ContentsInternet2 Community to Gatherat Spring 2010 Member MeetingGeneral SessionsOpen Governance MeetingsNew at the Spring 2010Member MeetingInternet2 Industry MembersSponsor Events and ActivitiesNew to Internet2 or AttendingYour First Member Meeting?Industry Membership ActivitiesInternational CommunityActivitiesCall for Program CommitteeParticipation

In shortWelcome Reception - Membermeeting attendees value the socialnetworking and face-to-faceinteractions that take place during ourmeetings. The Welcome Reception onMonday evening, April 26, 6:00-7:30PM, is a great way to share interests,launch informal collaborations, orrenew existing ones.

InfoTable - Stop by the InfoTable,located near Registration, to pick upcopies of the latest infosheets. New atthis meeting, thanks to the generosityof a number of Internet2 IndustryMembers, materials will also beavailable as a "Digital InfoTable" viaUSB flash drives.

Poster Sessions - Be sure to spendsome time at the Member MeetingPoster Sessions, where you will havethe opportunity to talk with technicalexperts about their projects. Presentersand organizational representatives willbe available to discuss their posters.Please refer to the online meetingprogram for Poster Session times.

Meeting Logistics - Please rememberto bring your laptops and PDAs so youcan conveniently use the enhancedonline meeting program. Also, pleaserefer to the nightly email updates forprogram changes and other news.

Complete Evaluations - and WinPrizes! Help us shape future meetingsby completing the online sessionevaluations as well as the overallmeeting evaluation, which will belinked from the Member Meetingwebsite. Attendees who complete themeeting evaluation will be eligible towin a prize. Your feedback isimportant to us!Upcoming eventsInCommon CAMP 21-23 June, Raleigh, North Carolina

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Internet2 Community to Gather at Spring 2010 Internet2 MemberMeeting

The Spring 2010 Internet2 Member Meeting is less than a week away! When ourcommunity comes together for our annual Spring meeting, federal stimulus fundingopportunities will share center stage with emerging trends in cyberinfrastructuredevelopment. Thanks to the outstanding job done by the Program Committee, thisyear’s meeting will reflect current areas of focus in the research and educationcommunity, serving up close to 50 track sessions, over 80 side meetings, and 16 postersessions that address networking issues critical to researchers, educators, students andindustry.

General Sessions to Include Obama Administration CTO AneeshChopra, South Dakota Governor M. Michael Rounds

First General Session, Tuesday, April 27, 10:30-11:45AM: Internet2 welcomes thenation's first Chief Technology Officer and Associate Director for Technology in theWhite House Office of Science & Technology Policy, Mr. Aneesh Chopra. In Chopra'snomination announcement, President Obama said the new CTO "will promotetechnological innovation to help achieve our most urgent priorities—from creating jobsand reducing healthcare costs to keeping our nation secure." Chopra will speak to theInternet2 community about "Innovation for America."

Second General Session, Wednesday, April 28, 10:30-11:45AM: The second GeneralSession will transport attendees 4,850 feet down the former Homestake gold mine inLead, South Dakota, the deepest mine in North America and an environment uniquelysuited to low-cosmogenic-background studies in particle and nuclear physics, geology,hydrology, geo-engineering, biology and biochemistry. The live videoconference willhighlight how the site is being transformed into a new national Deep UndergroundScience and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL), and how project leaders are alreadybeginning to collaborate with the Internet2 community to make sure research sites areready to receive the massive amounts of DUSEL data to be produced in the comingyears. The discussion will be led by DUSEL's Principle Investigators Kevin Lesko ofUC Berkeley and Bill Roggenthen of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology;Sanford Lab Operations Director Greg King; Sanford Lab/DUSEL Network SystemsEngineer Mike Rechtenbaugh; and Claude Garelik, Chief Networking and SecurityOfficer for the South Dakota Board of Regents. South Dakota Governor M. MichaelRounds, will also participate via videoconference to greet the audience and offer hisperspectives on the project.

The General Sessions will also feature the 2010 IDEA Award and 2010 Rose Awardannouncements. Full program information is available online.

