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The Great Plains Network & MIDnet 2004 Annual Meeting

Peter Kiewit Institute

Scott Convention Center

Omaha, Nebraska

February 23 – 25, 2004

February 23
6:00p – 8:00p	Welcome Reception
February 24
8:30a – 8:45a	Welcome and Peter Kiewit Institute Overview presented by Winnie Callahan, Executive Director, Peter Kiewit Institute
8:45a – 10:00a	Cyber-Security presented by Debbie Christofferson Sapphire Security-Services
10:15a – 11:00a	Open Discussion: University Cyber-Security Issues
11:00a – 12:00p	Internet2’s National Vision of R&E Networking presented by Rick Summerhill, Internet2
Technical Track
1:00p – 1:30p	IPv6 presented by Rick Summerhill, Internet2
1:30p – 2:30p	State of the State Networks Doug Heacock, KanREN Bill Mitchell, MOREnet James Deaton, OneNet Dorette Kerian, STAGEnet
3:00p – 3:30p	Grid Computing presented by Stu Doescher, EROS Data Center
3:30p – 4:00p	Panel: Peer to Peer Rationing Moderator - Bruce Curtis, North Dakota State University, V1 & V2 C.J. Kotta, Valley City State University Jeff Mahlum, South Dakota State University
Research Track
1:00p – 1:30p	OU Supercomputing Center for Education & Research: Building a Community of Science and Engineering presented by Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma
1:30p – 2:30p	R&E BRIN Network presented by Ron Johnson, University of Washington
2:45p – 4:00p	Panel: Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Research Greg Monaco, Great Plains Network Ralph Davis, University of Arkansas Gordon Springer, University of Missouri Gurcharan Khanna, Dartmouth University
SEGP Track
1:00p – 2:00p	Making the Great Plains Greater with Global Learning presented by Glyn Rimmington, Wichita State University
2:00p – 2:30p	Penning with the Pros Update presented by Kristen Klaver, Great Plains Network
2:45p – 4:00p	SEGP open discussion
CIO roundtable
1:00p – 4:00p	Open Discussion Moderated by Kent Hendrickson, University of Nebraska, and Debbie Christofferson, Sapphire Security-Services
February 25
8:00a – 12:00p	GPN University Representative Meeting Networks and Other Stuff, Jerry Niebaum Research Collaboration and workshop updates, Greg Monaco SEGP activities and the Penning with Pros contest , Kristen Klaver Representative Council responsibilities and discussion, Jerry Niebaum