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2007 Merit Member Conference Agenda
View the list of meeting attendees.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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Event
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8:00 AM
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Registration and Breakfast
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9:00 AM
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Opening session
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The Third Decade of the "Revolution"
Kenneth C. Green, Director, The Campus Computing Project
 
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10:00 AM
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Break
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10:15 AM
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Breakout presentations
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Statewide Disaster Recovery for Ohio's Higher Education
John Ellinger, Senior Director, Office of Information Technology, Ohio State University
Professional Media Production Using Open Source & Low-Cost Software
Eric Grandstaff, Director, Library & Academic Technologies, North Central Michigan College
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11:05 AM
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Break
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11:20 AM
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Breakout presentations
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Managing Remote Networks with Open Source Software: The Network Security Toolkit
Pete Hoffswell, Network Operations Manager, Davenport University
Dynamic Bus Tracking: IAS & AATA
Mitchell Planck, Director of Network Operations, and Chris Cassell, Lead Developer, IAS.NET
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12:10 PM
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Box lunch breakout with Merit Advisory Committee representatives
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1:15 PM
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General session
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Pushing the Boundaries of Innovation Through Community Source: The Sakai Project
Dr. Charles Severance, Executive Director, Sakai Foundation, University of Michigan
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2:00 PM
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Break
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2:15 PM
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Breakout sessions
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Who Are You (Today)? Integrating Identity Management with Information Services
Gregory B. Lozeau, Director, Planning & Middleware Services and Joel L. Fletcher, Director, Systems & Operations, Western Michigan University
Experience Using HD Video over IP for Telepresence
Erik C. Hofer, Research Computer Specialist, School of Information, University of Michigan
MScribe: Bringing Classes to the Web
Eric L. Dey, Associate Professor, Higher Education, University of Michigan and Crista Bierwert, Associate Director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
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3:00 PM
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Break
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3:15 PM
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Roundtable discussions
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Roundtable discussion on identity management
Gregory B. Lozeau and Joel L. Fletcher, Western Michigan University
Roundtable discussion on the Network Security Toolkit
Pete Hoffswell, Davenport University
Rountable discussion on Ohio’s statewide disaster recovery network
John Ellinger, Ohio State University
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4:00 PM
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Break
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4:15 PM
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Breakout sessions
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Campus Perspectives on IPTV
David Fleig, Project Manager, Wayne State University
Improving Network Performance: Traffic Shaping, Caching and Other Techniques
John Stanislawski, Engineer, Packeteer, Inc.
Dependable Messaging in Sensor Networks
Hongwei Zhang, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
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5:00-7:00 PM
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Reception
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Wednesday June 20, 2007
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Time
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Event
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7:30 AM
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Registration and Breakfast
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8:30 AM
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Featured session
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Video Internet: The Next Wave of Massive Disruption to the U.S. Peering Ecosystem
William B. Norton, Co-Founder & Chief Technical Liaison, Equinix, Inc.
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9:20 AM
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Break
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9:35 AM
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Breakout sessions
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Wireless Networks in Public Libraries
Paul Groll, State of Michigan; Eli Neiburger, Ann Arbor District Library; Andrew Mutch, Waterford Public Library
The Evolution of Information Security at Wayne State University
Nathan W. Labadie, Sr. Systems Security Specialist, Wayne State University
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Roundtable discussion
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IPTV: Crafting a Collaborative Effort
Laurence Kirchmeier, Senior Software Engineer, Merit Network, Inc.
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10:25 AM
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Break
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10:40 AM
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Breakout sessions
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Videoconferencing With Nature
Dennis Buckmaster, Network Engineer/Project Manager; Mike Maison, Media/Technology Coordinator; Lisa Apple,
Operations Coordinator, St. Clair Regional Educational Service Center
Using a Wiki for Network Operations Documentation
Pete Hoffswell, Network Operations Manager, Davenport University
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Roundtable discussion
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The Impact of Video Traffic on the Internet
William B. Norton, Co-Founder & Chief Technical Liaison, Equinix, Inc.
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11:30 AM
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Break
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11:45 AM
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Breakout sessions
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Evolving backup Technology: Strategies and Connections to D.R. planning
Steve Glowacki, Lead Systems Engineer and Michelle Oda, Windows Systems Engineer II, Oakland University
IPTV at the University of Michigan: A New Technological Approach
Pradip Patel, Manager, Data Engineering, University of Michigan, and Dr. Sugih Jamin, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Michigan & Founder of Zattoo, Inc.
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Roundtable discussion
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Topic to be announced featuring speaker from this morning's sessions
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12:30 PM
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Lunch
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1:00 PM
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Closing Addresses
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WiMAX: Promises, Reality and Potential Impact
Dr. Patrick J. Gossman, Interim Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Wayne State University
This Year at Merit
Donald J. Welch, President and CEO, Merit Network, Inc.
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