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Spring 2005 Internet2 Member Meeting
Call for Proposals
May 2-5, 2005
Arlington, VA
The Spring 2005 Member Meeting Program Committee
is now accepting proposals for track breakout sessions at the
Spring 2005 Internet2 Member Meeting in Arlington, Virginia.
You are encouraged to circulate this Call to others on your
campus and in your organizations, and elsewhere within the
Internet2 member community.
Below is information on
The deadline for submitting proposals is Friday, January
28, 2005.
Areas of Focus for the Spring Meeting
The Spring Member Meeting traditionally focuses on issues
in advanced networking policy and highlights Internet2's partnerships
among academia, industry, government and the international
community. Meeting sessions will, among other things, focus
on collaborations with and among federal agencies, between
the corporate community and higher education, and with international
organizations. The program will provide an opportunity to present
sessions that share a longer-term, strategic view of community
priorities for the uses of advanced networking, as well as
those that highlight emerging application technologies and
key projects already underway. This year, as new opportunities
arise and new challenges continue to change the internet and
advanced network landscape, the Internet2 community is focusing
attention and energy on a number of important issues, reflected
in the following areas of concentration for Spring 2005 Member
Meeting proposal submissions. Please note that because the
overarching theme of the spring meeting is public policy, proposals
that address national, campus, and state and regional network
policy issues are encouraged. As there will not be a separate
Call for Demos, presentations that incorporate demos are also
encouraged.
Proposal Topic Areas of Focus
Advanced Applications and Technologies (AT) - Sessions
in this category should focus on case study examples and the cutting
edge experience of developing and implementing applications
that use advanced research and education networks to address
particular research or instructional topics. Advanced application
demos are welcomed and encouraged. In addition, this category
also includes illustrations of and experience with emerging
application technologies. Suggested topics include but are
not limited to: case studies in a wide variety of disciplines,
emerging digital video and videoconferencing technologies,
Presence and Integrated Communications, Advanced Content Delivery,
remote instrumentation, distributed storage.
Collaborations (CO) - Sessions in this category
will focus on a wide variety of collaboration opportunities
and experiences. Areas of collaborations that could be considered
include: Global collaborations and international projects such
as the Grid Physics Network, Virtual Observatory, etc., collaborations
between industry and Internet2, federal agency collaborations,
peer faculty collaborations, Grid Computing, Virtual communication
and collaboration (including human factors, social networking,
and futures), interdisciplinary collaborations . Policy issues
and implications for consideration could cross any of the category
or topic examples (e.g. policy issues related to advanced content
delivery, Shibboleth, homeland security, use of collaboration
technologies, etc.). Case study examples are encouraged.
Middleware (MW) Sessions in this category will
focus on the on-going development and policy work in the areas
of identification, authentication, authorization and directories.
Within these general categories, examples of session topics
in this arena might include: Shibboleth in general and Shibboleth
use within federal agencies, NSF's Middleware Initiative, PKI
(especially for government and education), Federations (especially
for e-government). Middleware for wireless networking, Middleware-enabled
collaboration, authority management systems (Signet), Middleware
diagnostics and Middleware for video.
Network Planning and Engineering (NP) Sessions
in this category will provide an opportunity for discussion
of advanced network services, network infrastructure developments,
end to end performance and performance measurement, cyberinfrastructure
and next generation networks. Examples of the type of topics
that might be considered include: hybrid optical packet infrastructure,
Jumbo IPv6 multicast, testbeds, regional optical networks,
NLR, the drivers of the next-generation internet. The inclusion
of policy issues (e.g. data collection and anonymization policies)
related to any of these topics is encouraged.
Security for Advanced Networks (SN) Sessions in
this category will focus on the policy issues and challenges
of security for advanced networks. Suggested topics could include:
critical infrastructure protection, security at line speed
(SALSA) initiatives, 100x100 homeland security, VOIP security,
secure ad hoc collaboration, balancing security and performance,
the national strategy to secure cyberspace. Policy issues might
include: end user education, funding for basic security R&D,
funding for security software tools, cross-network cooperation
(campus, national, international).
Teaching and Learning (TL) Sessions will focus
on initiatives and projects that explore ways in which advanced
network applications, services, tools and digital content enhance
teaching and learning. Suggested topics might include: K20
partnerships, K20 and the national agenda, student and teacher
experiences in using Internet2, transformation of libraries,
museum, science and cultural center projects.
Please Note: specific technology or application sessions
that address issues and impact in more than one category (e.g.
how middleware, security and collaboration will be affected
by advanced content delivery) are encouraged.
Proposal Evaluation Criteria
Proposals will be considered on the basis of the following
criteria as they apply to specified session categories (in
italics):
- Demonstrates value to Internet2 members Applies
to all session categories
- Degree of anticipated interaction and information
sharing Applies to all session categories
- Demonstrates originality and innovation - Applies
to all session categories
- Degree to which session addresses impact in more
than one category Applies to all session categories
- Overall program quality and balance of topics Applies
to all session categories
- Demonstrates value to network and discipline
research AT, CO, MW, NP, SN
- Demonstrates value to teaching and learning - AT,
MW, SN, TL
- Highlights key partnerships and collaborations AT,
CO, MW, TL
- Degree to which session itself utilizes advanced
and innovative technologies, including demos AT, MW,
NP, TL
Key to Abbreviations Above:
AT Advanced Applications and Technologies
CO Collaborations
MW Middleware
NP Network Planning and Engineering
SN Security for Advanced
Networks
TL Teaching and Learning
The Program Committee will select approximately 45 proposals
to fill track session slots, and may also select some proposals
for inclusion as poster sessions.
Track sessions are either 60 or 75 minutes in length, depending
on the number of speakers and the session content. If you have
a short talk (10-15 minutes), please consider finding colleagues
who might be interested in presenting with you, or submit your
proposal with a note indicating that if selected, it should
be part of a larger session rather than standing on its own.
Track sessions will be scheduled between the afternoon of
May 2nd and the morning of May 4th. More information on the
meeting schedule will be available on the Spring
Member Meeting website in January.
Submission Information
Each proposal must contain the following:
- Title
- Session abstract of no more than 200 words
- At least one speaker name
- Major topic area
- Intended session format
- Audience information (who you're targeting and
what level of understanding they should have coming
into the session)
- Permission to netcast your session if it's selected
for the program and for netcasting
- Contact name and email address
Deadlines
Submission deadline: Friday, January 28, 2005
Notification by: Friday, February 18, 2005
Contact Marianne Smith < melser@internet2.edu >
with any questions.
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