At its July 8 meeting, the Internet2 Board voted to adopt the Strategic Plan. Now that the plan has been formally adopted, the Internet2 Strategic Planning and Execution Committee (SPEC) looks forward to working with our members, partners, staff and management to move Internet2 forward through implementation. As part of moving forward, the Advisory Councils will soon identify working teams to work with Internet2 staff on fleshing out Plan tasks.
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Please visit the Internet2 Strategic Planning Wiki to download the Board-approved version of the Strategic Plan.
In late 1996, representatives from 34 universities gathered in a Chicago area hotel and committed to the vision of establishing a project to foster the development of networking capabilities that would not only support research and education, but would also eventually make their way into the global commercial Internet. So began Internet2.
In late 2007, the newly elected chairs and vice chairs of the newly elected Councils gathered once again in a Chicago area hotel to begin their work together to lead Internet2 into its second decade. From that meeting came the beginning of a new community-based strategic planning process to guide Internet2 plans and priorities.
Our core challenge is still to work together across campuses, regional networks, national networks and with our international collaborators to positively transform research and teaching & learning while advancing the state of the Internet for all. We can only succeed by listening to and engaging with our members, who are the source of our vitality.
Steering Committee Members
- Shaun Abshere, Associate Director, WiscNet; Vice-Chair, Research Advisory Council
- Ray Ford, CIO, University of Montana; Chair, Applications & Middleware Services Advisory Council
- David Frohnmayer, President, University of Oregon; Member, Internet2 Board of Trustees
- Steve Hall, Retired, Thomson Corporation; Chair, Internet2 Governance & Nominations Committee
- David Jent, Associate Vice President, Networks, Indiana University; Chair, Architecture & Operations Advisory Council
- Michael Krugman, Interim Vice President, Office of Information Technology, Boston University; Vice-Chair, Internet2 Governance & Nominations Committee
- Tim Lance, President & CEO, NYSERnet; Chair, External Relations Advisory Council
- David Lambert, Vice President & CIO, Georgetown University; Vice-Chair, External Relations Advisory Council
- David Lassner, Vice President for Information Technology & CIO, University of Hawaii; Vice-Chair, Internet2 Governance & Nominations Committee
- George Loftus, Executive Director, OSHEAN; Vice-Chair, Architecture & Operations Advisory Council
- Harvey Newman, Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Member, Architecture & Operations Advisory Council
- Peter Siegel, Vice Provost for Information & Educational Technology, University of California, Davis; Chair, Research Advisory Council
- Jack Suess, CIO, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Vice-Chair, Applications & Middleware Services Advisory Council
- Doug Van Houweling, President & CEO, Internet2
