1. Spring 2001 Internet2 Member Meeting
Opening Plenary
This is a general overview presentation about Internet2. Internet2 is a consortium, led by US universities, which is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.

2. Program Committee Gary Allen, University of Missouri
Kevin Barron, CENIC
Yokima Cureton, ITEC-North Carolina
Ana Preston, University of Tennessee
Phyllis Self, Virginia Commonwealth University
Stanley Stevens, Marconi
John Yost, Bradley University
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3. Thanks Verizon Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) University of Maryland
Georgetown University
University of Oregon
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4. Ted Hanss Dir. of Applications Development, Internet2
This is a general overview presentation about Internet2. Internet2 is a consortium, led by US universities, which is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.

5. The Internet2 Commons

6. The Internet2 Commons
An effort to encourage and support large-scale, distributed collaboration for the research and education community
A vision:
enabling one-to-one, one-to-group, and group-to-group collaboration
supporting personal communications, meetings, conferences, and teaching and learning
for Internet2 members and their international counterparts
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7. Umbrella Over Potentially Many Services
Video conferencing
Instant messaging
Applications and data sharing
Peer-to-peer
Whatever the future brings …
Voice over IP
Collaboratories
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8. Approaches Share information Broker new projects/investigations
Jointly implement services
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9. A Problem to Solve
As a community we use several, mostly incompatible, video conferencing technologies
H.323
Access Grid
VRVS (Virtual Room Videoconferencing System)
MPEG1 & 2
DV over Firewire
HDTV
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10. Approach Share information about recommended uses
Decision tree: room-based vs. desktop-based, video quality levels, multicast vs. unicast, …
Point people to current implementations
Facilitate development and deployment projects
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11. The Internet2 Commons H.323 Videoconferencing Service
An H.323 service built on ViDeNet architecture
Contribution of second level support by OARnet/ITEC-Ohio
Contribution of MCUs by Ohio State University, OARnet/ITEC-Ohio, CIC
Initial gateway architecture based on VRVS
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12. Two Phases Phase I Phase II A “best effort” service
Site coordinator point-of-contact
Use for support
Distributed pools of equipment (e.g., MCUs)
Training, workshops, tutorials, docs, …
Phase II
Operational production services
Measurement infrastructure
A financially sustainable service
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13. Next Steps Collect more input Announce H.323 “getting started” details
Issue call for participation (contributors)
Create Internet2 Commons management and technical committees
Hold workshops on:
H.323 operations
Outreach & communications
Research & development
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14. Ted Hanss Dir. of Applications Development, Internet2
The Internet2 Commons
Ted Hanss
Dir. of Applications Development, Internet2
This is a general overview presentation about Internet2. Internet2 is a consortium, led by US universities, which is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.

15. Dr. Douglas E. Van Houweling President and CEO, Internet2
Internet2 Directions
Dr. Douglas E. Van Houweling
President and CEO, Internet2
This is a general overview presentation about Internet2. Internet2 is a consortium, led by US universities, which is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.

16. Internet2 Goals Enable new generation of applications
Re-create leading edge R&E network capability
Ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the global Internet
These are the three primary goals of Internet2.
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17. Internet2 Directions Applications Middleware End-to-end Performance
Network of the Future
Corporate Activities
Extending access
Organization & Culture
Our Message
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18. Directions – Applications
The focus is swinging to high performance applications…..
Collaboration
Remote Access
Very Large Scale Systems
The challenge is scaling and propogating the examples
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19. Directions -- Middleware
The Internet2 community has responded
Our architects have come together
Our institutions have begun to invest
Our corporate partners have engaged
Distributed authentication
Distributed directory
3rd Quarter 2001 the world begins to change
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20. Directions – End to End Performance
When it’s built, can it deliver?
The negative feedback loop
Ensure that the infrastructure is delivering to its full potential
The community has spoken
Design Team has delivered
We’re ready to move
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21. Directions – Network of the Future
Abilene and the vBNS+ have delivered high performance backbone service
The connectors are maturing and sharing knowledge
We need to respond to the wavelength opportunity
Our partners in Canada and Europe are committed
The flexibility will be crucial to our future
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22. Directions – Corporate Activities
New opportunities
Content
Start-Ups
Project-based interaction
Increased focus on deploying standards
More effort devoted to building the relationships
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23. Directions – Extending Access
Leadership
Thanks to Steve Rappaport
Gary Bachula
Jane Ryland
How should we extend our capabilities?
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24. Directions – Organization & Culture
The world is continues to move at Internet speed
We are more diverse and engaged
We need to be agile & responsive
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25. Directions – Our Message
We stand with colleagues across the world in a vision of an open, innovative, high performance Internet
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26. Business Meeting Marriott Salon 2 Friday, 9 March 7:30am-8:30am
Board and Council Nominations
John Kennedy, VP of Operations
Organizational update and status
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27. Town Meeting Results and Actions
Laurie Burns
Director of Member Activities, Internet2

