Lariat Summit
Program Agenda and Documentation
August 14-15th 2006
Bozeman, MT

Shaping
the Future
of the
West

Attendee Roster
WICHE Maps

Day One: Setting the Context, Surfacing the Issues

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 AM


Welcome and introductions

  • Geoff Gamble, President, Montana State University
  • Gwen Jacobs, Professor and Department Head, Cell Biology Neuroscience, Montana State University and PI, Lariat/IDEAnet

9:15 – 9:45 AM


Goals for the summit

- Louis Fox, Vice Provost, University of Washington

 

Discussion Topics:

9:45 – 10:45 AM


Minority serving institutions

  • Kathleen Ross, President, Heritage College (moderator)
  • Joe McDonald, President, Salish Kootenai College
  • Bernice Joseph, Executive Dean, College of Rural and Community Development, University of Alaska – Fairbanks .
  • David Yarlott, President, Little Big Horn College

Presentations :
none

10:45 – 11:00 AM

Break

 

11:00 – 12:15 PM


Developments in advanced networks and cyberinfrastructure in the West

  • Ron Johnson, Vice President, Computing & Communications, University of Washington (moderator)
  • Doug Gale, Consultant, National Lambda Rail
  • Ray Ford, Chief Information Officer, University of Montana
  • Norma Grijalva, Director, Telecommunications and Networking Services, New Mexico State University
  • Cy Scheske, President, Saskatchewan Research Network

 

Presentations:

Ron Johnson – LARIAT Summit 8-2006 rj-final.ppt
Doug Gale - 060814-NLR-Lariat v2.ppt
Ray Ford - Pres-RFord.ppt, 2006-07-NTNC-VB.ppt

12:15 – 12:45 PM

Lunch

 

12:45 – 1:45 PM


Federal and state priorities and programs

  • David Longanecker, Executive Director, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (moderator)
  • Michael Sayre, Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Research Infrastructure, National Center for Research Resources, NIH
  • Krishan Arora, Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Research Infrastructure, National Center for Research Resources, NIH
  • Joyce Ray, Associate Director for Library Services, Institute for Museum and Library Services
  • Elstun Lauesen, Executive Director, Telecommunications Planning, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians

Presentations:

Elstun Lauesen - Leadership Allocation.ppt


1:45 – 3:15 PM


E-science applications

  • Gwen Jacobs, Professor and Department Head, Cell Biology & Neuroscience, Montana State University and PI, Lariat/IDEAnet (moderator)
  • Tim Ford, Professor and Department Head, Microbiology, Montana State University and PI, Montana INBRE
  • Bob Franza, Executive Director, Seattle Science Foundation and Affiliate Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington
  • Barney Maccabe, Director, Center for High Performance Computing, University of Mexico
  • Sherrilynne Fuller, Professor, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics; Director, Health Sciences Libraries and Associate Dean, University Libraries, University of Washington
  • Michael McGill, Program Manager, Internet2

Presentations:

Barney Maccabe - E-Science at UNM

3:15 – 3:30 PM

Break

 

3:30 – 4:45 PM


What are the new research opportunities and how do we engage faculty and students?

  • David Lassner, Chief Information Officer, University of Hawaii System (moderator)
  • Richard Lindstrom, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Director of Academic Computing
  • Jeff Arterburn, Professor, Organic Chemistry, New Mexico State University
  • Harold McCowan, Title III Director/Computer Science Instructor, Cankdeska Cikana Community College
  • John Watts, Director, American Indian Research Opportunities, Montana State University

Presentations:

none

 


Kathleen Ross – Heritage College , Toppenish

 

 

 

4:45 – 5:00 PM

5:00 PM

5:30 – 6:30 PM

6:30 PM

Wrap-up day one, outline of day two

Depart for reception at the Museum of the Rockies

Museum tour

Reception and dinner

Day Two: The Plan and the Product

8:00 – 8:15 AM

Continental breakfast available

 

8:15 – 8:30 AM

Outline of the day

  • Louis Fox, University of Washington

 

8:30 – 10:00 AM

Small group planning sessions

10:00 – 11:30 AM

Reports and discussion

  • Gwen Jacobs, Montana State University , and Louis Fox, University of Washington (moderators)

 

11:30 Noon

Next steps and adjourn

  • Louis Fox, University of Washington

 

Noon

Box lunches are available