2002: First AMPATH™ International Conference

First AMPATH™ International Conference

First AMPATH™ International Conference
April 12, 2002
Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja
Valdivia,Chile

Building on last year’s success with the Workshop to identify areas of Scientific Collaboration between the US and the AMPATH Service Area, the First AMPATH International Conference seeks to further delve into the benefits of utilizing the AMPATH advanced networking infrastructure for scientific research and education.

Sponsored through a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the main objective of the conference is to create an environment for AMPATH participants, potential participants and those with a regional, hemispheric or international interest in the project to exchange ideas, form new and solidify existing collaborations.

The conference will continue the work of identifying the universities and research centers in the AMPATH service area who require or would take advantage of, high-performance connectivity to research institutions in the US and worldwide if it were available. Proposed speakers at the conference include researchers that participate in collaboratory projects between the U.S., Canada, the AMPATH service area, Europe and Asia/Pacific.

The conference is being held in conjunction with REUNA’s 2^nd Congress on Science, Culture and Education over Internet2.

For conference report click here.

Agenda

Thursday, April 11^th 

13:30 – 15:00 AMPATH User’s Group Meeting at Universidad Austral

This is a session for AMPATH participant National Research Network executives and key stakeholders in the AMPATH project.

• Discussion of structure and management
• Definition of coordinated activities between AMPATH members and collaborators (research, education, and network requirements and opportunities)
• Discussion of implementation and administration methodologies
• Coordination among participants, FIU management and operations, Global NOC at Indiana University, and the AMPATH corporate sponsors

15:00 PM – 16:30 PM  AMPATH Technical User’s Group at Universidad Austral

This is a session for network engineers from the US NRNs and the AMPATH service area NRNs to participate the AMPATH technical users group.  All network engineers working with research and education network projects are welcome.  Industry participation from AMPATH sponsors will also be encouraged.

• Review Network Operations Center services provided by the Global NOC at Indiana University and Florida International University
• Discuss network configurations and provide support information to emerging National Research Networks in the AMPATH service area
• Recommended active equipment, quality controls

Friday, April 12^th  at Universidad Austral de Chile 

Evaluation Survey of the Conference will be emailed to all attendees

Saturday, April 13^th: Breakfast Meeting  at Pedro de Valdivia Hotel

This will be a smaller round table meeting of invited key researchers.  The purposes of this session are:

• Outline the format and content of the report deliverable resulting from the Conference
• Build consensus on the factual findings of the conference
• Solicit recommendations for the future of AMPATH with regard to deployment strategy, funding sources and proposal writing plans.

Closing

AMPATH Conference Attendees