ARKnet 2001 Membership Conference


March 27-28, 2001
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Services
2301 S. University
Little Rock, Arkansas

[Map and Directions]


Agenda

March 26-27, 2001
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Vendor exhibits by Nortel, Cisco, Vtel, Dell, Gateway
Tuesday, March 27, 2001

10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Conference Room #107 - Board of Directors meeting (Presiding: Merrell Shoptaw - CEO)
11 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Lobby - ARKnet Annual Meeting Registration and Information Center Refreshments served.
(Coordinator: Nina Boston)

1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Auditorium - Managing Network Bandwidth, presented by Nortel
ARKnet facilitator: Libby Annulis, University of Arkansas, Monticello

2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Auditorium - Network Security Management, presented by Cisco
ARKnet facilitator: Rogers Davis, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Break for Refreshments

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Auditorium - Arkansas State Network Planning, Clarence Durand, Department of Information Systems
ARKnet facilitator: Merrell Shoptaw, Arkansas Tech University

Wednesday, March 28, 2001
8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Auditorium - Wireless Communication Systems for the Campus, presented by Lan Tech

ARKnet panelists:
John Roy, University of Central Arkansas
Rogers Davis, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Larry Glover, William F. Laman Public Library

ARKnet facilitator: Bill Phelps, Ouachita Baptist University

9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break

10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.








Breakout Session #1
Please choose one of the following:

Auditorium - Middleware Tutorial and Use
, presented by Renee Frost, Internet2/UCAID
[Renee's PowerPoint Slides (150K)]
ARKnet facilitator: David Merrifield, University of Arkansas

Conference Room #1
- Shared Architecture Project, presented by Susan Cromwell,
Department of Information Services
ARKnet facilitator: Nina Boston, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Services

Conference Room #2 - The Aftermath of the Gates Grant
ARKnet facilitator: Larry Glover, William F. Laman Public Library

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Lobby - ARKnet Annual Meeting Registration and Information Center
Refreshments served. (Coordinator: Nina Boston)

11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.

Auditorium - Network Technologies for Internet Services for Today and Tomorrow, presented by Steve Corbato, Internet2/UCAID
[Steve's PowerPoint slides (792K)]
ARKnet facilitator: Bob Zimmerman, University of Arkansas

12:00 p.m.

Lunch provided by ARKnet

12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Auditorium - ARKnet Annual Membership Meeting
Presented by Bob Zimmerman, University of Arkansas; Merrell Shoptaw, Arkansas Tech University

1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Auditorium - Planning a Campus Portal, presented by Ben Bassett, President, Jenzabar
[Ben's PowerPoint Slides (3250K)]
ARKnet facilitator: Nina Boston, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Services

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Breakout Session #2

Conference Room #2 - Internet Filters: Do I need them?
ARKnet facilitator: Larry Glover, William F. Laman Public Library
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Breakout Session #3
Please choose one of the following:

Auditorium - Open Forum Tech Discussion - Security Issues
ARKnet facilitator: David Merrifield, University of Arkansas

Conference Room #1 - Macintosh OS X, presented by Jack Tipshus
ARKNET facilitator: Rogers Davis, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Conference Room #2 - eBooks
ARKnet facilitator: Sally Hawkes, Coordinator of Library Network Services, Arkansas State Library


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