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Past Merit Network Events

Merit Network periodically hosts special events for its Members, offering training, collaboration opportunities, and other activities. You can find archives for selected past events below.

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2009
Fall 2009 Services Seminar

October 29, 2009 - Merit hosted a day-long seminar about many of Merit's services. For the archived presentations, please see the Fall 2009 Services Seminar page.

Merit Services Webinar: Merit Colocation and Merit Storage Cloud

February 18, 2009 - Merit Network hosted a Webinar to learn about our new colocation and cloud storage services. For details on the archived presentation, please see the Merit Services Webinar page.


2008
Merit Services Seminar

November 18, 2008 - Merit Network hosted a complimentary seminar to learn about MeritMail and MeritVoice, our managed email and VoIP services. For presentation files and more details, please see the Merit Services Seminar page.

E-Rate Funding: A Strategic Asset for Institutional Goals

September 23, 2008 - Merit Network presented a one-day seminar on strategies for maximizing the benefits of the federal E-Rate program. For archived presentation information from the seminar, please see the E-Rate Funding: A Strategic Asset for Institutional Goals seminar page.

Voice over IP: The State of the Art and a Look to the Future

April 3, 2008 - Merit Network presented a one-day seminar on the current state and emerging futures of voice over IP technologies at the Michigan Information Technology Center in Ann Arbor. See the archived Voice over IP seminar page.

2007
Merit Network Update Webcast

Real Video - Network Update Webcast  

August 21, 2007 - An archive of the Webcast Update regarding the network outage on August 15 and August 16.

Collaboration2 Regional Teleconference

July 12, 2007 - Alpena's Great Lakes Maritime Center hosted a real-time, open-format, town-hall-style workshop discussing different collaboration and regional cooperation projects; lessons learned; problems encountered; and how challenges were overcome. Seven Michigan community entities discussed their accomplishments under the Governor's Centers for Regional Excellence program. See the archived Centers for Regional Excellence event page.

IPTV Workshop

May 16, 2007 - Merit Network presented a one-day workshop on the emerging world of Internet-based television distribution, or IPTV at the Michigan Information Technology Center in Ann Arbor. See the archived IPTV event page.

IPv6 Workshop

April 17-18, 2007 - Merit sponsored the Internet2 IPv6 workshop on April 17-18, 2007 at the MITC in Michigan Information and Technology Center (MITC) in Ann Arbor, presented by Internet2's IPv6 working group. See IPv6 Workshop archive.

Gerda Weissmann Klein Presentation

April 16, 2007 - Holocaust survivor, historian and author Gerda Weissmann Klein spoke to students at the W.K. Kellogg Auditorium in Battle Creek. The event was streamed via the Internet and Internet2. See the Gerda Weissmann Klein Presentation Archive to watch the archived event.

Network-Based Interactive Distance Learning: Discussion & Demonstration

April 13, 2007 - Northwestern Michigan College and Merit Network partnered with the Center for Instructional Excellence to present a Friday Forum at the newly renovated Oleson Center on NMC's beautiful campus in Traverse City. See the archived Network-Based Interactive Distance Learning Event page for archived documents.

CALEA and Beyond

January 31, 2007 - Recent FCC notices set deadlines for CALEA-related filings, bringing attention to the CALEA compliance decision faced by educational network operators. This one-day workshop prepared those in attendance to make informed decisions about CALEA compliance and to understand ongoing requirements for law enforcement assistance. See the CALEA and Beyond archive page for PowerPoint presentation files.

2006
Merit 40th Anniversary Celebration

November 16, 2006 - Merit Network celebrated 40 years of innovations in advanced networking at the Michigan Information Technology Center (MITC). There were several presentations highlighting Merit's contributions to networking, as well as a look into the future of networking. See the 40th Anniversary Celebration page for videos of presentations.

E-mail, Anti-Virus & Anti-Spam Solution Webcast

PDF Document - E-mail, Anti-Virus & Anti-Spam Solution   Real Video - E-mail, Anti-Virus & Anti-Spam Solution  

June 19, 2006 - Merit Network, Wayne State University, Oakland University and Mirapoint hosted the complimentary 60-minute live, streaming webcast event to learn about the new product/service offering of e-mail, anti-virus and anti-spam services available to the Merit Community. The event included presentations by Jennifer Hensley of Merit Network and Thomas Doane of Mirapoint and testimonials from Michael Edelman from Wayne State University and Daniel Fryer from Oakland University.

2005
Helix Web Server Test

Real Video - Helix Web Server Test  

March 22, 2005 - Merit produces a live videocast to test the Helix open-source software package.

2004
Copyright in Educational Communities

PDF Document - Copyright in Educational Communities   Real Video - Copyright in Educational Communities  

March 12, 2004 - Recent Developments in Law and Policy, by Molly Van Houweling, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School. Van Houweling highlights issues of copyright and privacy that are ever-present in the networking world. Educational institutions often have unique concerns.

2003
Toward the Lambda Grid: Building Grid Networking

Real Video - Toward the Lambda Grid: Building Grid Networking  

October 3, 2003 - By Dr. Cees ("Case") de Laat, Professor at University of Amsterdam. Dr. de Laat leads a large research group in Grid Computing at the University of Amsterdam and was a co-winner with SLAC, Cal-Tech, and NIKHEF of the Internet2 land speed record in November 2002.

Videoconferencing in the Classroom: Best Practices

Real Video - Videoconferencing in the Classroom: Best Practices  

April 15, 2003 - Conveying Conversational Cues Through Video. By Milton Chen, Ph.D. Candidate, Human Computer Interaction Lab, Stanford University. Chen describes recent advances in videoconferencing technology and discoveries in communication psychology.

2002
Special Webcast: Scanning Electron Microscopy Program

Real Video - Wireless Washtenaw  

June 5, 2002 - Remote demonstration at St. Clair ISD Distance Learning Room by Dr. John M. Mansfield, University of Michigan


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