= GEC 25 Plenary =

This session will include invited talks by speakers from the NSF and other institutions on Future Cyberinfrastructures, and update on GENI and a demo of SDX research using GENI.

== Time ==
Tuesday March 14: 08:30am - 11:30am


== Session Leaders ==
 * Mark Berman, GENI Project Office

== !Agenda/Speakers ==

=== Plenary 1 (08:30am - 10am) ===
 * GPO Welcome - [http://www.geni.net/about-geni/about-the-gpo/mark-berman/ Mark Berman], Project Director, GENI Project Office [http://groups.geni.net/geni/raw-attachment/wiki/GEC25Agenda/Plenary/2017-03-14%20Berman%20GEC%20Welcome.pdf slides]
 * FIU Welcome - [https://cec.fiu.edu/about/deans-welcome/ranu-jung/ Ranu Jung], Interim Dean, College of Engineering and Computing, FIU
 * NSF Keynote,  ''NSF Investments in Systems Research Infrastructure''- [https://www.nsf.gov/staff/staff_bio.jsp?lan=kcalvert&org=CISE&from_org=CISE Kenneth Calvert], Division Director of CNS, National Science Foundation [http://groups.geni.net/geni/raw-attachment/wiki/GEC25Agenda/Plenary/Calvert%20-%20NSF%20Investments%20in%20Systems%20Research%20Infrastructure.pdf slides]
 * PAWR Project Office (PPO) Vision and Update - Manu Gosain, Technical Program Director, PAWR Project Office [http://groups.geni.net/geni/raw-attachment/wiki/GEC25Agenda/Plenary/Gosain-PAWR_Project_Office_GEC25.pdf slides]

=== Plenary 2 (08:30am - 10am) ===
 * GENI Update -  [http://www.geni.net/about-geni/about-the-gpo/mark-berman/ Mark Berman], Project Director, GENI Project Office [http://groups.geni.net/geni/raw-attachment/wiki/GEC25Agenda/Plenary/2017-03-14%20Berman%20GENI%20Future%20Directions%20and%20Update.pdf slides]
 * Demo of SDXs on GENI [http://groups.geni.net/geni/raw-attachment/wiki/GEC25Agenda/Plenary/2017-03-14%20GENI%20SDX%20Plenaryv8.pptx Overview Slides] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/raw-attachment/wiki/GEC25Agenda/Plenary/20170314-wix-sdx-max-v1.pdf Tom Lehman's WIX/MAX SDX Slides] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/raw-attachment/wiki/GEC25Agenda/Plenary/gec25-v3.pptx Ali Sydney's Service Chaining Slides]