April
» NTTF/FARNET Meeting

August
» Cheyenne Mountain Meeting

October
» Internet2 forms
» 34 university members
» Michael M. Roberts becomes Internet2 Project Director

January
» 100 university members
» First Internet2 Member Meeting in Burlingame, CA
» Preliminary Internet2 applications and engineering reports
» GigaPoP Operators Workshop in San Jose, CA

March
» Internet2 Advisory Committee meets in Chicago, IL

April
» GigaPoP Workshop at San Diego Supercomputer Center
» Cisco Systems becomes initial Internet2 Corporate Partner

July
» Internet2 Applications Workshop at University of Michigan

September
» Internet2 formally incorporated
» First Internet2 Board of Trustees meeting
» Applications Strategy Council forms
» Network Planning and Policy Advisory Council forms
» Network Research Liaison Council forms
» Campus Networks Workshop at University of California, Davis

October
» Internet2 Member Meeting in Washington, D.C.
» CANARIE becomes first International Partner
» First advanced applications demonstrations at an Internet2 event 1997

November
» 25 corporate members
» Second GigaPoP Operators meeting
» Douglas E. Van Houweling becomes Internet2 President and CEO

January
» 123 university members
» 30 corporate members
» 22 affiliate members
» Internet2 Working Group Meetings at University of California, San Diego

February
» First Internet2 Day at MCNC

April
» Internet2 Abilene Network announced at White House
» Spring Internet2 Member Meeting in Washington, D.C.

May
» Joint Applications/Engineering Quality of Service Workshop

June
» GigaPoP Operators Workshop

August
» Internet2 Working Group Chairs Meeting

September
» Industry Strategy Council forms
» Fall Internet2 Member Meeting in San Francisco, CA
» First nationwide Abilene demonstration

November
» First Joint Techs Workshop at Carnegie Mellon University

January
» Abilene Network operational

March
» Joint Techs Workshop at New Mexico State University
» Distributed Storage Infrastructure Applications Workshop

April
» 154 university members
» 54 corporate members
» 27 affiliate members
» 42 Abilene participants

June
» Joint Techs Workshop at Carnegie Mellon University

August
» Internet2 Working Groups Meeting

September
» Fall Internet2 Member Meeting hosted by University of Washington in Seattle, WA
» First demonstration of studio-quality HDTV across Internet2 networks

December
» Joint Techs Workshop at Florida International University
» Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center at NCNI announced
» Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center at OARnet announced

January
» 170 university members
» Health Sciences Initiative forms

February
» Internet2 Working Groups Meeting at University of California, Santa Barbara

March
» Spring Internet2 Member Meeting in Washington, DC
» First Internet2 Land Speed Record: 831 Mbps across 5626 km

April
» Middleware Architecture Committee for Education established

May
» Joint Techs Workshop at University of Minnesota

June
» Internet2 Network Research Workshop

August
» Joint Techs Workshop at University of Toronto
» Arts & Humanities Initiative forms

October
» Fall Internet2 Member Meeting hosted by Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA
» First Internet2 performance event Virtual Halloween at the Rialto

December
» Campus Networking Workshop at University of California, San Diego

January
» Joint Techs Workshop at University of Hawaii
» Initial E2Epi Design Team Meeting

March
» Spring Internet2 Member Meeting in Washington, DC
» Initial Abilene Sponsored Educational Group Participants

April
» Internet2 Network Research Workshop

May
» Joint Techs Workshop at University of Nebraska
» First hands-on IPv6 Workshop

June
» 185 university members
» 74 corporate members
» 42 affiliate members
» 193 Abilene participants
» 35 international partners

July
» Internet2 Video Production Workshop
» Internet2 End-to-End Performance Initiative forms

September
» National Science Foundation Middleware Initiative begins

October
» Virtual Internet2 Member Meeting
» Abilene upgrade begins
» Internet2 K20 Initiative forms
» Science and Engineering Initiative forms
» The Quilt is established

November
» First Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator Training

December
» First Internet2 Virtual Briefing

January
» Joint Techs Workshop at Arizona State University
» E2E Measurement Workshop
» Peer-to-Peer Workshop

April
» Campus Workshop at Texas A&M University

May
» Spring Internet2 Member Meeting in Washington, DC

June
» First hands-on Multicast Workshop
» First Middleware Base CAMP

July
» First Middleware Advanced CAMP
» Internet2 Detective 1.0 is released
» Joint Techs Workshop at NCAR
» OpenSAML is released

September
» First IPv6 Internet2 Land Speed Record

October
» Fall Internet2 Member Meeting hosted by University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA
» H.323 Beacon 1.0 is released

February
» Internet2 Land Speed Record breaks terabyte per hour mark
» Joint Techs Workshop at Florida International University
» E2E Measurement Workshop
» OWAMP 1.0 is released
» Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center at San Diego Supercomputer Center is announced

April
» 202 university members
» 58 corporate members
» 39 affiliate members
» 221 Abilene participants

May
» FiberCo is established

June
» Shibboleth 1.0 is released

August
» Joint Techs Workshop at University of Kansas
» Security at Line Speed Workshop

September
» Internet2 participates in National LambdaRail, Inc. launch

October
» Fall Internet2 Member Meeting hosted by Indiana University in Indianapolis, IN
» Internet2 Commons offers H.323 videoconferencing service

November
» Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center at Texas A&M University is announced

December
» End-to-End Roadmap Workshop
» SALSA forms
» 203 university members
» 224 Abilene participants