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2004 Merit Member Conference Agenda

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Thursday, June 24, 2004
Time Event
8:30 AM Registration and Breakfast

9:30 AM Keynote session
  A Case Study in Computer System Vulnerability: Electronic Voting
Dr. Avi Rubin, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Technical Director, Information Security Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Powerpoint Document - A Case Study in Computer System Vulnerability   Real Video - A Case Study in Computer System Vulnerability  

10:40 AM Break

10:50 AM Breakout sessions
  Clearing the Air: A Case Study in Wireless Networking
Dennis Buckmaster, Network Engineer and Project Manager, St. Clair County Intermediate School District; Powerpoint Document - Clearing the Air  

Shibboleth: Building Tools for Inter-institutional Resource Sharing
Renee Woodten Frost, Assistant Director, Middleware and Security Initiative, Internet2;

11:35 AM Break

11:45 AM Breakout sessions
  The Crumbling Perimeter: Modern Problems Securing Your Network
Doug Orr, Vice President, Engineering, Arbor Networks
Powerpoint Document - The Crumbling Perimeter  

Videoconferencing K through 12
Scott Bryan, Information Technology Director, St. Clair County Intermediate School District
Powerpoint Document - Videoconferencing K through 12  

12:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM Featured Speaker
  Connecting, Enabling, and Transforming Our Community: "OneCleveland" and the Role of the University in a Metropolitan Optical Network Deployment
Lev Gonick, Vice President for Information Technology Services and CIO, Case Western Reserve University
Powerpoint Document - Connecting, Enabling, and Transforming Our Community   Real Video - Connecting, Enabling, and Transforming Our Community  

2:30 PM Break

2:40 PM Breakout sessions
  IPv6: What Should We Be Doing Now?
Jared Mauch, Senior IP Engineer, NTT/Verio.net
PDF Document - IPv6: What Should We Be Doing Now?  

Network Statistics and Monitoring Systems at Wayne State University
S.K. Cha, Network Engineer, Wayne State University
Powerpoint Document - Network Statistics and Monitoring Systems at Wayne State University  

3:30 PM Break

3:40 PM Featured Speakers
  Two Perspectives on Security Strategies for Organizations: Building the Security Workforce of the Future, and Scaling Security at The University of Michigan
Jeff Recor, President, Olympus Security Group and Director, Walsh College Information Assurance Center Powerpoint Document - Recor PowerPoint slides   Real Video - Two Perspectives on Security Strategies for Organizations  

Paul Howell, Information Systems Security Officer, University of Michigan Powerpoint Document - Howell PowerPoint slides  

Access Grid: Introduction and Demo
Laurence Kirchmeier, Merit Network

4:30 - 7:00 PM Reception and Sponsor Displays

Friday, June 25, 2004
Time Event
7:30 AM Registration and Breakfast

8:30 AM Featured Speaker
  The State of the State for Information Security—Are We in a Cyber War?
Dan Lohrmann, Director, Office of Enterprise Security, Michigan Department of Information Technology and Chief Information Security Officer, State of Michigan
Powerpoint Document - The State of the State for Information Security  

9:30 AM Break

9:45 AM Breakout sessions
  Content Everywhere, Now - Multicast Content Delivery in High-Speed Networks
Ed Farmer, Network Engineer, Stratacache

MI Streamnet: Live Educational Video Broadcasts to Your Desktop
Laurence Kirchmeier, Senior Engineer, Networking R & D, Merit Network, and Ken Schramm, Wayne County RESA

10:35 AM Break

10:50 AM Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions
  Merit Advisory Council Birds-of-a-Feather Discussions


11:35 AM Break

11:50 AM Breakout sessions
  Voice Over IP as a Long-Distance Phone Solution
Michael Vorce, Executive Vice President, VoEx, Inc.

REMC1's TEaCH Software Project: Simple, Full-Featured, Open-Source Web Publishing for Educators
Mike Richardson, Network Administrator, Regional Educational Media Center 1
PDF Document - REMC1's TEaCH Software Project  

12:40 PM Lunch

1:10 PM Featured Speaker
  News from the Michigan Information Technology Center
Betty Burke, Facilities and Special Projects Manager, Merit Network, and Facilities Manager, Michigan Information Technology Center
Real Video - News from the Michigan Information Technology Center  
1:30 - 2:15 PM Closing Session
  Meeting Educational Bandwidth Needs: Strategies for the Future
James Hilton, Associate Provost for Academic, Information and Instructional Technology Affairs, University of Michigan; John Camp, Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Wayne State University; Hunt Williams, President, Merit Network
Real Video - Meeting Educational Bandwidth Needs  




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