28. Background Rapid growth in membership and in activities
Resulting impact on communication and interaction
Desire to engage membership in dialog at the 4-year mark
Town Meeting Plenary session organized at Fall 2000 Member Meeting
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29. Discussion Topics Ideas and issues gathered ahead of time
Five parallel, facilitated discussions organized:
Involvement in direction setting
Broadening the community (across campus)
Benefits to member campuses
Applications
Abilene directions
Summary posted December, 2000
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30. Themes Communication Discovery Mission articulation
…about decisions, activities, opportunities, capabilities
Discovery
…of information, resources, tools, best practices
Mission articulation
…to assess new activities and directions and reinforce goals
Relationship between Internet2 and the gigaPoPs
…needs to be clarified, and content guidelines for Abilene defined
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31. Communication
Posting Advisory Council meeting agendas, summaries and schedules. 
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32. Communication
Posting Advisory Council meeting agendas, summaries and schedules. 
Opening all or parts of Advisory Council meetings
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33. Communication
Posting Advisory Council meeting agendas, summaries and schedules. 
Opening all or parts of Advisory Council meetings
Opening up the planning process for major actions and initiatives. 
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34. Communication
Posting Advisory Council meeting agendas, summaries and schedules. 
Opening all or parts of Advisory Council meetings
Opening up the planning process for major actions and initiatives. 
Scheduling presentations and discussions of major actions and initiatives at Member Meetings, with information posted ahead of time.
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35. Communication
Posting Advisory Council meeting agendas, summaries and schedules. 
Opening all or parts of Advisory Council meetings
Opening up the planning process for major actions and initiatives. 
Scheduling presentations and discussions of major actions and initiatives at Member Meetings, with information posted ahead of time.
Convening and supporting dialog with campus and organizational contacts
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36. Communication
Expanding the existing set of main contacts at each Internet2 member to ensure wider communication within member institutions and organizations.
Beginning work with existing contacts (Executive Liaisons, Applications Leads, and Network Engineering Leads) to clarify roles and provide ongoing support.
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37. Discovery
Within the Internet2 End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2EPerf):
creating a series of "best common practice" documents
creating a distributed information system for sharing knowledge and expertise
targeting specific application and discipline communities within which specific performance issues can be addressed
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38. Discovery
Expanding current communication with applications liaisons and applications support staff on campuses
Continuing current efforts in disciplinary areas like health science and more recently, arts and humanities, as effective mechanisms for reaching faculty and researchers. 
Building a more flexible and powerful member database that will allow for the capture and maintenance of a much richer set of information on members and on activities. 
Creating a customizable interface to Internet2 web information through "my.internet2.edu".
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39. Mission Articulation
Communicating a unified view of key initiatives, and encouraging discussion
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40. Mission Articulation
Communicating a unified view of key initiatives, and encouraging discussion
Presenting financial and organizational information in the context of Internet2's mission and programmatic activities and encouraging discussion 
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41. Mission Articulation
Communicating a unified view of key initiatives, and encouraging discussion
Presenting financial and organizational information in the context of Internet2's mission and programmatic activities and encouraging discussion 
Convening a Teaching and Learning and Internet2 session in Washington, D.C. to begin dialog on key strategies in this area.
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42. Mission Articulation
Communicating a unified view of key initiatives, and encouraging discussion
Presenting financial and organizational information in the context of Internet2's mission and programmatic activities and encouraging discussion 
Convening a Teaching and Learning and Internet2 to begin dialog on key strategies.
Encouraging the members of the UCAID Board of Trustees to continue their efforts to communicate with their peers
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43. Relationship between Internet2 and the GigaPoPs
Convene a liaison group of Internet2 staff and representatives of the Quilt to explore collaborative projects and define a mutually beneficial relationship between Internet2 and the gigaPoPs.
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44. Relationship between Internet2 and the GigaPoPs
Convene a liaison group of Internet2 staff and representatives of the Quilt to explore collaborative projects and define a mutually beneficial relationship between Internet2 and the gigaPoPs.
Continue to support the evolution of the Quilt.
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45. Relationship between Internet2 and the GigaPoPs
Convene a liaison group of Internet2 staff and representatives of the Quilt to explore collaborative projects and define a mutually beneficial relationship between Internet2 and the gigaPoPs.
Continue to support the evolution of the Quilt, including identifying formal channels into the governance structure of Internet2.
Release a Call for Proposal to identify content providers who will engage in experiments involving the use of Abilene for advanced educational content applications, as a means of exploring both technical and policy issues. 
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46. What’s next?
Continue to work on targeting and tagging communications so they reach the right individuals at the right times
Explore strategies for reaching faculty and applications communities, including shaping Internet2’s role in supporting this outreach
Make member review and comment on the development of major new initiatives a routine practice
Build on work underway to develop knowledgebases, best common practices, and mechanisms for discovery of collaboration opportunities
Ensure that member meeting programs include opportunities for open discussion about mission, activities, and directions
KEEP THE PROCESS GOING!
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47. Questions, comments and ideas?
Thank you!
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48. Town Meeting Results and Actions
Laurie Burns
Director of Member Activities, Internet2

49. Expanded Access/K-20 Update
Gary R. Bachula, Vice President for External Relations, Internet2
This is a general overview presentation about Internet2. Internet2 is a consortium, led by US universities, which is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.

