Please check the sessions below as we gear up for CommEX24. See you in Chicago!
2024 Internet2 Community Exchange | March 4-7 | Chicago, Ill.
2024 Internet2 Community Exchange Program
Expert-Led Sessions for R&E Solutions
The 2024 Internet2 Community Exchange program includes expert-led sessions with exciting content, working meetings, and co-located events from the March 4-7 event held in Chicago, Ill.
The program reflects research and education’s most pressing challenges and promising solutions, with topics submitted and presented by the community for the community. Follow the links to view each day’s sessions.
Monday, March 4, 2024
All events are on Central Time
| Time | Title | Speakers | Room |
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| 8:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Azure OpenAI Workshop: Unleashing the Power of AI (Separate Registration Required) |
TBD | |
| 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Connector/Network Member Principals (By Invitation Only) | TBD | |
| 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Leadership Exchange (by invitation only) | ||
| 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. | WELCOME RECEPTION |
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
All events are on Central Time
| Time | Title | Speakers | Room |
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| 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. | BREAKFAST & Working Meetings | ||
| 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. | OPENING KEYNOTE | ||
| 9:45 – 10:15 a.m. | BREAK | ||
| 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. | Storage: Have we run out of dominos? | Jack Suess, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | |
| 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. | From Authentication to Analytics | Heidi Thompson, Grinnell College Kaitlin Wilcox, Grinnell College |
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| 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. | What is happening in Network Services? | James Deaton, Internet2 | |
| 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. | Federal Agency Updates | TBD | |
| 11:20 – 11:40 a.m. | A Community Update on RPKI-ROA Adoption | John Sweeting, American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) | |
| 11:20 – 12:00 p.m. | Rethinking Research Data Storage | Tobin Magle, Northwestern University Deb McCafferey, Arizona State University |
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| 11:20 – 12:00 p.m. | SC23 NREs Focused on Global Science | Joe Mambretti, Metropolitan Research and Education Network (MREN) | |
| 11:40 – 12:00 p.m. | Routing Integrity | Steven Wallace, Internet2 | |
| 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. | LUNCH & Working Meetings | ||
| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Building Vendor Management Programs | Jack Suess, UMBC Cheryl Washington, University of California, Davis Emily Perry, University of Arizona Jason Paluck, UMBC |
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| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Whither Wallets? | Nicole Roy, Internet2 Dmitri Zagidulin, MIT Leif Johansson, SUNET |
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| 1:30 – 2 p.m. | Global Network Advancement with GNA-G |
Ivana Golub, PSNC David Wilde, AARNet |
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| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | MS-CC: Bridging Access Gaps, Enabling Collaborations with CI | Al Anderson, Salish Kootenai College Tom Jackson, North Carolina A&T State University Deborah Dent, Ph.D, Jackson State University Joey Brenn, Claflin University |
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| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Collaboration: The Heart of Global Research | Tom Fryer, GÉANT Association | |
| 2:40 – 3:40 p.m. | Community Scale Vendor Risk Management | Nick Lewis, Internet2 | |
| 2:40 – 3:40 p.m. | IdPaaS Program: Federation Made Easy | Albert Wu, Internet2 | |
| 2:40 – 3:40 p.m. | Connecting the Unconnected | Mark Wolff, CANARIE María José Lopez, RedCLARA Lanika Starks, Internet2/MS-CC |
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| 2:40 – 3:40 p.m. | Enable Research and Discovery at Scale with AI, Machine Learning, and Cloud Services | Lance DuPre, University of South Carolina | |
| 3:40 – 4:10 p.m. | BREAK | ||
| 4:10 – 4:40 p.m. | What Breaks a Network? An EPOC Analysis | Jennifer Schopf, TACC/ UT Austin Doug Southworth, TACC/ UT Austin George Robb, ESnet / LBNL |
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| 4:10 – 5:10 p.m. | Data Migration: History Repeats Itself | David Cavalieri, Colorado University, Boulder Justin Zemlyak, Indiana University Sam Porter, University of Maryland Damian Doyle, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Hellen Zziwa, Harvard University |
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| 4:10 – 5:10 p.m. | Deploying eduroam at a Statewide Level | Mike Zawacki, Internet2 | |
| 4:10-5:10 p.m. | A Student-centered GenAI Strategy | Ed Wozencroft, New Jersey Institute of Technology | |
| 4:40 – 5:10 p.m. | OSHEAN’s Instrumentation and Automation | David Marble, OSHEAN Luke Fowler, Indiana University |
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| 5:10 – 6:10 p.m. | SPONSOR SOCIAL | ||
| 5:20 – 8:30 p.m. | Working Meetings |
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
All events are on Central Time
| Time | Title | Speakers | Room |
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| 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. | BREAKFAST & Working Meetings | ||
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Cloud Scorecard & Institutional Profiles | Sean O’Brien, Internet2 | |
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Future-Proofing IAM Infrastructures | Jean Chorazyczewski, Internet2 | |
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Collaborating and Testing Innovative Architectures within the R&E Community | Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 | |
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | The NIST SSDF Distilled | Martin VanWinkle, Institute for Advanced Study | |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | BREAK | ||
| 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. | Enablement Strategies to Speed Research | Scott Friedman, Amazon Web Services Claire Mizumoto, UCSD Himanshu Sharma, University of Illinois Chicago Jim Kenyon, University of Michigan |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. | InCommon Futures 2 | Kevin Morooney, Internet2 | |
