Technology exchange
Participants

Who Participates in the Internet2 Technology Exchange?

Both presenters and attendees represent the Internet2 community. Participants vary terms of gender, age, experience, and areas of technical expertise. They represent a variety of institutions—higher education institutions, government laboratories and agencies, industry partners, and more. Consequently, the conference offers a content-rich program to appeal across all technical areas of higher education IT.

The Internet2 Technology Exchange is part of the greater Internet2 strategy to reach members of our community. This especially includes those technical experts engaged in research and implementation surrounding advanced networking, information security, trust and identity issues. It also includes those focused on how various technical communities and projects intersect (i.e., Internet of Things, etc.).

Through a combination of presentations, working meetings, coordinated discussions, tutorials, and workshops, the Technology Exchange brings affordable professional development to more colleagues and provides opportunities to network:
 

• technical professionals
• analysts and engineers
• IT staff
• C-level executives
• pioneers
• technologists
• campus architects
• scientists
• security professionals
• network operators and students in the fields of R&E networking, information security, federated trust and identity access

TechEX Participants By the Numbers

• Many Technology Exchange participants are "first-timers" (usually over 25%).
• While the Technology Exchange is held in a different region of the U.S. each year, it also attracts participants from other countries, usually representing about 13% of total attendance, including technology leaders and visionaries from more than 85 countries. 

Content Driven by Practical Takeaways

Conference evaluations indicate:
 

•  attendees seek practical takeaways (especially lessons learned and detailed case studies)
• information on trending issues and threats
• the ability to shape community best practices and develop new initiatives
• and, of course, professional networking opportunities.

Participants value presenters who provide advance materials and engage in dialog as part of their session, continuing the conversation throughout the event. 

For more information about the event, contact meetings@internet2.edu.