GPN & ARE-ON Joint Conference 2026 has ended

GPN & ARE-ON Joint Conference 2026

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.

12:00pm CDT

Welcome NWACC Shewmaker Center For Global Business Development-Peterson AuditoriumMickey Slimp

3:15pm CDT

Keynote: GPN and the National Research Platform NWACC Shewmaker Center For Global Business Development-Peterson AuditoriumFrank Wuerthwein

8:00am CDT

Welcome & Opening Remarks Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Grand Ballroom VElon Turner

8:15am CDT

Keynote: The State of Fiber with Its Role in Building A.I. Infrastructure Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Grand Ballroom VGary Bolton

8:45am CDT

Gary Bolton Q&A: How Will Advances in Broadband and Fiber Technologies Change My Program? Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Grand Ballroom VMickey Slimp • Gary Bolton • Chris Crook • John Woods

10:00am CDT

Blueprint for Collective Defense: Scaling Threat Intelligence Across State Lines Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Grand Ballroom VMichael Gregg • Palo Alto Networks

12:30pm CDT

State of ARE-ON: Built for What's Next Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Grand Ballroom VElon Turner

1:00pm CDT

Keynote: Internet2's Support for State Networks Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Grand Ballroom VTripti Sinha

3:15pm CDT

AMD Empowering the Future of HPC and AI Datacenters Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Grand Ballroom VKeith Jones • AMD / Cambridge Computer

12:45pm CDT

Closing Remarks & Thank You Embassy Suites Conv. Center - Grand Ballroom VMickey Slimp • Elon Turner