NCREN Community Day
MCNC Building 1
Research Triangle Park, NC
Friday, December 7, 2007
7:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

7:45 Check-in & Breakfast
8:45 Welcome and Announcements
 
  • John T. Killebrew, Director, NCREN, MCNC
9:00 State of MCNC
 
9:30 Future of Education in North Carolina Panel
 
  • North Carolina leaders on their vision for education and the role of technology
    • Darryl McGraw, Chief Information Officer, Wake Technical Community College
    • The Honorable Burley Mitchell, Former North Carolina Chief Justice 
    • Charlie Nelms, Chancellor, North Carolina Central University
    • A. Hope Williams, President, North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
    • Moderator: The Honorable Kay R. Hagan, N.C. State Senator
10:15 Break
10:45 Campus Cyber Infrastructure Panel
 
  • Challenges and advances in networking to support research and implementation of cyber infrastructure initiatives
    • Alan Blatecky, Interim Director, Renaissance Computing Institute      
    • Jim Bottum, Vice Provost for Computing and Information Technology & CIO, Clemson University
    • Klara Jelinkova, Director of Computing Systems, Duke University
    • Moderator: Tracy Futhey, VP for Information Technology and CIO, Duke University
11:30 Research Networking
 
  • The Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) in the future of network research
12:00 Lunch
1:15

Education & Technology, A Student Perspective

 
  • Students on their networking and technology experiences
    • Monte Evans, UNC Chapel Hill: use of technology tools at Shodor
    • Kelley Katzenmeyer, Riverside High School: use of technology tools at Shodor
    • Lindsay Lewchuk, North Carolina State University: distance education at home via interactive video
    • Kristynna Oliver, Elizabeth City State University: videoconferencing by student body presidents        
    • Dan Thorpe, UNC Wilmington: videoconferencing by student body presidents
    • Moderator: Rick Smith, WRAL Local Tech Wire
2:00

Collaborative Services Toolkits

 
  • Collaborative tools and integrating a toolkit in the K-20 environment
    • Bill Mitchell, Executive Director, Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet)
    • Bill Randall, Assoc. VP for Learning Technology Systems, North Carolina Community Colleges
    • Cory Stokes, Enterprise Learning Services Manager, Utah Education Network (UEN) 
    • John Streck, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Telecommunications, UNC Chapel Hill
    • Moderator: Frank Prochaska, Executive Director, UNC TLT Collaborative, UNC GA
2:45

NCREN Enhanced Services

 
  • Campus use of NCREN's data center
3:15 Closing Comments
 
  • Mark Johnson, Chief Technology Officer, MCNC
  Door Prizes & Adjourn
  Tours
 
  • MCNC Staff

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