50. Sponsored Education Group Participants (SEGP)
Abilene CoU modified Oct. 2000
Applications accepted Dec. 2000
Member University from same state must sponsor
Must use existing Abilene Connector
Annual fee per state from Connector
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51. Sponsored Education Group Participants (SEGP) – March 2001
Michigan
Missouri
Oregon
Virginia
Washington
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52. K-20 Explorations
Abilene Partners and Members – must be “more than connectivity”
Seek partners in networking and education to “add value” to our Abilene decision
Explore broader efforts with Internet2 seat at the table
Broad dialogue with many players
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53. Internet2 Goals Re-create leading edge R&E network capability
Enable new generation of applications
Ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the global Internet, especially the broader educational community
These are the three primary goals of Internet2.
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54. Recommendations to PITAC
“We strongly recommend that advanced networking for education be made a national priority.”
“Specifically, we recommend that the federal government provide resources to leverage current projects such as the Next Generation Internet and Internet2 so that smaller institutions, particularly those with innovative projects and initiatives in research, can connect to advanced networking…”
“Avoiding the Digital Divide for Smaller Institutions of Higher Education,” EDUCAUSE, November 2000
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55. February 8 – 9 K-20 Meeting National Organizations
National School Boards Association
League for Innovation in Community Colleges
Consortium on School Networking
International Society for Technology in Education
EDUCAUSE
UCAID
Corporations
Cisco Systems
Nortel Networks
Qwest
IBM
Advanced Network & Services
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56. February 8-9 K-20 Meeting State Networks Missouri Washington GigaPoPs
Great Plains Network
Southern Crossroads
Northern Crossroads
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57. February 8-9 K-20 Meeting Others represented
National Science Foundation
EDC/Center for Children and Technology
Center for Technology in Learning
TERC
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58. February 14-15 State Networks Meeting
Alaska
California
Florida
Hawaii
Missouri
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Rhode Island
Texas
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
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59. Bill Mitchell’s Four-Layer Model
Learning Centered Applications & Digital Content
Support
Tools & Services
Transport
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60. “Learning Expeditions in Networked Services” (LENS)
Some Possible “Expeditions”
Create and support testbeds to pioneer uses of advanced network services such as immersive simulations, rich media environments, etc.
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61. “Learning Expeditions in Networked Services” (LENS)
Some Possible “Expeditions”
Develop network-based tools, frameworks, and communities of practice to facilitate on-going professional development for K-20 educators, administrators, and officials.
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62. “Learning Expeditions in Networked Services” (LENS)
Some Possible “Expeditions”
Evaluate and develop new means of evaluating the effectiveness of advanced technology on instruction (e.g., ubiquitous use of wireless devices and services by all students and teachers).
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63. “Learning Expeditions in Networked Services” (LENS)
Some Possible “Expeditions”
Define and develop scalable protocols and policies for educational uses of public databases and other public resources, including scientific instrumentation.
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64. “Learning Expeditions in Networked Services” (LENS)
Some Possible “Expeditions”
Develop network technology-enabled assessment tools that can guide instruction in real-time, such as digital learning portfolios that can be evaluated according to national community standards
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65. “Learning Expeditions in Networked Services” (LENS)
Some Possible “Expeditions”
Engage policy makers, college boards and administrators, and others in the process of defining applications so that there is a deeper level of knowledge of how to utilize more effectively networked-based applications in a sustainable manner.
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66. “Learning Expeditions in Networked Services” (LENS)
Some Possible “Expeditions”
Reconceptualize educational practices and curricula based on dynamic representations made possible by new technologies; investigate the capabilities of advanced networking to access tools not currently utilized by the K-20 community.
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67. “Learning Expeditions in Networked Services” (LENS)
Some Possible “Expeditions”
Create/coordinate a cohesive infrastructure for the use of broadcast and interactive video for education.
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68. “Learning Expeditions in Networked Services” (LENS)
Some Possible “Expeditions”
Accelerate the emergence of an integrated advanced Internet infrastructure focused on educational institutions at all levels nationwide.
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69. “Learning Expeditions in Networked Services” (LENS)
Some Possible “Expeditions”
Facilitate the development, distribution, and management of tools that make use of digital information and content.  
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70. Next Steps “Prospectus” NSF Interest? March 27-28 Planning Meeting
April 29-May 1 State Networks Meeting in Denver (EDUCAUSE)
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71. Want to Talk More About SEGPs and K-20?
Sponsored Educational Group Participants BoF Lunch
Thursday, 12:00PM-1:15PM
Delaware A 
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72. Expanded Access/K-20 Update
Gary R. Bachula, Vice President for External Relations, Internet2
This is a general overview presentation about Internet2. Internet2 is a consortium, led by US universities, which is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.

73. Spring 2001 Internet2 Member Meeting
Opening Plenary
This is a general overview presentation about Internet2. Internet2 is a consortium, led by US universities, which is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.