= GEC15 Agenda = == Conference Information == The 15th GENI Engineering Conference [[br]] October 23-25, 2012 [[br]] The Hilton Americas-Houston [[br]] 1600 Lamar[[br]] Houston, Texas, 77010, USA [[br]] == Registration == [Online registration] [http://www.regonline.com/15GEC] [[br]] Conference Fee: $475 [[br]] Hotel Deadline: October 8, 2012 [[br]] Hotel Registration: [[br]] Room rate: $195 Per night [[br]] To make your reservation: Call 800-236-2905 and ask for the University of Houston GENI 15 Engineering Conference [[br]] Reservation code: 1GN [[br]] Or visit www.americashouston.hilton.com [[br]] link: [http://www.americashouston.hilton.com][[br]] == Transportation to/from the airport or university of Houston == Both the hotel and university website suggest SuperShuttle:[http://supershuttle.rideflyreservations.com/] [[br]] Local IAH reservations: 800-BLUE VAN (800-258-3826) [[br]] To/From the University, it is $27 for the first passenger, $7 for each [[br]] additional passenger, with a max of 10 people. [[br]] To/From the hotel, it is $23 per passenger. Max passengers is 10. [[br]] == Advice for Newcomers == Experimenters unfamiliar with GENI are encouraged to to attend tutorials, which will present an introduction to GENI concepts and selected GENI resources. In addition, the two [wiki:GEC15Agenda/NewcomerBreakfast Newcomer's Breakfasts] will provide an informal opportunity to discuss your plans and questions with GENI project office staff and other newcomers. If you are starting design or development of your experiment, you may want to participate in either the Wednesday afternoon [wiki:GEC15Agenda/ExperimenterDropIn Experimenter Drop-in Help Session] or the Thursday afternoon [wiki:GEC15Agenda/CodingSprint Coding Sprint, Experimenter Tutoring, and Operations GENI Hands-On session], where you can get hands-on assistance from GENI developers. == Travel Grants == A limited number of travel grants are available. Please see [http://www.geni.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Travel-Grants-Instructions_GEC15-HY-Rev1.2.pdf travel grant application instructions]. == Tutorial Feedback == If you attend a tutorial during GEC15, we would love to get your feedback. Please let us know what you think by completing this form (TBA). [[br]] == Conference Agenda == [[Image(GEC15 Agenda.png, 80%)]] === Conference Sessions and Events === ''Click on an event for additional information. (Coming soon)'' '''Tuesday Sessions''' [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/NewcomerBreakfast Newcomer's Breakfast] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/IMDesignTopics I&M: GIMI and GEMINI Design Topics] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/IntroToGENI Introduction to GENI and Experiment Lifecycle] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/IMMonitoring Campus/Experiment Topics in Monitoring and I&M] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/AMTopics Aggregate Manager Topics] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/ExperimentLifecycleTools Experiment Lifecycle Tools] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/IntroToOmni Tutorial: Intro to Omni] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/GEMINITutorial Tutorial: GEMINI] [[BR]] ''Evening Demo and Networking Event'''[[BR]] '''University of Houston, Alumni Center’s Great Hall, Melcher Board Room, and Life Member Room''' [[BR]] '''Wednesday Sessions''' [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/WednesdayPlenary Plenary Session: GENI Updates] [[br]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/AdvancedGENITopoOmni Tutorial: Advanced GENI Topologies with Omni] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/PortalClearinghouse GENI Portal and Clearinghouse] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/WiMAXUpdate WiMAX Campus Deployments and Experiments Update] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/ExperimenterDropIn Experimenter Drop-in Help Session] [[BR]] '''Thursday Sessions''' [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/NewcomerBreakfast Newcomer's Breakfast] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/GIMITutorial Tutorial: GIMI] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/Programmable Networks and GENI] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/ExperimenterRoundtable Experimenter Roundtable] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/WiMAXTutorial Tutorial: WiMAX] [[BR]] [wiki:GEC15Agenda/CodingSprint Coding Sprint, Experimenter Tutoring, and Operations GENI Hands-On] [[BR]] === Wednesday Evening Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) Dinners === BoF dinners are opportunities for participants interested in the same GENI-related topic to get together in a social setting. Anybody is free to organize a BoF dinner; just add it to the table below. || '''Day''' || '''Time''' || '''Topic''' || '''Meeting Place''' || '''Leader''' || '''Links''' || || Wednesday || 6pm || Experiment Management || Meet at 6pm in lobby of hotel, to organize carpools to the original [http://www.ninfas.com/ Ninfa's] on 2704 Navigation Blvd, Houston || Please RSVP to [mailto:sedwards@bbn.com Sarah Edwards] || http://www.ninfas.com/ ||