Open Governance Meetings

Internet2's Advisory Councils and Governance & Nominations Committee meetings areopen to all attendees. Attendees will again have the opportunity to see the councils inaction. AOAC, AMSAC, ERAC, RAC, and GNC welcome your interest andparticipation. These open meetings take place on Monday, 26 April beginning with theGNC meeting from 9:45-10:45 AM, followed by the Advisory Council meetings from1:15-2:15 PM. For additional detail and meeting locations, please see the meetingprogram.

New at the Spring 2010 Member Meeting

Internet2 is introducing a several new components to the Spring 2010 MemberMeeting.

Federal Agency Perspectives Track: A new track focusing on Federal AgencyPerspectives has been added to this meeting. These sessions will exploreadvanced R&E network projects, initiatives and activities that involve federalagencies, and their partnerships with research and education.Digital InfoTable: Thanks to the generosity of Internet2 Industry MembersADVA Optical Networking, Ciena, Cisco, Level3 Communications and Qwest,infosheets, maps, case studies, and other materials will be available to meetingattendees on USB flash drives.Sponsored Student Poster: In order to encourage greater student participation inMember Meetings, Cisco has provided a stipend to sponsor student travel forPoster sessions.eduroam: For the first time, wireless access will be available utilizing yourexisting eduroam credentials. Additional details will be available at the meeting.

Internet2 Industry Members Sponsor Events and Activities

Internet2 gratefully acknowledges the sponsors of the Spring 2010 Internet2 MemberMeeting. Internet2 would like to thank ADVA Optical Networking, Ciena, FujitsuNetwork Communications, Infinera, Juniper Networks, Level3 Communications,Qwest, Radvision, and Verizon Business, for their generous sponsorship of thismeeting, and Polycom, and SKC for providing supporting equipment. The generoussupport of these sponsors has helped to make this Member Meeting possible!

New to Internet2 or Attending Your First Member Meeting?

If your organization has just joined Internet2, or this is your first Internet2 MemberMeeting, there are a number of sessions and activities that you may find helpful ingetting to know our community, and learning about Internet2. The Internet2 Overview:Engagement, Network and Services session provides a basic overview of Internet2,covering the concepts and terminology in advanced network services, middleware andapplications. It will also provide information to help attendees understand how toengage with the Internet2 community, with a focus on current projects, initiatives andworking groups. The session will also include information about a variety of servicesthat are available to the Internet2 membership and community. Also consider attendingthe Network Services and R&D Update session to learn about current and upcomingservice offerings.

Industry Membership Activities

Industry members are invited to the Member Meeting Industry Member Forum. Theforum meets twice a year to share information with fellow Industry Members at theSpring and Fall Member Meetings. This event is an excellent opportunity to connectwith industry leaders and to interact with Internet2 staff. The Industry Member Forumtakes place on Tuesday, April 27 at 7:30 AM. Industry members are critical participantsin Member Meeting Poster Sessions and the Program Committee, in addition topresenting and serving on panels in a wide variety of track sessions. For moreinformation, please contact Ellen Vaughan.

International Community Activities

There are many sessions for Member Meeting attendees that focus on the internationalnetworking community. The majority of these are scheduled Wednesday and Thursday,April 28-29, and a complete listing is available online.

The Thursday Special Interest Group (SIG) on Emerging National Research andEducation Networks (NRENs) focuses on issues relevant to the development of a high-performance network infrastructure and applications for research & education,specifically in areas with new or developing networks. Leading up to the EmergingNREN SIG meeting, regional interest groups from South Asia, the Middle East, Africa,and the Caribbean will report on NREN developments in their areas. All SpringMember Meeting attendees are welcome to participate in these meetings to sharechallenges, ideas, and opportunities for collaboration. More established NRENs willreport on their activities Wednesday during an NRENs Around the World track session.You will also have an opportunity to ask questions of a panel of NREN leadersWednesday afternoon at the International Task Force (ITF) Roundtable: NRENtransitions and evolution.

Call for Program Committee Participation

The Internet2 Member Meeting provides many opportunities for the exchange ofinformation about new and on-going work in the member community. Theseopportunities are created by the work of the Internet2 Member Meeting ProgramCommittee, which has responsibility for creating the main program at each meeting.The Program Committee is charged with developing the Call for Session Proposals andthe subsequent evaluation and selection of member meeting track sessions. In an effortto have the Program Committee composition mirror the Internet2 Advisory Councils,we are recruiting new members to join continuing members. More information aboutthe Call for Participation and the roles of the Program Committee is available online.

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