Tuesday, May 31 Afternoon – Vendor Sessions

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
4pm – 5:30	ADVA	Joe Corley
5:30 – 6:00	Break
6:00 – 7:30	Nortel	Brian Manning

Wednesday, June 1 Morning – Vendor Sessions Continued

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
8:00 – 8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00	Meriton	Brian Pratt
10:00 – 10:30	Break
10:30 – Noon	Calient	Ron Mackey

Wednesday, June 1 Afternoon – Workshop Begins

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
Noon	Lunch
12:30 – 1pm	Introduction	Hud Croasdale
1pm	Optical Network Testing
1:00 – 1:15	Optical Test Equipment	Dale Smith
1:15 – 1:45	Practical Experience with Optical Testing	Patrick Christian Paul Schopis
1:45 – 2:00	BER Testing	John Moore
2:00 – 2:30	FIT Analysis	Dave Reese Peter O’Neil
2:30 pm	Transition from Layer 3 to Layer 1
2:30 – 3:00	Lessons Learned – Layer 3 to Layer 1	Scot Colburn
3:00 – 3:30	Lessons Learned – Working with Providers	Bill Owens
3:30 – 4:00	Break
4:00 – 4:30	Training Issues	Ken Goodwin
4:30 – 5:00	Business Issues: Maintaining and Operating Layer 1	Scott Gerstenberger Steve Kankus
5:00 – 5:30	Panel on Optical Network Infrastructure for Production Services	Tim Rue Rob Vietzke Jim Van Dyke
6:00 – 8:00	Reception	Ochre Court Mansion (on campus)

Thursday, June 2

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
8:30 – 9:00	Continental Breakfast
9:00	Optical Network Management Tools
9:00 – 9:30	Vendor Specific Tools (Cisco)	Paul Schopis
9:30 – 10:00	Vendor Specific Tools (Movaz)	Jerry Sobieski
10:00 –10:30	Break
10:30 – 11:15	NLR Management Tools	Luke Fowler
11:15	Connecting to Optical Networks
11:15 – Noon	Current Trends in Metro and Regional Optical Networking	George Loftus Mark Johnson
12:00 – 12:30	Group A Report	Wendy Huntoon Michael Krugman
12:30-1:30	Working Lunch – Group A Report Cont’d	Wendy Huntoon Michael Krugman
1:30 – 2:00	Alien Waves	John Streck Jerry Sobieski
2:00 – 2:30	RON –to – RON Connections	Rob Vietzke George Loftus Steve Kankus
2:30 – 3:00	Break
3:00 – 3:30	Preparing to Connect to HOPI	Rick Summerhill
3:30 – 4:15	Preparing to connect to next Gen Abilene	Steve Cotter
6:00 pm	Clam Bake

Friday, June 3

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
8:00 – 8:30	Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30	Panel – International Optical Network Connections	Rick Summerhill Peter O’Neil
9:30 - 10:00	Optical Network Peering	Wendy Huntoon
10:00 – 10:10	Break
10:10	Regional Network Progress
10:10 –10;30	NYSERnet	Bill Owens
10:30 –10:50	LEARN	Jim Williams
10:50 –11:20	FLR	Ryan Vaughn
11:20 –11:40	MATP	Hud Croasdale
11:40	Wrap Up	Workshop Committee