GPN & ARE-ON Joint Conference 2026: Grid

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.

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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	Embassy Suites — Hotel Lobby	Grand Ballroom V — Exhibit Hall	NWACC Commons	NWACC Conference Room 1	NWACC Conference Room 2	NWACC Conference Room 3	NWACC Conference Room 4	NWACC Conference Room 5

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*Tour: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art - Self-Guided (SHUTTLE) 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Opening Night Networking Reception 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Sponsor Check-In and Booth Setup Begins 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Conference Registration Opens 9:00am - 4:00pm

Networking Lunch 11:30am - 12:30pm

Welcome

Refreshment Break

Keynote: GPN and the National Research Platform 3:15pm - 4:00pm

*Tour: C‑TEC - Supporting the Trails and Biking Industry at NWACC 4:00pm - 5:30pm

GPN NPC/EC Meeting 12:30pm - 3:00pm

*Workshop: Designing Secure by Default Learning Environments 12:30pm - 3:00pm

*Tabletop Exercise: CMMC NIST 800-171/GPN Security Committee Meeting 12:30pm - 3:00pm

*Workshop: Setting Up and Maintaining a Science DMZ - Part I 9:30am - 11:30am

*Workshop: Setting Up and Maintaining a Science DMZ - Part II 12:30pm - 2:30pm

GPN NTAC Meeting 2:30pm - 3:00pm

GPN Cyber Infrastructure Program Meeting 12:30pm - 3:00pm

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Ambassador Ballroom A	Ambassador Ballroom B	Ambassador Ballroom C	Embassy Suites — Hotel Lobby	Grand Ballroom I–IV	Grand Ballroom V — Exhibit Hall

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Ritter Communications — Sponsor Session 11:00am - 11:45am

Pinnacle Business Systems — Sponsor Session 1:00pm - 1:45pm

GPN Statewide Initiatives in Quantum Technologie... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Nokia — Sponsor Session 11:00am - 11:45am

Building Collaborations Using Non-Research Fundi... 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Coherent Optics Transforming Regional Networks 4:15pm - 5:00pm

GlobalNOC Gateway Overview & Announcement of Rel... 11:00am - 11:45am

Conference Registration 7:00am - 4:00pm

Networking Reception 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Conference Breakfast 7:00am - 8:00am

Welcome & Opening...

Keynote: The State of Fiber and Building A... 8:05am - 8:45am

State BEAD Stakeholders Panel 8:45am - 9:30am

Palo Alto Networks — Quantum Presenting Sponsor... 10:00am - 10:45am

Fortinet — Sponsor Session 11:00am - 11:45am

Lunch & Sponsor Showcase 11:45am - 12:45pm

State of ARE-ON 12:30pm - 1:00pm

Keynote: Internet2's Support for State Networks 3:15pm - 4:00pm

ARE-ON Technical Updates 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Sponsor Booth Setup 7:00am - 8:00am

Sponsor Showcase & Peer Networki... 9:30am - 10:00am

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Ambassador Ballroom A	Ambassador Ballroom B	Ambassador Ballroom C	Ambassador Ballroom D	Embassy Suites — Hotel Lobby	Grand Ballroom I–IV	Grand Ballroom V — Exhibit Hall	University of Arkansas — I3R Facility

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HPE — Sponsor Session 9:30am - 10:15am

*Workshop: perfSONAR Workshop 12:45pm - 4:30pm

OAK Supercomputing Center: Resources Overview 12:45pm - 1:30pm

*Workshop: Introduction to Deploying and Scaling Data-Intensive Workloads with Docker and Kubernetes on the National Research Pl... 2:45pm - 4:45pm

State of the State Networks 11:00am - 11:45am

Roundtable: Resources and Funding to Support Adv... 12:45pm - 1:30pm

Keynote: Resilient IT: Winning w... 10:30am - 11:00am

Conference Registration 7:00am - 2:00pm

Conference Breakfast 7:00am - 8:00am

Keynote: Transform IT, Transform Everything in t... 8:00am - 8:45am

State of Higher Ed IT 8:45am - 9:15am

PIER Group — Sponsor Session 9:30am - 10:15am

Lunch & Final Sponsor Showcase 11:45am - 12:45pm

Afternoon Break

Closing Remarks & Thank You 1:30pm - 2:30pm

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*Tour (I³R) — University of Arkansas (SHUTTLE) 2:45pm - 4:30pm

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