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.

2:00pm CDT

Building Collaborations Using Non-Research Funding Mechanisms

Tuesday June 23, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT

Ambassador Ballroom B @ 3303 Pinnacle Hills Pkwy, Rogers, AR 72758-8936

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 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
Ambassador Ballroom B 3303 Pinnacle Hills Pkwy, Rogers, AR 72758-8936

Presentation

Company University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Audience Grant Administrators, IT Leaders
Subject Strategy, Collaboration & Applications

12:45pm CDT

Roundtable: Resources and Funding to Support Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

Wednesday June 24, 2026 12:45pm - 1:30pm CDT

Ambassador Ballroom C @ 3303 Pinnacle Hills Pkwy, Rogers, AR 72758-8936

Speakers

Dana Brunson

Executive Director for Research Engagement, Internet2

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 →

Kevin Brandt