| 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. | Co-creation Without Borders | Delma Rodriguez Morales, Cultural Ring Uruguay / UNIR – Spain Justin Trieger, New World Symphony Dr. Raquel Gil Fernández, UNIR International University of La Rioja, Spain |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. | Industry Perspectives on Generative AI | Addie Cooke, Public Policy Lead for Enterprise AI, Google Jim Van Over, Innovation Strategist, ServiceNow Zach Pendleton, Instructure Sean O’Brien, Internet2 |
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| 11:10 – 12:00 p.m. | Lightning Strikes the Cloud | Amelia Hough-Ross, Pacific Northwest National Lab Scott Friedman, Amazon Web Services Shruthi Sreenivasa Murthy, Saint Louis University |
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| 11:10 – 12:00 p.m. | Trust, Identity, and Access for Learning and Research Across Borders | Klaas Wierenga, GEANT | |
| 11:10 – 12:00 p.m. | Influencing Technology Policy | Anita Nikolich, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Andrew Gallo, The George Washington University Mark Johnson, MCNC |
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| 11:10 – 12:00 p.m. | Embracing New Tech for Student Success | Netta Caligari, West Arete (Catalyst Member) Natalie Simonson, West Arete (Catalyst Member) |
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| 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. | LUNCH & Working Meetings | ||
| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | GreenEx: Put the Planet into your TCO | Bob Flynn, Internet2 Alan Walsh, Indiana University |
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| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Microsoft Multilateral Federation Future | Corey Lee, Microsoft | |
| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Secure and Programmable Future Internet | Lucas Bondan, Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (RNP) Marcelo Antonio Marotta, Universidade de Brasília (UnB) |
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| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | So You Want to Do AI Today? Here’s How to Do it at Scale in a Hurry! | Michael Hites, SMU Andrea Ballinger, Oregon State University |
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| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Network Development in the GÉANT Project | Ivana Golub, PSNC | |
| 2:40 – 3:40 p.m. | Identity: Open Source Hosted & Managed | Charise Arrowood, Unicon, Inc. Natalie Alarcon, California State University, Dominguez Hills |
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| 2:40 – 3:40 p.m. | How to Connect with Researchers and Why | Dr. Dana Brunson, Internet2 Jacqueline Pitter, Vantage TCG Jon Young, Vantage TCG Dan Majchrzak, University of Oregon |
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| 2:40 – 3:40 p.m. | Private 5G Propels Smart Cities Lab | Tyler Svitak, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance Dan Griner, University of Colorado, Denver Patrick Rhatigan, RF Connect |
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| 2:40 – 3:40 p.m. | Navigating Accessibility and Compliance: Industry and Higher Education Perspectives | Eamon McErlean, ServiceNow Vice President and Global Head of Accessibility Adrian Casas, Miro Luis O. Hernández Muñiz, University of California, Berkeley Carol Williams, Princeton University Keith Wessel, University of Illinois Terrill Thompson, University of Washington |
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| 3:40 – 4:10 p.m. | BREAK | ||
| 4:10 – 4:40 p.m. | Private Wireless: The Holy Grail? | Mike Atkins, University of Notre Dame Patrick Rhatigan, RF Connect |
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| 4:10 – 5:10 p.m. | Stronger Together: A Federated Approach | Alex Bushell, CANARIE Kathryn Anthonisen, CANARIE Barb Carra, Cybera Richard Lacombe, RISQ |
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| 4:10 – 5:10 p.m. | AI in the Cloud | Faculty Panel TBD | |
| 4:40 – 5:10 p.m. | R&E Deployments of CBRS-based NHN | Sean O’Brien, Internet2 Jeff Reel, Internet2 |
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| 5:10 – 9:00 p.m. | A Taste of Chicago |
Thursday, March 7, 2024
All events are on Central Time
| Time | Title | Speakers | Room |
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| 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. | BREAKFAST & Working Meetings | ||
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | The Campus Research Computing Consortium & RCD Nexus | TBD | |
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Community Coffee with Cloud Service Vendors | TBD | |
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Trust, Collaboration, & Community | David Bantz | |
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Building a NetDevOps Team | Shannon Byrnes, Internet2 Mike Simpson, Internet2 Dustin Mouton, University of Arizona |
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| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | BREAK | ||
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Re-architecting the Cloud with Guardrails | Maureen J Donlin, Saint Louis University Shruthi Sreenivasa Murthy, Saint Louis University Ibrahim Taufique, Kion |
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| 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. | Managing Threats In The Quantum Soup | Matt Grashoff, NOKIA | |
| 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. | Developing a Diverse, High-Performing Student Pipeline for Your IT Workforce | Damian Doyle, University of Maryland-Baltimore County | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. | CLOSING KEYNOTE | ||
| 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Taming the Data Tiger: Generative AI as a Tool to Aid Higher Education (Separate Registration Required) |
TBD |
Pack Your Walking and Running Shoes for a Community-Building Social Event!Start your day on Wednesday, March 6 for a fun 5K walk and run before program sessions begin. We will plan to meet at 6:30 a.m. in the Sheraton Grand Downtown Chicago hotel lobby. We will explore downtown Chicago together with new and old community friends. Full route details will be shared later, and no RSVP is required. See you in Chicago! |