GPN & ARE-ON Joint Conference 2026: Full Schedule

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.

11:00am CDT

GlobalNOC Gateway Overview & Announcement of Release for ARE-ON Member Institutions

Tuesday June 23, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am CDT

Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Ambassador A & B @ 3303 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Rogers, AR, USA

The presentation will provide an overview of the new GlobalNOC Gateway application. The application is intended to be used by members of GlobalNOC supported networks. The initial release of the application will allow for members to gain visibility into a high level status of the network, ongoing outages, upcoming maintenances, manage contact information at their institution for notification purposes, amongst many more exciting features! In this same presentation, ARE-ON Chief Technology Officer, Scott Ramoly, will announce the release of the application for use by ARE-ON's member institutions.
Audience: CIOs / CTOs, IT Directors and Managers, Network Engineers and Administrators, Faculty and Academic Researchers

Moderators

Scott Ramoly

Chief Technology Officer, ARE-ON

Chief Technology Officer – ARE-ON
Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network

Speakers

Ben Geels

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

Ben Geels joined the GlobalNOC in 2012 as a full-stack developer on the software development team, building tools for monitoring, measurement, visualization, and information systems that support computer network management. He now serves as manager of the Monitoring and Information... Read More →

Tuesday June 23, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am CDT
Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Ambassador A & B 3303 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Rogers, AR, USA

Presentation

Company GlobalNOC at Indiana University
Audience Network Engineers, Administrators
Subject Infrastructure, Security & Operations

4:00pm CDT

ARE-ON Technical Updates

Tuesday June 23, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm CDT

Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Grand Ballroom V @ 3303 Pinnacle Hills Pkwy, Rogers, AR 72758-8936

Scott Ramoly, Chief Technology Officer of ARE-ON, presents the latest updates on ARE-ON's network infrastructure, services, and technical roadmap. This session covers recent enhancements, upcoming changes, and the engineering priorities shaping how ARE-ON serves its member institutions.

Speakers

Scott Ramoly

Chief Technology Officer, ARE-ON

Chief Technology Officer – ARE-ON
Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network

Tuesday June 23, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Grand Ballroom V 3303 Pinnacle Hills Pkwy, Rogers, AR 72758-8936

Presentation

Company ARE-ON
Audience Network Engineers, Administrators
Subject Infrastructure, Security & Operations

4:00pm CDT

Building Collaborations Using Non-Research Funding Mechanisms

Tuesday June 23, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm CDT

Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Ambassador A & B @ 3303 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Rogers, AR, USA

Building collaborations by using non-research funding mechanisms
Using federal and state funding sources to imagine sustainability, collaborations, customer engagement.
Audience: CIOs / CTOs, Grant Administrators and PIs, Faculty and Academic Researchers

Speakers

Michael Wallace

Asst. Director, UAMS IDHI e-Link

Martin Maize

Sr. PM, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Tuesday June 23, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Ambassador A & B 3303 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Rogers, AR, USA

Presentation

Company University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Audience Network Engineers, Grant Administrators, IT Leaders
Subject Infrastructure, Security & Operations, Strategy, Collaboration & Applications

11:30am CDT

Birds of a Feather: Resources and Funding to Support Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

Wednesday June 24, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm CDT

Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Ambassador A & B @ 3303 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Rogers, AR, USA

Join this conversation with veterans and newcomers to the field of project management and grants acquisition to explore ideas and options as the funding scenarios for science and education evolve.

Speakers

Dana Brunson

Executive Director for Research Engagement, Internet2

Dr. Dana Brunson is Executive Director for Research Engagement at Internet2, where she leads a team that advances research and education through national cyberinfrastructure. She is an advocate for researchers, educators, and the research computing and data (RCD) professionals who... Read More →

Amy Apon

Program Director, National Science Foundation

Amy Apon has been a Program Director in the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure since January 2023. She is the lead Program Director for the Campus Cyberinfrastructure program. Apon joined NSF through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act in January 2023 from Clemson University... Read More →

Dan Andresen

Professor, Computer Science, and Department Head, Institute for Computational Research, Kansas State University

Daniel Andresen is a professor of computer science at Kansas State University and director of the Institute for Computational Research. Andresen’s research is in distributed systems, ranging from sensor networks monitoring bovine health levels to high performance computing systems... Read More →

Nick Eggleston

IT Architect, Kansas State University

Wednesday June 24, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm CDT
Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Ambassador A & B 3303 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Rogers, AR, USA

Presentation

Company National Science Foundation
Audience Network Engineers, Grant Administrators, Researchers
Subject Infrastructure, Security & Operations, Strategy, Collaboration & Applications

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