[GB-Today] CENIC 2005: Call for Presentations

[CENIC Editor]

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Call for Presentations
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CENIC 2005: Pathways to Discovery
March 7-9, 2005
Marina del Rey, California
Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey
Proposals Due October 29. 2004

The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) 
will hold its annual meeting March 7-9, 2005, at the Ritz-Carlton Marina 
del Rey Hotel.

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CENIC 2005
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The CENIC 2005 Program Committee is seeking presentations, demonstrations, 
and panels focused on applications and research in support of the 
conference theme - Pathways to Discovery.

Sessions would cover technology and infrastructure, teaching and learning, 
application development and use, trends and/or future developments in 
network technology and related applications.

Former topics have included optical networking, TeraGrid computing, network 
security, implementing IPv6, end-to-end connectivity, quality of service, 
last mile solutions, wireless technology, collaborative music, and 
collaborative medicine. Studies presented may be works in progress.

Applications linking education and government or industry are encouraged.

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How to Present
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Submit a detailed abstract or outline in email to cenic2005 at lists.cenic.org 
describing the presentation or demonstration.  Please include the following 
information:

Description of the topic
Short biography of all presenters
Estimated time for presentation
Any presentation requirements, including network requirements

The deadline for proposals is October 29, 2004.

Submissions will be reviewed by the CENIC 2005 Program and Technical 
Committee.  Presenters will be notified of acceptance by November 15, 2004. 
To help with session scheduling, selected presenters may be asked for an 
interim set of slides in January.  Final presentation slides are due by 
March 1 2005, about a week BEFORE the conference starts.

General conference registration will open on November 8, 2004.  Reminders 
will be sent when registration opens.

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About CENIC
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CENIC is a not-for-profit corporation serving California Institute of 
Technology, California State University, Stanford University, University of 
California, University of Southern California, California Community 
Colleges and the statewide K-12 school system.

CENIC's mission is to facilitate and coordinate the development, deployment 
and operation of a set of robust multi-tiered advanced network services for 
this research and education community.

More information about CENIC can be found at http://www.cenic.org.