Networking 2001

Washington DC

April 10-12

Networking 2001 is sponsored by:

• American Library Association (ALA)• Association of Research Libraries (ARL)• Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation

(CASC)• Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)• Computing Research Association (CRA)• Corporation for Research and Education Networking

(CREN)• EDUCAUSE• Internet2

American Library Association (ALA)

Association of Research Libraries (ARL)

Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC)

Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)

Computing Research Association (CRA)

Corporation for Research and Education Networking (CREN)

EDUCAUSE

Internet2

Trends in Networking xxxx

• Networking as R&D– Build and operate in experimental mode– Work with R&D agencies

• Scale up to the academic community– Long term business models– Corporate partners– Campus policies

• Scale up to the world– National and global policy

New policy environment

• Applications with universal appeal– Web-based content, communications, entertainment, e-

commerce, e-learning…

– Everyone becomes a stakeholder

– Large financial and social implications play out in the Washington DC policy arena

• Challenging role for higher education– More issues

– More players

Recent examples….

• Sample issues– Broadband, DMCA, ITFS spectrum, taxation, privacy,

gambling, UCITA, financial aid, digital signature, digital divide, workforce, trademark, liability, filters…

• Sample venues– Congress, FCC, Web-based Learning Commission,

Copyright office, PITAC, R&D agencies, Internet Caucus, OSTP, Fed PKI Steering Committee, associations, Ed, K12 programs, state governments

Underlying challenges

• Convergence– Silo clash of technology, business, and policy– National, state, local, and campus– Alliance for IT in Higher Education

• Disruptive innovation– We can’t get there from here though

incremental change– National, state, local, and campus

This Conference

• Range over critical issues for the future

• Great expertise on the program – Take advantage of Q&A and discussions!

• Great expertise in the audience– Take advantage of human networking!

• Wireless networking available in the ballroom vicinity

Thursday Special Events

• 8:00-9:00 Millennium Partnership Initiative– Briefing and breakfast– Richard Harpel, NASULGC

• 7:30-9:00 Visits to the Hill– Talking-point briefing and breakfast– 29 members are registered to visit

• House Science Committee staff

• Congressional delegations