The Winter ‘09 ESCC /Internet2 Joint Techs will be held in College Station, Texas starting Sunday afternoon, February 1 and ending Thursday, February 5. (Note that other/related meetings may be held prior to and beyond these dates - see below for schedule). Texas A & M is the host and all meetings will take place at the Memorial Student Center unless otherwise indicated on the agenda.

** Dates to Remember **
Friday January 9 – Hilton College Station & Conference Center Lodging Cut-off Date
Friday January 16, 11:59PM EST – Joint Techs Registration Fee increases

Evening meetings will take place at the Hilton Hotel.  The Welcome Reception will take place on evening of Tuesday, February 3.

For the Joint Techs hosted by Texas A&M University in February 2009, the over-arching focus of the meeting is on the Campus Point-of-View. Four focal areas identified are:

Campus Challenges - Co-chairs: Scott Pinkerton
End-to-End Campus Collaboration - Co-chairs: Carla Hunt and Joe Metzger
The Impending Crisis in Routing and Networking - Co-chairs: Dale Finkelson and Matt Crawford
Convergence Technologies - Co-chairs: Russ Hobby and Scott Bradley


Click here for more information on these areas of focus.  Proposals on other topics are also welcome.

 Workshop Evaluation Survey will be available here during and post meeting.

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If you would like to give a presentation or tutorial, or organize a BoF, Vendor Soup or side- meeting, please fill out this web form . If you have questions, please contact either of the co-chairs Phil Demar, or Eric Boyd.

Lightning Talks will again be welcomed. A Lightning Talk is a very short (under 5 minutes) talk on a topic of your choice - anything interesting or timely, or even a bit off the wall. Submissions will be solicited during the workshop. Slides are welcome but not required.

Current Meetings/Workshops
* DCN Workshop, Saturday, January 31 – Sunday February 1
* Network Performance Workshop, Saturday, January 31 - Sunday February 1 (AM)
* IPTV Workshop, Saturday, January 31 - Sunday, February 1 (AM)
* Joint Techs, Sunday, February 1 (PM) – Wednesday, February 4 (AM)
* ESCC Meeting, Wednesday, February 4 (PM) – Thursday, February 5
* VoIP Workshop, Wednesday, February 4 (PM) - Thursday, February 5
* IPv6 Unicast Workshop, Wednesday, February 4 (PM) - Friday, February 6 (AM)