Internet2 at Educause
| Time | Title | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am–5:00 pm | Internet2 Program Advisory Group and Community Meetings | Meeting | Congress Hall B 4th Floor - Loews Hotel |
| 8:00 am–11:30 am | SEM03A-Data-Driven IT Strategic Planning for Data-Driven IT Leaders: From Novice to Expert (separate registration is required) |
Session Type: Preconference Workshop (Additional Fee Program) Preparation is key to data-driven strategic planning. This workshop will focus on practical approaches to collecting, organizing, and presenting the most important qualitative and quantitative data for your strategic planning process—data that will gain strategic alignment across constituencies by incorporating information on educational trends and appropriately positioning "critical success factors." |
Meeting Room 103B, 100 Level |
| Time | Title | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30 am –12:00 pm | Cloud 101: Tools and Strategies for Evaluating Cloud Services |
Session Type: Breakout Session This workshop will introduce you to the technical, legal, and risk management considerations important to evaluating and selecting cloud services for campus deployment. Learn procurement strategies as well legal terms and conditions that make for successful cloud contracts and how to consider security and risk assessments for services. |
Meeting Room 114, 100 Level |
| 12:45 pm –1:45 pm | A Model for Collaborating to Improve Health: Universities, Service Providers, and Internet2 |
Session Type: Poster Session In this session, we will explore the impact of a collaborative structure to develop, implement, and support a cloud-based electronic health record. We will describe the governance structure, working methods, successes, and lessons learned. The model can be applied to all forms of collaboration with vendors on developing information solutions that help institutions innovate. Outcomes: Discuss successful strategies for partnering with vendors on developing information solutions that help institutions innovate * Explore the pros and cons of the collaborative governance structure * Explore the pros and cons of personal health information stored in the cloud |
Exhibit Hall A-C, 200 Level |
| 2:00 –2:50 pm | Session Type: Breakout Session
Meet Howard Pfeffer, newly appointed president and CEO of Internet2. In this session, you will have the opportunity to get to know Howard and hear his early plans and vision for the future of Internet2 to better serve the research and education community. Please bring your thoughts, input, and feedback to this open dialogue session, as Howard would like to capture your ideas for where you see the future of higher education and how and where Internet2 can provide the most value. Outcomes: Meet the new I2 CEO * Engage in an open dialogue with Howard Pfeffer |
Meeting Room 108B, 100 Level | |
| 2:00 –2:50 pm |
Making Virtual Reality a Reality: Applications of Augmented/Virtual Reality |
Session Type: Breakout Session
Augmented reality, virtual reality, and 360 video technologies are radically impacting how higher education does teaching, learning, and business. You will receive an overview of these rapidly advancing emerging technologies and how they are used in higher education, including the creation of a virtual reality lab at Arcadia University. |
Meeting Room 114, 100 Level |
| 3:10 –4:00 pm |
Community and commercial delivery of information technology solutions has moved beyond web and mobile solutions to a new generation of global webscale: infrastructure platforms that enable cross-department, institutional, and national collaborations at a click. Learn how global research and education networks are partnering to advance these solutions. Outcomes: Understand key challenges experienced by peer institutions around the globe adopting webscale architectures * Review and consider actions as developed by global workshop participants that campuses should adopt * Consider how to move existing local solutions deployed on campus to leverage web scale platforms |
Meeting Room 111A/B, 100 Level |
| Time | Title | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 –8:00am | Trust and Identity Breakfast: An Update from the Internet2 Community on TIER and InCommon Federation (Registration required. Please visit https://internet2.tfaforms.net/27 to register.) | Join Internet2's Ann West, Kevin Morooney and Steve Zoppi with Virginia Tech's Karen Herrington for an overview and update on TIER and InCommon Federation. Breakfast will be served; please RSVP to reserve your spot as space is limited. | Commonwealth Hall AB, 2nd Floor - Loews Hotel |
| 12:15 –1:15 pm | Strategies for Enterprise File Sync and Share Selection and Support |
Session Type: Poster Session Choosing the right enterprise file sync and share solution has an impact on all campus constituencies. This session will bring together experienced IT professionals and thought leaders to explore lessons learned in EFFS deployment and to share best practices for decision-making successful adoption. Outcomes: Understand key considerations for evaluating an EFFS service * Develop a campus strategy to deal with supported and unsupported EFFS solutions * Identify community resources available to support multicampus collaboration in this space |
Exhibit Hall A-C, 200 Level |
| Time | Title | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:10 –10:00 am |
Getting IT Out of the Way: Making Teaching, Research and Service Happen |
Do you have scholars, researchers, and instructors who want to collaborate with colleagues around the world? Are you looking to streamline access to the cloud? Join us to hear how campuses are collaborating on identity and access management software and trust infrastructures to make this happen. We will provide feedback on progress so far. Session features Michael Erickson, CIO, Colorado School of Mines; John O'Keefe, CIO, Lafayette College; and Ann West and Kevin Morooney, Internet2. |
Meeting Room 109A/B, 100 Level |
| Booth # | NAME |
|---|---|
| 738 | Acquia |
| 111 | Blackboard |
| 457 | Box |
| 211 | Canvas |
| 850 | Code42 CrashPlan |
| 909 | Desire2Learn Learning Environment |
| 619 | DLT Solutions |
| 325 | Dropbox Education |
| 1253 | Duo Security |
| 556 | IDSolutions |
| 1053 | LabArchives, LLC |
| 1432 | LastPass |
| 1439 | OneCampus by rSmart |
| 2113 | ServiceNow |
| 1149 | Philo |
| 332 | SkySync |
| 925 | Splunk Enterprise On Premise |
| 1350 | Zoom |
Password and Access Management Got Your Users Down?
Streamline and Standardize with InCommon and TIER
Internet2 provides the community-built and community-driven trust and identity infrastructure that supports faculty and staff, researchers and scholars, and access to services across the U.S. and globally. Two key components are the InCommon Federation and the TIER (Trust and Identity in Education and Research) software and campus practices.
InCommon Federation
- Federated identity - SSO for both internal and external applications
- Secure and privacy-preserving interactions
- Shared policy and technology standards
The InCommon Federation provides a standards-driven method for providing single sign-on convenience for scholars, researchers, staff, and students to access local, regional, national, and international resources.
Almost 900 organizations - including more than 550 campuses - use the InCommon Federation for authentication and authorization, with individual using their campus credentials. All organizations agree to common policies and technology to ensure interoperability.
Learn more about the InCommon Federation: https://www.incommon.org/federation/
Download this helpful InCommon basics and resources booklet: https://www.incommon.org/docs/InCommonBasicsandResources.pdf
View this two-minute introduction to federation and InCommon
TIER (Trust and Identity in Education and Research)
- Standardized campus practices
- Combining and simplifying open-source software tools, including
- Shibboleth SSO and Federating Software
- Grouper Access Management System
- COmanage Person Registry
- Toward a community supported IAM suite
TIER has two components: an open-source software suite and a set of campus practices in identity and access management.
- The TIER software includes Shibboleth (single sign-on federating software), the Grouper access management system, and the person registry from COmanage.
- The campus practice set includes such practices as a multifactor profile, eduGAIN global interfederation, and other IAM recommendations.
Read about TIER: http://www.internet2.edu/vision-initiatives/initiatives/trust-identity-education-research/
Hear about TIER! This video provides an overview of TIER and the reasons Internet2 is putting the resources into this program.