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Welcome to the GPN & ARE-ON Joint Conference 2026 schedule. Use this page to browse sessions, view speaker and session details, and build your personal agenda for June 22–24 in Rogers, Arkansas. Check back through May as additional sessions and details are added.

Featured Speakers

avatar for Gary Bolton

Gary Bolton

Fiber Broadband Association
President and CEO
avatar for Frank Wuerthwein

Frank Wuerthwein

University of California at San Diego
Director, San Diego Supercomputer Center; CEO, Open Science Grid and...
avatar for Tripti Sinha

Tripti Sinha

Internet2
President and CEO

Speakers

avatar for Dan Andresen

Dan Andresen

Kansas State University
Professor, Computer Science, and Department Head, Institute for...
avatar for Natasha Angell

Natasha Angell

MOREnet
Executive Director
avatar for Amy Apon

Amy Apon

National Science Foundation
Program Director
avatar for Brady Bell

Brady Bell

Ciena
Director Engineering
avatar for Caughlin Bohn

Caughlin Bohn

UNL Holland Computing Center
HPC Outreach and Training Specialist
avatar for Dana Brunson

Dana Brunson

Internet2
Executive Director for Research Engagement
avatar for Andrew Buker

Andrew Buker

University of Nebraska System
Assistant Vice President, Infrastructure Services
avatar for Brian Burkhart

Brian Burkhart

OneNet
Chief Technology Officer
avatar for Chip Byers

Chip Byers

Missouri Research and Education Network
Chief Technical Strategist
MC

Markus Calahan

Ciena
Account Manager
avatar for Benjamin Canlas

Benjamin Canlas

University of Missouri System
VP Info Tech/CIO
avatar for Bryan Carnahan

Bryan Carnahan

University of Arkansas at Rich Mountain
CIO
DC

David Chaffin

University of Arkansas
Assistant Professor and Director AHPCC
avatar for Zak Chalupka

Zak Chalupka

HPE
HPE Networking Principal Architect
avatar for Tom Coffin

Tom Coffin

EAC UA Little Rock
avatar for Helen 'Gayle' Combs

Helen 'Gayle' Combs

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Cybersecurity Advisor (CSA)
avatar for Chris Crook

Chris Crook

KanREN
avatar for Mark Feit

Mark Feit

Internet2
Principal software engineer
BF

Bryan Fendley

avatar for Christopher Fennell

Christopher Fennell

OSU
Interim Director, OAK Supercomputing Consortium
AG

Andre Gardinalli

AMD
SLED Business Development Sales North Central
avatar for Ben Geels

Ben Geels

GlobalNOC at Indiana University
Manager: Monitoring and Information Systems Team
AG

Anthony Gloriana

Ciena
Principal Engineer
MG

Michael Gregg

Palo Alto Networks
CISO
TG

Trini Grinspan

Nokia
Consulting Engineer
KG

Kevin Grissom

Lenovo
HPC Solution Architect
JG

Jonathan Groves

Palo Alto Networks
Solutions Consultant - SLED
AH

Ahmed Halimeh

avatar for Wesam Helou

Wesam Helou

Cleveland State University
Chief Information Officer
BH

Branden Henner

Fortinet
Account Manager
avatar for John Hennessey

John Hennessey

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Asociate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology & OneNet | CIO
avatar for Ryan Hoffman

Ryan Hoffman

North Arkansas College
Director of Information Systems
CJ

Christopher Jennings

Pinnacle Business Systems
Account Executive
avatar for Chad Johnson

Chad Johnson

ARE-ON
Director of Cybersecurity
avatar for Ryan Johnson

Ryan Johnson

University of South Dakota
Director of Research Computing
KJ

Keith Jones

AMD
Senior Field Applications Engineer
avatar for Steven Karp

Steven Karp

ARE-ON
Senior Network Engineer
avatar for Matthew Keeler

Matthew Keeler

University of Missouri
Director, IT Research Support Solutions
avatar for Chris Kolsrud

Chris Kolsrud

SD Board of Regents
Chief Technology and Security Officer
avatar for Geoff Kreiling

Geoff Kreiling

Radware
Director, MSSP Routes to Market
avatar for Mark Laufersweiler

Mark Laufersweiler

University of Oklahoma
Data Services Specialist
MM

Martin Maize

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Sr. PM
avatar for Natalie McNish

Natalie McNish

Missouri State University
Director of Internal Audit & Risk Management
avatar for David Molik

David Molik

Kansas State University
Associate Professor and Librarian, Department Head, Open Publishing...
avatar for Bernard Morvant

Bernard Morvant

Lumen
Sr. Account Manager
avatar for Scott Ramoly

Scott Ramoly

ARE-ON
Chief Technology Officer
SR

Shankar Ravi

Northwest Arkansas Community College
Associate Professor, Computer Science
MR

Michael Renshaw

Lumen
Director
avatar for Mark Roman

Mark Roman

Info -Tech Research Group
Managing Partner for Education
BS

Brian Scharlin

Fortinet
Director of SLED Capture, Higher Education
avatar for Mickey Slimp

Mickey Slimp

Great Plains Network
Executive Director
avatar for Shannon Spurling

Shannon Spurling

TS

Tamya Stallings

Arkansas State University-Mountain Home
Director of Computer Services
avatar for Michelle Stewart

Michelle Stewart

DYV Events
Conference Coordinator
avatar for Elon Turner

Elon Turner

ARE-ON
Executive Director
SU

Steven Umbehocker

OSNexus
CEO / CTO
avatar for Michael Wallace

Michael Wallace

UAMS IDHI e-Link
Asst. Director
avatar for Derek Weitzel

Derek Weitzel

University of Nebraska Lincoln
CW

Caleb Williams

PIER Group
Major Account Manager and VP of Contracts
CW

Chad Williams

PIER Group
President
avatar for John Woods

John Woods

MOREnet
Network Engineer – CORE/Optical
avatar for Jason Zurawski

Jason Zurawski

ESnet
Science Engagement Engineer

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