Thursday, June 26, 2025
Oregon Institute of Technology
Portland Metro Campus
27500 SW Parkway Ave
Wilsonville, OR
9:00-10:00am PDT – Coffee & Networking
10:00am-4:30pm PDT – Program
We are excited to invite you to Link Oregon’s first in-person annual member meeting, to be held at the Oregon Tech – Portland Metro campus in Wilsonville, OR.
Don’t miss this day packed with keynotes, panel discussions, technical workshops, and plenty of time to network with Link Oregon members – representing Oregon K-20 education, local and state government, and other public and non-profit entities – and partners across the regional and national broadband ecosystem.
Registration is FREE for Link Oregon members and $50 for non-members. All are welcome. EARLY REGISTRATION IS REQUESTED.
Morning refreshments, lunch, snacks and beverages will be provided.
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-10:00 | Coffee & Networking | N/A |
| 10:00-10:15am | Welcome Remarks & Introductions | Steve Corbató, Executive Director, Link Oregon |
| 10:15-10:40am | FIRESIDE CHAT – Making the Data Economy Work for All Oregonians | Skip Newberry, President and CEO, Technology Association of Oregon Kathryn Helms, Chief Data Officer, State of Oregon |
| 10:40-10:45am | Keynote Speaker Derek Masseth Introduction | Steve Corbató |
| 10:45- 11:10am | KEYNOTE – Partnerships for Innovation, Connectivity, and Access – Successes from a Leading State Network in the West | Derek Masseth, Executive Director, Sun Corridor Network Sun Corridor Network, Arizona’s Research and Education Network, is a collaboration between Arizona’s three public universities. SCN serves the needs of the education community across the State and expands access to unserved and underserved communities by applying emerging cyber-infrastructure technologies and educational experiences that make the internet easy to use. |
| 11:10-11:15am | Disaster Resiliency Panelist Introductions | Steve Corbató, Link Oregon |
| 11:15-11:40am | PANEL – Resilient Networks, Resilient Communities – Network-enabled Disaster Preparedness | William Chapman, Statewide Interoperability Coordinator (SWIC) for the State of Oregon André LeDuc, Vice President and Chief Resilience Officer, University of Oregon Robin Mayall, Director of Information Services, City of Eugene |
| 11:40-12:05pm | Future Evolutions – The Future of High-Speed Networking: Preparing for 400G | Facilitator: Richard Hicks, Senior Network Engineering Architect, Link Oregon Panelists: Christy Long, Associate Chief Information Officer for Technology Infrastructure, University of Oregon Mark Keever, Executive Director, Digital Research Infrastructure, Oregon State University |
| 12:05-1:05pm | Lunch – Sponsored by Palo Alto Networks Link Oregon Strategic Updates (12:30-12:50) – Steve Corbató & Cynthia Brown | |
| 1:05-1:35pm | PANEL – The Evolving Threat Landscape: Cybersecurity and Incident Response in an AI-powered world | Facilitator: Kevin Bohan, Manager, Network Engineering, Link Oregon Panelists: Rachel Wente-Chaney, Chief Information Officer, High Desert Educational Service District José Domínguez, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Oregon |
| PARALLEL TRACKS—CHOOSE ONE (1:45pm-2:40 pm) | ||
| 1:45-2:10pm | Technical Session Network Automation: A Journey, not a Destination Facilitator: Stephen Fromm, Senior Network Automation Architect, Link Oregon Panelists: Greg Brewster, IT Director, City of Sandy Johan Reinalda, Director, Networking and Telecom, Oregon State University | Future Evolutions Quantum Buzz is Growing: Why quantum networking should be on your radar Presenter: Brian Smith, Professor, Optical Molecular & Quantum Science, University of Oregon |
| 2:15-2:40pm | Technical Session (Tutorial) Safeguarding Internet Routing – A Primer on BGP and RPKI Routing Presenters: Stephen Fromm, Senior Network Automation Architect, Link Oregon Richard Hicks, Senior Network Engineering Architect, Link Oregon | Future Evolutions Democratizing HPC and Growing the STEM talent pipeline in Oregon Presenters: Christy Long, Associate Chief Information Officer for Technology Infrastructure, University of Oregon Will Pazner, Assistant Professor, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Portland State University |
| 2:40-3:00pm | NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK K12 eduroam Birds-of-a-Feather | |
| 3:00-3:15pm | GOLD SPONSOR LIGHTNING TALK – ARISTA NETWORKS | |
| 3:20-3:35pm | GOLD SPONSOR LIGHTNING TALK – CIENA NETWORKS | |
| 3:40-4:15pm | COLLABORATIVE ALL-HANDS MEMBER ACTIVITY | |
| 4:15-4:30pm | CLOSING REMARKS – Steve Corbató, Executive Director, Link Oregon | |
Thank you to our member meeting sponsors!
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Hotel
Hilton Garden Inn
30800 SW Parkway Ave
Wilsonville, OR 97070
https://www.wilsonville.hiltongardeninn.com/
Click here to reserve your room in our group block.
Dates: June 25-27, 2025
Group Rate: $165.00 plus 12.5% taxes
Rate Includes: WiFi and Parking
Reservation cut-off date for group rate: May 28
Parking
On site parking is plentiful and free.