVL to function between campuses in much the same way inter-campus library loan works today. The University delivers video in multiple formats and bandwidths. Internet 2 will allow the SVL to deliver very high quality video to other educational institutions. The search function of the SVL has been implemented in over two- dozen classes directly serving five thousand undergraduate students. Students report finding the service extremely useful as they can search for keywords and phrases and view only the pertinent pieces of the video. http://svl.arizona.edu
4:45PM-6:00PM	Middleware: Shibboleth Deployers and Users	Salon C
	Scott Cantor, The Ohio State University Steven Carmody, Brown University John Hopkins, Pennsylvania State University David Yakimischak, JSTOR
	Learn from the experiences of the early adopters - both those responsible for implementing Shibboleth and those who are using it. Practitioners in instructional tools, digital libraries and administrative applications describe both intra-realm and inter-realm deployments of Shibboleth.
4:45PM-6:00PM	Network Engineering: Development of Security Infrastructures: Implications for Network Architecture	Salon J
	Dave Dittrich, University of Washington Gary Dobbins, University of Notre Dame Gerry Sneeringer, University of Maryland Jack Suess, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
	IT security architecture focuses on the planning, design, and building of our information technology infrastructure with an emphasis on security. This session will focus on network design and the challenges and opportunities for improving security in higher education computing environments. The panel members will also describe the variety of tools and techniques that can provide effective network layer security, including firewall implementations, network partitioning, virtual private networks, wireless security, and intrusion detection systems.
4:45PM-6:00PM	Relationships & Partnerships: National Priorities for Transforming HealthCare Quality: Impact on Patient Safety, Biomedical Ethics, and The Biotech Industry	Salon III
	Ernest Andalcio, Pfizer Dr. Milton Corn, National Library of Medicine Dr. Michael Fitzmaurice, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality John Yost, Bradley University
	This panel discussion will focus on the implications and applications for patient safety, biomedical ethics, and the biotechnology industry of the report on Priority Areas for Nation Action just released by the Institutes of Medicine. IOM commissioned the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research to identify 15 priorities for the development of action plans in an effort to achieve substantial improvement. This session will be netcast
6:00PM-8:00PM	SURA Meeting (Closed, SURA members only)	Salon V
6:30PM-8:00PM	GigaPoP Coordination Group	Salon E
	Heather Todorov, Internet2
	The GigaPoP Coordination Group is a recently formed affinity/communications group with membership including managers from across the Internet2 gigaPoPs and program managers from within Internet2. The purpose of the group is to provide a regular, ongoing forum for peer networking, information sharing, and generally fostering open communications among mid-level managers in the gigaPoPs and Internet2.
6:30PM-8:30PM	MAGPI Member Dinner (Closed, Invitation Only)	Salon G
	Annual MAGPI Members Meeting to set strategic initiatives and directives for the coming year. Dinner will be served at 6:15pm.
6:30PM-8:30PM	Abilene Planning Group (Closed)	Alexandria
	In the Abilene Planning Meeting, the group will continue recent discussions relating to the Abilene Upgrade status, MANLAN update, as well as peering/connector issues. The group will also use this opportunity to participate in strategic discussions regarding Abilene Objectives, MTU sizes, high performance flows/applications/services, security model, measurement, resiliency, and network observation platform.
6:30PM-8:00PM	Directories Working Group	Salon C
	Keith Hazelton, University of Wisconsin-Madison
6:30PM-8:30PM	Health Sciences Initiative Open Meeting	Salon F
	The Internet2 Health Science initiative includes clinical practice, medical and related biological research, education and health awareness. The open session of the Health Sciences Working Group will provide participants with an update on current activities. Join members of the Health Sciences for updates on current activities in medical middleware, Veterinary Medicine Research Network, Orthopaedic Surgery Research Network, and Bioethics. Discussion of new activities on Agricultural Biotechnology, Prevention and Global Health and Cardiology will be introduced to the Working Group for consideration. The Health Science Advisory Report to the Internet2 Applications Strategy Council will be reviewed.
