Welcome to CENIC's Annual Conference: CENIC `07: Making Waves

Archived Keynote Addresses:
Check back for archived webcasts of our keynote speakers Sunne Wright McPeak,
John Delaney, and Cherri Pancake.

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Conference Program for CENIC `07: Making Waves

[ Sunday, March 11 | Monday, March 12 | Tuesday, March 13 | Wednesday, March 14 ]

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• Sunday — March 11, 2007 •
12:00PM - 5:00PM	Early Registration/Check-In • 3rd Floor, San Francisco Room
5:30PM - 7:00PM	CENIC Welcome Reception • 3rd Floor, Los Angeles Room

• Monday — March 12, 2007 •

7:00AM - 6:00PM

Internet Café • Salon F Foyer

8:00AM - 5:00PM

Registration • 2nd Floor, Top of Escalator
Exhibits • Salon B/C

7:30AM - 9:00AM
8:15AM - 8:45AM

Breakfast • Salon F/G/H
Force10 Networks Sponsor Presentation • Salon F/G/H

Force10 - Making Big Waves in Networking: Debbie Montano • Director of Research and Education Alliances, Force10 Networks

9:00AM - 10:30AM

Lab Demonstration
Salon A

Making Waves in the Classroom — Instructional technology hands-on lab: CA Educational Technology Collaborative (CETC) Toolkit: Graham Freeman • Technology Consultant, @One Project

Morning General Session • Salons D/E
(Moderator: Celeste Anderson, USC)

9:00AM - 9:30AM: From Airplanes to Elephants: Chris Thomas • Senior Network Engineer, UCLA
9:30AM - 10:00AM: International Networks and Networking: John Silvester • Professor, Ming Hsieh Dept of Electrical Engineering, USC
10:00AM - 10:30AM: Cyberinfrastructure — Many things to many people: Russ Hobby • Program Manager, Internet2

10:30AM - 10:45AM

Morning Break • Salon F/G/H

10:45AM - 11:00AM

Opening Remarks • Salon D/E

Jerry Keith • Conference Chair, UC Riverside
Jim Davis • CENIC Board Chair, UCLA
Jim Dolgonas • President/CEO, CENIC

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Sunne Wright McPeak Keynote Address • The California Emerging Technology Fund
Salon D/E • [ About Sunne Wright McPeak ]

12:00PM - 1:15PM

Lunch • Salon F/G/H

1:15PM - 3:15PM

Lab Demonstration
Salon A

1:15PM - 3:35PM: Making Waves in the Classroom — Instructional technology hands-on lab: CA Educational Technology Collaborative (CETC) Toolkit: Graham Freeman • Technology Consultant, @One Project
2:45PM - 3:15PM: NetDB — An open-source network management app for DNS, DHCP, reporting, and self-registration: Sunia Yang • Principal Backbone Network Specialist/Network Monitoring Engineer, Stanford University

1:15PM - 3:15PM

Breakout Session: Teaching & Learning
Media Solutions • Salon D
(Moderator: Catherine McKenzie)

1:15PM - 1:45PM: High-Definition Videoconferencing as a Pedagogical Tool in Distance Learning: Christine Cermak • Executive Director of Information Resources and CIO, The Naval Postgraduate School; Harry Thomas • Classroom and Meeting Space Technology Manager, Office of Instructional Technology, The Naval Postgraduate School; Tracy Hammond • Director of Instructional Technology, The Naval Postgraduate School
1:45PM - 2:15PM: The CI Channel Affiliates Program: Kevin Walsh • Network Engineer and Director of the CA ITEC and the NPRL, SDSC
2:15PM - 3:15PM: From the Shoreline to the Classroom: Riding the Waves of Videoconferencing: Rudy Rizo • Specialist, LA Unified School District; Jim Freese • Technology Specialist, CA Assistance Project, Region IV; Linda Uhrenholt • AT&T Education Advocate, AT&T; Themistocles Sparangis • Chief Technology Director, Educational Technology, LA USD; Joe van Herrmann • Interpreter III, CA State Parks

Breakout Session: Technology & Research
Optical Networking • Salon E
(Moderator: Mark Foster, NASA Ames)

1:15PM - 1:55PM: The Five Essential Elements for Future Research on Optical Networks: Brian Smith • Product Manager, Meriton
1:55PM - 2:35PM: Optical + Ethernet — Converging the transport networks: Wes Doonan • Senior Director, Control Plan Development, ADVA Optical Networking
2:35PM - 3:15PM: Carrier Ethernet — A wave is building (Surf's Up): Kent Stevens • Optical Architect, Nortel

3:15PM - 3:45PM

Afternoon Break & Transportation to Calit2@UCSD
(Buses will be provided to transport conference attendees between SDLJ Marriott Hotel and Calit2@UCSD.)

