Fall 2009 Internet2 Member Meeting Call for Proposals
Fall 2009 Internet2 Member Meeting
Hyatt Regency San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
October 5-8, 2009
The Internet2 Member Meeting Program Committee is now accepting proposals for track sessions at the Fall 2009 Internet2 Member Meeting in San Antonio, TX. You are encouraged to circulate this Call to others in your organization, and elsewhere within the Internet2 member community.
Below is information on:
Deadline: June 26, 2009 (Please note, the Call for Proposals is now closed.)
Areas of Focus for the Fall 2009 Internet2 Member Meeting
The overarching theme for this fall's meeting is: “Collaborations and Resource Sharing in Research and Education: How the economic crisis is fueling the expansion of networking technology, fostering global communities, and driving social change.” Presentations that focus on the elements of network-based collaboration, including--but not limited to--virtual organizations, social networking, and software collaboration tools are encouraged. Additional information about specific session content is provided in the track descriptions.
The Program Committee is also introducing a new track at the Fall 2009 Internet2 Member Meeting, dedicated to late-breaking topics or information. This new track will include one “Lightning Talks” session where presenters provide short (5 min or less) talks on interesting or timely topics. Submissions for these talks will be accepted through the end of the first day of the Member Meeting. Please refer to the Fall Member Meeting website for additional details which will be posted later this summer.
Topics to be emphasized in the Fall 2009 Member Meeting program are highlighted in the following tracks:
Cyberinfrastructure and Advanced Applications in Action: What's working? What's not? What's needed? Sessions in this category will focus on case studies of how advanced networking—broadly defined—has succeeded (or failed) in enabling research and education, why, and what others can learn from this success (or failure). Representatives from higher education disciplines, health care, connector organizations, government and industry are invited to submit their examples and perspectives on these issues.
Late-Breaking Topics: Content for the sessions in this category crosses all tracks. It will focus on activities, events, developments and actions of a timely nature that have occurred since the last member meeting. Topics in this track may be the precedent of topics covered in the “The Future: What’s Next for the Net” track. Recent examples of sessions that would fit into this track might include the ARRA and it’s impact on higher education, the Obama Inauguration’s impact on the network, just released federal agency funding and grant solicitations. This track will also include the Lightning Talks session.
Middleware: Sessions in this category will focus on developing interoperable identity and access management infrastructures for research and higher education. This includes the community's work in the areas of identification, authentication, authorization and federated identity management. Within these general categories, examples of the development, deployment, and policy sessions might include: Identity and Access Management Deployment Case Studies, Federated Identity Approaches/Models, Shibboleth Case Studies, Identity Federation Deployments and Case Studies, Emerging Requirements for Digital Identity from the Federal Government, Campus and Virtual Organization Group and Privilege Management, PKI Across Government Research and Education, Enabling Authenticate Wireless Access Across Partnering Campuses,Identity Infrastructures for Virtual Organizations and Other Collaboration Groups.
Network Planning and Engineering: Sessions in this category will provide an opportunity for discussion of advanced network services, network infrastructure developments, end-to-end performance and performance measurement, disaster recovery, wireless networks and solutions and next generation networks. Examples of topics that could be considered include: sensor networks, experimental network testbeds, mesh network coverage, regional optical networks’ activities (RONs) and optical regional education networks (ORENs), national or international research and educational networks (NRENs), and the drivers of the next-generation Internet.
Security for Advanced Networks: Sessions in this category will focus on the technical, policy, and management issues in network security—addressing immediate term to longer range planning and research. Suggested topics include: critical infrastructure protection, SALSA initiatives, homeland security, VoIP security, secure ad hoc collaboration, balancing security and performance, and the national strategy to secure cyberspace. Policy and management issues might include end user education, funding for basic security R&D, funding for security software tools, and cross-network cooperation (at the campus, national, and international levels).
Teaching and Learning/K20: 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, the role of advanced networking to further international initiatives, student and teacher experiences in using Internet2, assessment and accountability of pedagogical outcomes, interactive educational gaming environments, and the transformation of libraries, museum, science and cultural center projects through uses of advanced networking. Particular focus will be given to introducing promising practices and highlighting case studies in Teaching and Learning/K20.
The Future: What's Next for the Net? This track invites sessions focused on significant near-term challenges and the technology breakthroughs that will help us meet these challenges. Presenters are encouraged to describe new technological breakthroughs and what they might mean for universities and the Internet2 community. Proposed topics for this area could include collaboration and social network tools, emerging demanding bandwidth services, video and multi-media services, etc. Of special interest this year are sessions on the environmental impact of the telecommunications industry and how the Internet2 community can promote greener technology.
Criteria for Evaluation of Proposals
Proposals will be considered on the basis of the following criteria:
- Demonstration of the value of Internet2 (the community and network) to members
- Extent to which session supports the track topic and theme
- Extent to which a project or initiative will provoke discussion and interaction
- Presentation of significant achievement (i.e. promising practices) rather than status updates
- Engagement of the Internet2 community
- Degree of interaction and information sharing among participants at different levels of engagement
- Focus on new technological breakthroughs, developing and evolving applications
- Degree to which session itself utilizes and/or demonstrates advanced and innovative technologies
- Overall proposal quality and balance of topics
- Vendor agnostic presentations (for Corporate Members)
The Program Committee will select approximately 50 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 submit it with a note indicating that if selected, it should be part of a larger session rather than standing on its own.
Please note, specific technology or application sessions that address issues and impact in more than one track are encouraged.
Track sessions will be scheduled for the mornings and afternoons of Tuesday, October 6th and Wednesday, October 7th, and the morning of Thursday, October 8th. More information on the meeting schedule will be available on the Internet2 Member Meeting website.
Required information on the submission form includes:
- A title
- A session abstract of no more than 200 words
- At least one speaker name
- Primary track assignment
- Session format
- Audience information (who you're targetting 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
- A contact name and email address
Deadlines & Contact Information
Submission deadline June 26, 2009 (Please note, the Call for Proposals is now closed.)
Notification by July 24, 2009
For additional information, please contact:
Terry Doub – Program Committee Chair
Director, NOC
terry@lsu.edu
Marianne Smith – Internet2 Staff Support Director
Associate Director, Member and Partner Relations
melser@internet2.edu
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