7:00PM-8:30PM	Space Shuttle Columbia Recovery Efforts in East Texas: How Internet2 and Geospatial Technology Made a Difference	Salon A
	Paul R. Blackwell, Stephen F Austin State University John Garner, Stephen F Austin State University Susan Henderson, Stephen F Austin State University Jeff Williams, Stephen F Austin State University
	When the remains of the Space Shuttle Columbia descended upon east Texas last February, chance and orbital dynamics centered the debris field on Nacogdoches County where PR Blackwell, chair of the Internet2: Geospatial Working Group makes his home. This session will discuss the local response to the tragedy in Nacogdoches, San Augustine and Sabine Counties and the role of Internet2 in that response. The use of geospatial technology to aid the initial emergency response efforts will be highlighted and lessons learned will be discussed, particularly in regard to the availability of high-speed networking in rural areas.
7:30PM-9:00PM	Performing Arts Advisory Committee (Closed)	Salon B
	Ann Doyle, Internet2
	This is an opportunity for the standing Performing Arts Advisory committee to meet in person. The purpose of this committee is to work with Ann Doyle, Manager of Internet2 Arts & Humanities Initiatives, to plan innovative performance events that highlight the gifts of performers and artists from our member institutions and the capabilities of Internet2 technology-enabled performances.
8:00PM-9:30PM	BoF: Integrated Communications	Salon K
	Jeremy George, Yale University
	Integrated communication combines various real-time, or near real-time, communications media (text, voice, video, and image based) under the umbrella of "Presence." Since these elements are all layered on SIP/SDP, they need to be strongly oriented to Internet/IETF standards. Spring member meeting attendees who are interested in discussing the potential impact of integrated communication technologies and services are encouraged to attend this BOF. Jeremy George, Director of the Advanced Networking Group for Information Technology Services at Yale University, will get the discussion started by making a presentation on the elements of integrated communications and how they interrelate. For further information, contact Jeremy George.
Friday	April 11th	top
7:00AM-1:30PM	Registration Open	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
7:00AM-3:00PM	Laptop Bar Open	Fairfax
7:00AM-8:30AM	Biomedical and E-Healthcare Ethics Working Group	Salon D
	John Kwon, University of Pennsylvania John Yost, Bradley University
	This session will develop an action-oriented agenda for areas of patient safety, organization systems, patient/physician communication in telemedicine/Teleheath, avoidance of medication errors, and bioethics in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, including intellectual property and technology transfer. Relevant documents will be available for participants.
7:30AM-8:30AM	Breakfast	Salon IV
7:30AM-8:30AM	Internet2 Business Meeting (Breakfast served)	Salon V
	Jill Arnold, Internet2 Ted Hanss, University of Michigan and Chair of the Internet2 IDEA John Kennedy, Internet2 Ken Klingenstein, Internet2/University of Colorado Barb Nanzig, Internet2 Douglas Van Houweling, Internet2
	Session will provide an update for members on the financial and operational aspects of Internet2. Breakfast will be served at 7:00am.
7:30AM-8:30AM	Network Storage Working Group
	Micah Beck, University of Tennessee Terry Moore, University of Tennessee
	This meeting has been cancelled.
7:30AM-8:30AM	Quilt Group Meeting (Closed)	Salon C
	Wendy Huntoon, The Quilt
	This meeting will provide a informal forum for Quilt Participants to meet and discuss ongoing plans associated with Quilt related Projects and Interest groups. Breakfast will be served.
8:45AM-10:00AM	Video: Distributed HD Video Production	Salon H
	Kay Beck, Georgia State University
	Panel discussion about co-producing high definition video over IP. Prototypical collaboration is between Georgia State University and private partners.