4:00PM - 6:00PM

Afternoon Presentations at Calit2@UCSD

4:00PM - 4:40PM: OptIPuter Earth-Scale Applications Overview: Larry Smarr • Director, Calit2
4:40PM - 5:00PM: OptIPuter and Quartzite IT Infrastructure and Optical Network Test Bed Development: Philip Papadopoulos
5:00PM - 6:00PM: Demonstrations

• Tuesday — March 13, 2007 •

7:00AM - 6:00PM

Internet Café • Salon F Foyer

8:00AM - 5:00PM

Registration • 2nd Floor, Top of Escalator
Exhibits • Salon B/C

7:30AM - 9:00AM
8:00AM - 8:45AM

Breakfast • Salon F/G/H
AT&T Sponsor Presentation • Salon F/G/H

AT&T Labs Telecommunications Research: David Belanger • Chief Scientist, Vice President of Information & Software Systems Research, AT&T Labs

9:00AM - 9:15PM

Opening Remarks • Salon D/E

Jerry Keith • Conference Chair, UC Riverside

9:15AM - 10:15AM

John Delaney Keynote Address: NEPTUNE: Transforming Ocean and Earth Sciences with Distributed Submarine Sensor Networks Wired to Next Generation Internet
Salon D/E • [ About John Delaney ]

10:15AM - 10:30AM

Morning Break • Salon F/G/H

10:30AM - 12:00PM

Lab Demonstrations
Salon A

10:30AM - 12:00PM: Making Waves in the Classroom — Instructional technology hands-on lab: CA Educational Technology Collaborative (CETC) Toolkit: Graham Freeman • Technology Consultant, @One Project
11:30PM - 12:00PM: NetDB — An open-source network management app for DNS, DHCP, reporting, and self-registration: Sunia Yang • Principal Backbone Network Specialist/Network Monitoring Engineer, Stanford University

Morning General Session • Salons D/E
(Moderator: Tom Hutton, UCSD)

10:30AM - 11:00AM: Emerging Cyberinfrastructure in Support of Marine Metagenomics: Paul Gilna • CAMERA Executive Director, Calit2
11:00AM - 12:00PM: The Internet as emerging critical infrastructure: what needs to be measured?: KC Claffy • Director, Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysys, San Diego Supercomputer Center

12:00PM - 1:45PM

Lunch • Salon F/G/H
CENIC 2007 Annual Innovations in Networking Awards

Outstanding Individual Contribution Award • Jack McCredie
Innovation Award for Educational Applications • EduStream.org
Innovation Award for Gigabit/Broadband Applications • Connecting Coachella Valley to the World
Innovation Award for Gigabit/Broadband Applications • The Kings County Last Mile Project
Innovation Award for High-Performance Research Applications • iAnatomy

1:45PM - 5:00PM

Lab Demonstration
Salon A

Making Waves in the Classroom — Instructional technology hands-on lab: CA Educational Technology Collaborative (CETC) Toolkit: Graham Freeman • Technology Consultant, @One Project

1:45PM - 3:15PM

Afternoon Session:
Waves of the Future • Salon D
(Moderator: Michel Davidoff, CSU)

1:45PM - 2:20PM: How Well Do We Serve the Needs of the Majority of Users? — Reflections from our user studies on the use of technological solutions in learning and training: Amela Sadagic • Research Associate Professor, The Naval Postgraduate School
2:20PM - 3:15PM: Realizing Einstein's Universe — Unlocking the potential of radio astronomy research with high-performance networking: Charles Smith • Advanced Architecture Group, Cisco Academic Research & Technology Initiatives

Afternoon Session:
Innovations in Networking Award Presentations • Salon E
(Moderator: Jerry Keith, UC Riverside)

