2008 Merit Member Conference Agenda Information

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Thursday, June 12 Time: Room: Topic: Presenter: Presentation 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Michigan I&II and Foyer Registration and breakfast   9:00 - 9:55 a.m. Michigan I&II "Saving the Planet at the Speed of Light: How Fiber Networks Can Help Reduce Global Warming" Bill St. Arnaud, Chief Research Officer, CANARIE, Inc.     9:55 - 10:15 a.m.   Break     10:15 - 11:00 a.m. Grande III "Second Life: A New Model for Online Learning" Catheryn Cheal, Assistant Vice President of e-Learning and Instructional Support, Oakland University     Grande I "Per-User Bandwidth Limits: One Approach to Fairly Allocating Campus Network Resources" Mark Strandskov, Associate Director of Network Services, Central Michigan University     Petit II "Merit services presentation: Merit Mail" Jim Moran, Services Manager, Merit Network     Grande II "CloudAV: Malware Analysis in the Network Cloud" Jon Oberheide, Graduate Student Research Assistant, University of Michigan   11:00 - 11:15 a.m.   Break     11:15 a.m. - Noon Grande III "Virtual Worlds: Which Type is Right for Your Institution?" Don Welch, President and CEO, Merit Network     Grande I "Vulnerability Scanning: Using Nessus and NMAP to Understand Your Security Situation" Paul Amaranth, Security Consultant, Merit Network     Petit II "Merit services presentation: Merit Professional Learning" Andy Rosenzweig, Manager, Professional Learning, Merit Network     Grand II "PSON:Predictable Service Overlay Networks" Jawwad Shamsi, Ph.D. Candidate, Wayne State University   Noon - 1:05 p.m. Michigan IV-V (Governing Member Universities) Michigan III (K12) Michigan I-II (Libraries, Health Care, Sponsors and other guests) Grande II (Community Colleges) Petit I (Private Colleges) Petit II (Government, Research, Non-Profit Agencies, and For-Profit Businesses) Lunch Lunchtime breakout with peer groups, hosted by Merit Advisory Committee representatives and Merit staff   1:05 - 2:05 p.m. Michigan I&II "60 Minutes Ought to be Enough (A Brief History of Slashdot)" Rob Malda, Creator and Editor in Chief, Slashdot     2:05 - 2:15 p.m.   Break     2:15 - 3:00 p.m. Grande III "Video Remote Interpreting: Using Videoconferencing to Enhance Classroom Learning for Deaf Students" Lisa Caringer, Senior Interpreter Disability Support Services, Southern Illinois University     Grande I "Your Fiberoptic Plant: Now That You've Built It, How Do You Manage It?" Matt McMahon, Director, Network Operations, Gratiot-Isabella RESD; Chuck Madden, Technology Services, Lapeer Intermediate School District     Petit II "Merit services presentation: New Services Brainstorming" Rob Golden, Vice President, Research and Development, Merit Network   3:00 - 3:15 p.m.   Break     3:15 - 4:00 p.m. Grande III "Overcoming Legal Issues Surrounding Network Infrastructure" Haran Rashes, Associate, Clark Hill PLC     Grand I "IPv4 Address Space and the ARIN Legacy Agreement" Bob Stovall, Vice President of Networking, Merit Network     Grand II "Roundtable discussion: Per-user bandwidth limits" Mark Strandskov, Associate Director of Network Services, Central Michigan University     Petit II "Merit services presentation: IPTV and Merit Video Collaboration Service" Laurence Kirchmeier, Video Services Manager, Merit Network   4:00 - 4:15 p.m.   Break     4:15 - 5:00 p.m. Grande III "Internet Scale Computing For K-12" James Hare, Chief Technology Officer, and Charles Hale, Director of Product Development, Academic Computing Environments     Grande I "Asterisk Implementation at NMU: Voicemail and Beyond" Don Salo, Director, Telecommuncations Services, and John Marra, Senior Networking and Systems Programmer, Northern Michigan University     Grande II "Roundtable discussion: Legal issues" Haran Rashes, Associate, Clark Hill PLC     Petit II "Merit services presentation: Merit Software Repository" Travis Bussler & Jim duPuis, Chippewa River District Library   5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Michigan III,IV,V Reception   Friday, June 13 Time: Room: Topic: Presenter: Presentation 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Michigan I&II and Foyer Registration and breakfast   8:30 - 9:20 a.m. Michigan I&II "Educating Future IT Leaders in Portfolio Management and Project Management" Walter Weir, Chief Information Officer, University of Nebraska     9:20 - 9:35 a.m.   Break     9:35 - 10:25 a.m. Grande III "Mass Notification Systems 101: Preparing to Communicate at Critical Moments" Gretchen Grey, Academic Continuity and Disaster Readiness Director, University of Michigan     Grande I "iHDTV Collaboration over the Michigan Lambda Rail" Erik Hofer, Research Investigator, University of Michigan; David Fleig, Program/Project Coordinator, Wayne State University       Petit II "Merit services presentation: Merit Voice" Jim Moran, Services Manager, Merit Network     Michigan IV-V "MITE Forum roundtable" MITE Forum   10:25 - 10:40 a.m.   Break     10:40 - 11:30 a.m. Grande III "Content Management Systems in Action: How the Michigan eLibrary and Michigan Educators' Resources Are Using the Scout Portal Toolkit to Look the Same and Do Amazing and Different Things" Deb Biggs, Michigan eLibrary Coordinator, and Sonya Schryer Norris, Library Web Site Administrator, Library of Michigan       Grande I "10G Campus Backbones: How and Why--And When" Roy Hockett, Network Engineer, University of Michigan; Dan Eklund, Director, Network Engineering, Wayne State University; Doug Nelson, Network Communications Manager, Michigan State University     Petit II "Merit services presentation: Merit NOC" Dale Johnson, Network Operations Center Director, Merit Network     Michigan IV-V "MITE Forum roundtable" MITE Forum     Grand II "Roundtable discussion: Mass notification systems" Gretchen Grey, Academic Continuity and Disaster Readiness Director, University of Michigan   11:30 - 11:45 a.m.   Break     11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Grande III "Michigan Technological University and the Merit Video Collaboration Service (MVCS): Notes From a Successful Implementation" Patti Lins, Director, Educational Technology & Online Learning, Michigan Technological University     Grande I "Too Many Tapes! Deploying Centralized Server Backup on a State-wide Network" Pete Hoffswell, Network Operations Manager, and Steven Tharp, Novell Network Manager, Davenport University     Petit II "Merit services presentation: Geographical Communities, Fiber Laterals and USF" Elwood Downing, Vice President, Member Relations, Merit Network     Michigan IV-V "MITE Forum roundtable" MITE Forum   12:30 - 1:10 p.m. Michigan I&II Lunch   1:10 p.m. Michigan I&II "Annual Merit Awards" Don Welch, President and CEO, Merit Network     Michigan I&II "Merit's Community: The Year Ahead" Don Welch, President and CEO, Merit Network