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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.
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Tuesday, June 23
 

11:00am CDT

GlobalNOC Gateway Overview & Announcement of Release for ARE-ON Member Institutions
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.
Overview of the GlobalNOC Gateway application and the announcement of release of the application for ARE-ON's member institutions.
Audience: CIOs / CTOs, IT Directors and Managers, Network Engineers and Administrators, Faculty and Academic Researchers
Moderators
avatar for Scott Ramoly

Scott Ramoly

Chief Technology Officer, ARE-ON
Chief Technology Officer – ARE-ON
Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network
Speakers
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Ben Geels

Manager: Monitoring and Information Systems Team, GlobalNOC
Tuesday June 23, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am CDT
Ambassador Ballroom C 3303 Pinnacle Hills Pkwy, Rogers, AR 72758-8936

2:00pm CDT

Building Collaborations Using Non-Research Funding Mechanisms
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
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Michael Wallace

Asst. Director, UAMS IDHI e-Link
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Martin Maize

Sr. PM, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Tuesday June 23, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
Ambassador Ballroom B 3303 Pinnacle Hills Pkwy, Rogers, AR 72758-8936

4:15pm CDT

ARE-ON Technical Updates

Speakers
avatar for Scott Ramoly

Scott Ramoly

Chief Technology Officer, ARE-ON
Chief Technology Officer – ARE-ON
Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network
Tuesday June 23, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm CDT
Grand Ballroom I–IV 3303 Pinnacle Hills Pkwy, Rogers, AR 72758-8936
 
Wednesday, June 24
 

12:45pm CDT

Roundtable: Resources and Funding to Support Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

Speakers
avatar for Dana Brunson

Dana Brunson

Executive Director for Research Engagement, Internet2

avatar for Amy Apon

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 →
avatar for Kevin Brandt

Kevin Brandt

Program Director, National Science Foundation
Wednesday June 24, 2026 12:45pm - 1:30pm CDT
Ambassador Ballroom C 3303 Pinnacle Hills Pkwy, Rogers, AR 72758-8936
 
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