Innovation Award for Educational Applications • EduStream.org
Innovation Award for Gigabit/Broadband Applications • Connecting Coachella Valley to the World
Innovation Award for Gigabit/Broadband Applications • The Kings County Last Mile Project
Innovation Award for High-Performance Research Applications • iAnatomy

3:15PM - 3:45PM

Afternoon Break • Salon F/G/H

3:45PM - 5:15PM

Breakout Session: Teaching & Learning
Collaborations • Salon D
(Moderator: Bonnie Marks, Alameda COE)

3:45PM - 4:15PM: Pachyderm — A Rich Media Authoring Application: Kathleen Willbanks • Senior Project Manager, CSU Center for Distributed Learning; Joshua Archer • CSU Center for Distributed Learning
4:15PM - 4:45PM: City College of San Francisco Collaborations to Advance ICT Education: James Jones • Telecom Optimization Consultant; Tim Ryan • Interim Director & Network Manager, CCSF
4:45PM - 5:15PM: Building Bridges to the World — Preparing tomorrow's teachers to be globally competent: John Haas • Professor/Chair of the History and Political Science Departments, Cerritos College

Breakout Session: Technology & Research
Applied Network Engineering • Salon E
(Moderator: Michael Sinatra, UC Berkeley)

3:45PM - 4:15PM: Improving End2End Performance for the Columbia Supercomputer: Mark Foster • Computer Sciences Corporation, NASA Ames Research Center
4:15PM - 4:45PM: Sflow Facilitates Network Trouble Resolution — A somewhat humorous look at network management: Wayne Sung • Stanford University
4:45PM - 5:15PM: The Naval Postgraduate School's Wireless Upgrade Initiative: Joe LoPiccolo • Director of the New Technology Center and Academic Client Services, The Naval Postgraduate School; Jon Russell • Lead Technologist, New Technology & Innovation Center, The Naval Postgraduate School

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Evening Reception — Sponsored by Cisco Systems • Salon F/G/H

• Wednesday — March 14, 2007 •

7:00AM - 12:00PM

Internet Café • Salon F Foyer

8:00AM - 10:15AM
8:00AM - 12:00PM

Registration • 2nd Floor, Top of Escalator
Exhibits • Salon B/C

7:30AM - 9:00AM
8:00AM - 8:45AM

Breakfast • Salon F/G/H
Cisco Systems Sponsor Presentation • Salon F/G/H

Research At Cisco: The New Model: JJ Jamison • Senior Manager, Cisco Research Center

9:00AM - 9:15PM

Opening Remarks • Salon D/E

Celeste Anderson • USC and Catherine McKenzie • CA Community College Chancellor's Office, Program Committee Co-Chairs
Tad Reynales • Program Committee Member, Calit2@UCSD

9:15AM - 10:15AM

Cherri Pancake Keynote Address: Tsunami - Understanding the Big Wave

Salon D/E • [ About Cherri Pancake ]

10:15AM - 10:30AM

Morning Break • Salon F/G/H

10:30AM - 12:00PM

Morning General Session • Salons D/E
(Moderator: Doug Hartline, UC Davis)

10:30AM - 11:00AM: Using Pandemic Planning to Promote Disaster Recovery — or, what I learned from the bird flu: Valerie Lucus • Emergency Manager, UC Davis; Laine Keneller • Pandemic Planning Project Manager, UC Davis
11:00AM - 11:30AM: An LA County Internet-based School Emergency Management and Response System: Margaret Memmott • Evaluation Coordinator, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles; Khai Nguyen • IT Project Manager, Educational Technologies Network, LA COE
11:30AM - 12:00PM: Earthquake Engineering at the Speed of CENIC — Using the network for multi-site collaboration and data simulation: John Whitmer • Education, Outreach, and Training Manager, Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Consortium; Ahmed Elgamal • Professor and Principal Investigator, Network for Earthquake Engineering IT Project; Lelli van den Einde • Assistant Director, NEESit Project

12:00PM - 12:15PM

Closing Remarks • Salon D/E

Jim Dolgonas • President/CEO, CENIC
Jerry Keith • Conference Chair, UC Riverside

12:15PM - 1:30PM

Box Lunches • Foyer

CENIC `07: Making Waves is the annual conference of the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC). CENIC is responsible for the California Research & Education Network, which serves the vast majority of K-20 educational institutions in the state. To learn more, visit www.cenic.org.