8:45AM-10:00AM	Super Track: National Optical Networking Infrastructure -- Progress Report	Salon III
	Steve Corbato, Internet2 Jerry Draayer, SURA Douglas Van Houweling, Internet2 Tom West, National LambdaRail
	Over the past 18 months, leading members of the Internet2 community have been actively engaged in both evaluating opportunities and creating integrated designs for national and regional optical networking infrastructures to serve U.S. higher education, particularly the advanced needs of research universities. This session will provide an overview of both these efforts and the collective progress made to date as well as an update on next steps. This session will be netcast.
8:45AM-10:00AM	Middleware: Frontiers of Authentication and Authorization	Salon J
	Roland Hedberg, Umea University, Sweden Ken Klingenstein, Internet2/University of Colorado RL Bob Morgan, University of Washington
	Our understanding of the architectures for campus authentication and authorization services is increasing as several leading-edge efforts bear fruit. WebISO activities, new basic authentication technologies, and credential converters are being fit together. In authorization, constructionist approaches that leverage registries, directories and groups are being melded with external authorization languages and services. This session will discuss the leadership efforts in both the US and Europe, and attempt to tie them all together.
9:00AM-12:00PM	Help Desk Open	Fairfax
10:00AM-10:30AM	Break	Salon IV
10:00AM-10:30AM	Meet the Internet2 Staff	Arlington Ballroom Foyer
	Stop by and meet some of the Internet2 staff.
10:00AM-11:45AM	APAN 2003 and 2004 Planning Meeting (Closed)	Salon A
10:30AM-11:45AM	Closing Plenary	Salon III
	Welcome and Introduction of Session Doug Van Houweling, President, Internet2 Presentation of the Land-Speed Record Rich Carlson, Network Research Scientist, Argonne National Labs; Internet2 Land Speed Record Judging Panel Federal Large-Scale Networking and Opportunities for Research Universities David B. Nelson, Director of the National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development Dave Nelson is the newly appointed Director of the National Coordinating Office, a part of the White House National Science and Technology Council responsible for coordinating the planning, budget, and assessment activities for the Federal Networking and IT R&D Program. Dr. Nelson will provide an overview of the Large-Scale Networking program and its technical focus, with a special emphasis on optical networks, middleware and grids. He will also speak to the priorities in the President's budget and opportunities for Universities to participate in federal research programs. His talk will include several examples of the network research and infrastructure activities of federal agencies, many of which are carried out through grants to universities, that highlight the value of a high-performance networking infrastructure.
11:45AM-1:15PM	Lunch	Salon IV
11:45AM-1:15PM	Program Committee Meeting (Closed)	Salon D
	Laurie Burns, Internet2
	Fall 2003 Program Committee Meeting
11:45AM-1:15PM	BoF: Humanities	Salon E
	Ann Doyle, Internet2
	This informal gathering is intended for Internet2 members interested in using high performance networking for activities in the Humanities arena. Interest and activity are underway in the areas of museum education, language learning technologies, forensic debates, and film history. This is an invitation to discuss current activities and brainstorm future ones that might take place in these arenas, as well as to explore other areas relevant to humanities studies that might be enhanced by advanced networking applications.
1:00PM-2:00PM	BoF: Sun Microsystems - Infrastructure Integration, Partnership Opportunities, Deployment & Scaling Issues	Alexandria
	John C. Fowler, Sun Microsystems
	This will be an open forum for the Internet 2 community to discuss partnership opportunities, issues, questions on products and directions with members of the Sun team attending the meeting.
1:00PM-4:00PM	Internet2 K20 Initiative	Salon C
	Gary Bachula, Internet2 John Bailey, U.S. Department of Education Andrea Deau, WiscNet Louis Fox, Internet2 Greg Marks, Merit Network, Inc. Bruce P. Mehlman, U.S. Department of Commerce
	From 1:00 - 3:00 the discussion will focus on the national "No Child Left Behind" legislations and its implications for advanced networks and applications. Speakers will include John Bailey, Assistant Secretary of Education, and Bruce P. Mehlman, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, U.S. Department of Commerce. Discussants will include members of the Internet2 K20 community. The last hour of the meeting, from 3:00 - 4:00 will be a closed meeting for Advisory Committee members.