March 4-7, 2024 | Chicago, Ill.

Internet2 2024 Community Exchange

Check out our videos from CommEX24! You can also view presentations on our Program and Abstracts pages.

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Thank you for joining us March 4-7 for CommEX24 in Chicago. Check out the Internet2 video page for a full slate of event videos.

Meet With Your Peers, Solve Common Challenges

For nearly 30 years, Internet2 has convened the worldwide research and education (R&E) community for strategic conversations and discussions at the forefront of innovation and technology.

Those include discussions around the policy implications and effects of a variety of emerging developments in networking, federated trust and identity, cloud-based computing services, information security, and how expanding research demands drive innovations.

Community Exchange participants meet with peers from around the globe working to solve common challenges. Bring your voice to the discussion and help build a better experience for all!

Collaboration Opportunities

The Community Exchange convenes CIOs and other Higher Education Research and Education (R&E) leaders from institutions around the world in an environment of open engagement, free exchange, partnership, and collaboration.

Together, we gauge progress toward our collective goals, share best practices, explore critical issues within the broad R&E landscape, and determine community priorities. When we involve thought leaders, decision-makers, technologists, and end users in the same conversation, we do amazing things.

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Types of Organizations That Typically Attend

Internet2 Higher Education Member Institutions
InCommon Participant organizations
State and Regional Network Member organizations
Affiliate / Federal Affiliate Member organizations
Global National Research and Education Network Organizations
Government Agencies
Industry Partners
HBCUs, TCUs and other Minority Serving Institution representatives
Research organizations, labs

Who Should Attend

Chief Information Officers and their leadership teams
IT Directors and Managers
C-Level Leadership (Chief Technology Officers, Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Procurement Officers and more)
CEO and Executive Directors
State and Regional Network Operators
Network Directors, Managers, Engineers, and Programmers
Security Professionals
Research Computing and Data Professionals
Researchers
Vice Presidents for Research
Cloud Architects
Identity Architects

Programming

Topics

The 2024 Internet2 Community Exchange will explore the following topics:

Embracing emerging technologies
Cloud services and solutions
Identity and access management
Impact of advanced networking in research and education

Themes

Attendees will hear and participate in the following cross-cutting themes:

Cyber-security implications and solutions
Research support and applications
Diversity, inclusivity, and the positive impacts DEI can have across community solutions

Participants will have the opportunity to explore strategic topics as:

Emerging Technologies
in R&E

So, You Want to Do AI Today? How to Do it at Scale in a Hurry!
Enable Research and Discovery at Scale with AI, Machine Learning, and Cloud Services
A Student-centered GenAI Strategy
Industry Perspectives on Generative AI
GreenEx: Put the Planet into your TCO

Global Efforts Impacting Higher Ed

Collaboration: The Heart of Global Research (GEANT)
Global Network Advancement with GNA-G (PSNC and AARnet)
Connecting the Unconnected (CANARIE, RedCLARA, MS-CC)
Secure and Programmable Future Internet (RNP)
Stronger Together: A Federated Approach (CANARIE, RISQ)

Federal Projects, Policy and Funding Opportunities

The NIST SSDF Distilled (NIST)
Funding Agency Updates (NSF, NTIA, NIH)
Influencing Technology Policy
Private Wireless: The Holy Grail?

General Schedule

Designed as an easy-in/easy-out conference, here are highlights of CommEX24:

the event begins late on a Monday with a Welcome Reception (following a ½-day invitational event for CIOs and other executive leaders)
this is followed by two content- and interaction-filled days
sessions until noon Thursday
workshop from 1 – 5 p.m. Thursday

Designed by and for the community, the schedule is shaped by the Program Committee, a team of CIOs and member/partner leaders who come together for two days to plan the event.

Meet members of the Program Committee

View the detailed General Schedule.

Testimonials

“Attending Internet2’s Community Exchange is a necessary investment to help me remain connected and relevant in our higher education community. With too many demands for time on my calendar, I am careful to make the time to attend Community Exchange to engage with the thought and action leaders in our community to keep in front of emerging strategic issues that will advance my institution, and to ensure we can invest in the ideas and solutions to advance teaching, learning and research.”

– Garret T. Yoshimi, Vice President, IT & CIO, University of Hawaii

“I’ve been attending the Internet2 Community Exchange (formerly called The Global Summit) for many years now as it gives me the opportunity to meet with colleagues, engage with community experts and thought leaders, generate new ideas, and forge new and existing connections.”

– Ryan Kocsondy, CEN, Director, Connecticut Education Network

“As an industry member in the Internet2 community, the Community Exchange provides me with unique opportunities to engage people across the global R&E community. Being part of these discussions and ongoing collaborations allows me to be at the forefront of emerging technologies and issues critical to research and higher ed institutions.”

– Steve Quagliata, Director of Education Markets, Ciena Corporation

“The Internet2 Community Exchange is a must-attend event for me and my organization. Hearing from colleagues from around the world helps us understand the issues that are top of mind in R&E on a global scale. This level of collaboration is vital to my role at CANARIE.”

– Alex Bushell, Director, Strategic Policy and International Relations, CANARIE

Event Sponsors

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Internet2 Inclusivity (I2I) Scholarship Sponsors

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