Date: February 19, 2025
Time: 1 p.m. ET

What critical trends will shape IAM in 2025? InCommon Catalysts come together to share their predictions and insights on four critical areas of focus set to reshape identity management for R&E: AI-powered IAM operations, CACTI’s (Community Architecture Committee for Trust and Identity) work around OpenID Federation, the power of proxies, and essential lessons learned from higher education C-suite leaders. These experts will explore what these trends mean for your institution and their importance in the coming year.

Join leaders from Provision IAM, Instrumental ID, OmniBond, Unicon, Cirrus Identity, and Evolveum as they share insights on these critical developments and their implications for research and education institutions. Whether you’re evaluating AI capabilities, preparing for evolving federation standards, bringing new technologies into an existing environment with proxies, or seeking to better align IAM with institutional priorities, this discussion will provide valuable insights for your 2025 planning.

Speakers:

• Stephen Fox, Sr. Software Engineer, Provision IAM
• Zac Adams, Sr. IAM Architect – DevOps/SRE, Instrumental Identity
• Drew Capener, Software Engineer, Omnibond
• Paul Spaude, Sr. Software Engineer, Unicon
• Mark Rank, Director of Product & Compliance, Cirrus Identity
• Simona Simkova, Business Development Representative, Evolveum

Moderator:

• James Cramton, Trust and Identity Industry Relationship Manager, Internet2

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Dive into the world of Shibboleth Service and Identity Providers. Get hands-on training and gain expertise in deploying, configuring, and managing Shibboleth software. Explore containers, DevOps strategies, and modernize your operations while receiving personalized guidance from experienced trainers. You’ll also learn how to integrate seamlessly with InCommon Federation using recommended defaults. Plus, see a demo of the Metadata Configuration Manager (formerly Shib IdP UI).

Instructors:

• Paul Riddle, Senior Middleware Architect | University of Maryland – Baltimore County
• Paul Caskey, IAM Architect | Internet2

Early Bird Rates end Jan. 27
Registration closes on Feb. 17

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Date: Feb. 25, 2025
Time: 1 p.m. ET

We are including Gemini for Google Workspace for Education offers for both new and existing customers for the first time in 2025. Join us to discover the latest discounts, purchasing requirements, and streamlined processes, and learn about the new Gemini offering.

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Date: Feb. 27, 2025
Time: 1 p.m. ET

Learn more about the NET+ GWE program and see what is changing with the Google Workspace Licensing models — and why. A helpful Q&A session will be held at the end of this webinar, so be sure to bring plenty of questions.

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Date: March 11, 2025
Time: 1 p.m. ET

Dive into GenAI in higher education and learn how the NET+ GWE agreement simplifies the adoption of Google Gemini.

What to Expect in the Webinar:

• Explore how AI transforms educational settings by boosting student creativity, increasing faculty efficiency, and driving research innovation through tools like Google Gemini.
• Discover how peer universities are leveraging Google Gemini to foster institutional growth and productivity through cutting-edge applications in teaching, research, and administration.

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Topics: Cloud, Security, Campus IT
Cost: $250 for CICP subscribers; $350 for Internet2 members; $450 for non-members
Instructor: James Smith, University of Notre Dame
Time: Class time determined by instructor
Format: Online

Utilizing the cloud can be overwhelming from a security perspective. This six-week self-paced learning program will provide guidance on securing an institutional Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment and some insight into key decision points when deciding to utilize AWS. 

Participants can expect to commit roughly 5-7 hours per week during the course and will be expected to attend and participate in cohort activities, including weekly virtual video check-in sessions.

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Topics: Cloud, Campus IT
Cost: $250 for CICP subscribers; $350 for Internet2 members; $450 for non-members
Instructor: To be announced
Time: The instructor will determine the meeting time when the course starts
Format: Online

This cohort-based training is designed to build and reinforce foundational cloud computing knowledge, preparing participants for their AWS Solutions Architect – Associate certification. 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to design scalable, secure, and cost-effective architectures on AWS, select appropriate AWS services to design and deploy applications, and identify and implement cost-control strategies.

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The 2025 Community Exchange (opens in a new window) is slated for April 28 – May 1 in Anaheim, Calif.

Topics: Cloud, AI, Research IT, Campus IT
Cost: $100 for CICP subscribers; $150 for Internet2 members; $200 for non-members
Instructors: Ananya Ravipati, Tim Manik, and Amanda Tan,  Internet2
Time: 11 a.m. ET – 5 p.m. ET 
Format: Online

In this course, participants learn how to deploy the basics of docker and containers. They learn how to create a dockerfile to run a research script for processing data, how to create and deploy container images using Dockerhub, and how to use cloud-native container orchestration tools to manage multiple containers.

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Topics: Cloud, AI, Research IT, Campus IT
Cost: $1,875 for CICP subscribers, CLASS Alumni Institutions, and institutions that send multiple participants; $2,250 for Internet2 members; $2,500 for non-members
Instructor: To be announced
Time: 11 a.m. ET – 5 p.m. ET daily
Format: Online

CLASS Advanced is a two-week, intensive learning experience designed to empower the research and higher education community to leverage cloud platforms for research workflows. 

Participants will learn how to effectively build and manage cloud computing resources across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This vendor-neutral training focuses on solving common solutions in research computing. CLASS Advanced is recommended for researchers and IT professionals with intermediate to advanced cloud computing skills.

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The 2025 Cloud Forum will be held at New York University from May 20-22, 2025. Learn more on the event website.

Topics: Networking, Cloud
Cost: Free for Internet2 members
Instructor: Scott Taylor, Internet2 Network Services
Time: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. EST
Format: Online

Insight Console is a web-based interface that empowers users to visualize, manage, and troubleshoot Internet2 network services. The Insight Console Virtual Networks feature helps members extend their infrastructure to expand anywhere within the Internet2 global networks reach.

This workshop will teach participants how to utilize Internet2 Cloud Connect to build connectivity between cloud providers. Learn new cloud networking skills through expert instruction and hands-on labs.

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Date: May 28-30, 2025

The Minority Serving – Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC) is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our third Annual Meeting at the Loews Nashville at Vanderbilt Plaza in Nashville, Tennessee, from May 28-30, 2025.

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2025 Internet2 Technology Exchange | Dec. 8-12 | Denver, CO

The 2025 Technology Exchange is slated for Dec. 8-12 in Denver, CO.

More information is coming soon.

The 2026 Community Exchange is slated for April 13-16 in Chicago, IL

More information is coming soon.

The 2026 Technology Exchange is slated for Oct. 26-30 in Minneapolis, MN

More information is coming soon.

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