Wednesday Oct. 18, 2006 (Hampton Inn Hotel) (invitation only)

4:30 – 6:00 pm - Registration and Reception in the Hampton Inn Hotel Lobby

6:00 – 7:30 pm - Dinner at the Golden Coral Buffet (next door to the Hotel)

Thursday Oct. 19, 2006 (229 Dixon Hall, ECSU)

8:30 – 10:00 am (invitation only)
Welcome: IT @ ECSU: Mr. Derrick Wilkins, Chief Information Officer

Strategy Session I: Project Overview
Proposed Project: Dr. Linda Hayden
Minority Cyberinfrastructure Projects: Dr. Alex Ramirez
SARS Data: Dr. Prasad Gogineni
CReSIS Education: Dr. Gary Webber
ADMI: Drs. Andrea Lawrence and Constance Bland

10:00 – 11:30 am (invitation only)

GRID Project Teams Meet: Objectives, Identify Tasks and Timelines
Administrative Team meets with Technical and Education Teams

Lunch in the Faculty dining Room, ECSU IT tour for TECH team, Radio interview for Education team

3:30 – 5:00 pm (open to public)
Registration

Welcome: Dr. Darnell Johnson
Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, ECSU

GRSS Chapter Meeting
Minutes: Mrs. Keisha Wilkins, Secretary
ExCom Committee Report: Dr. William Porter, Vice President
Membership: Mrs. Liz Noble, Membership Chairperson
Introduction of Guest Speaker: Dr. Darnell Johnson

CERSER Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Geoffrey Fox
Director of Community Grids Laboratory: Pervasive Technology at Indiana University
Implementation of a Polar Science TeraGrid Gateway for SARS and other CReSIS Data Sets

IGARSS 2006 Highlights and Upcoming Events: Dr. Linda Hayden

5:00 – 6:30 pm - Reception and Poster Session

7:00 – 9:00 pm - (Education Team Only) Introduction to the Antarctic Temperature Mapping Student Research

Friday Oct. 20, 2006 (229 Dixon Hall, ECSU) (invitation only)

8:30 – 10:00 am - GRID Project Teams Meet: Objectives, Identify Tasks and Timelines

10:00 – 11:30 am - Strategy Session II: Teams Report on Objectives, Identify Tasks and Timelines