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NCTT Mid Grant-Year Partner Meeting

January 12 - 14, 2006, Las Vegas, NV
Texas Station Hotel and Casino

Texas Station Hotel and Casino
2101 Texas Star Lane
North Las Vegas, NV 89032

Call in # 1-800-654-8888
Identify yourself as attendees of the NCTT group.


CUT OFF DATE - 12/16/05
Room Rates: 1/12/06 - $50.00
1/13-14/06 - $99.00

Texas Station Website

See a PDF map of the area.

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Day 1, Thursday, January 12, 2006 - Regional Partners Only

Location - Texas Station Hotel and Casino
6:30 pm Meet & Greet, Supper TBA
7:00 pm NCTT Update – New Grants
7:30 pm NSF Update – report from evaluator conference and December proposal review
7:50 pm Data Collection For Evaluation
8:10 pm NCTT Mini Grant Discussion
8:25 pm STEM Grant Resubmission
8:45 pm Partner Value Discussion / PIs
9:15 pm Summer 2006 NCTT Workshop
9:30 pm Adjourn

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Day 2, Friday, January 13, 2006

Location - Community College of Southern Nevada
8:00 am Telecom Building Lobby
Continental Breakfast with Meet & Greet
8:30 Telecom Building Auditorium, Room 1772
Welcome and Introductions
NCTT Strategic Update
Review of Agenda
Gordon F. Snyder, Jr., NCTT PI and Executive Director
Nina Laurie, NCTT Staff Associate
Pete Saflund, NCTT Regional Partner Consultant
9:00 Technical Presentation A - What is RFID? - Warren Hioki, Room 2741
Technical Presentation B - Digitial Forensics - Michael Sthultz, Room 2767
Technical Presentation C - C# (C-Sharp) - Alok Pandey, Room 2768
Technical Presentation D - Introduction to GIS - Shruti Tandon, Room 2769
10:30 Coffee and Refreshments (Room 2704)
10:45 Technical Presentation E - Optical Broadband Delivery and Services - Gordon Snyder & Jim Downing, Room 2741
Technical Presentation F - Voice Over IP (VoIP) Solutions - Jay Grybowski, Cisco Systems, Room 2767
Technical Presentation G - WiMax - Mike Qaissaunee, Room 2768
Technical Presentation H - Metro Area Networks - Pierre Thiry & Tim Ryan, Room 2769
12:00 pm Lunch (Telecom Building Lobby), Plenary Session (Auditorium)
12:50 Keynote Address: Nevada Lieutenant Governor Lorraine Hunt
1:30 Technical Presentation A - What is RFID? - Warren Hioki, Room 2741
Technical Presentation B - Digitial Forensics - Michael Sthultz, Room 2767
Technical Presentation C - C# (C-Sharp) - Alok Pandey, Room 2768
Technical Presentation D - Introduction to GIS - Shruti Tandon, Room 2769
3:00 Refreshments (Room 2704)
3:15 Technical Presentation E - Optical Broadband Delivery and Services - Gordon Snyder & Jim Downing, Room 2741
Technical Presentation F - Voice Over IP (VoIP) Solutions - Jay Grybowski, Cisco Systems, Room 2767
Technical Presentation G - WiMax - Mike Qaissaunee, Room 2768
Technical Presentation H - Metro Area Networks - Pierre Thiry & Tim Ryan, Room 2769
4:30 Tour - CCSN Technology Center (Meet in Telecom Building Lobby)
6:30 No Host Social Dinner - Macaroni Grill, Las Vegas Strip

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Day 3, Saturday, January 14, 2006

Location - Community College of Southern Nevada
8:30 am Hot Breakfast (Telecom Building Lobby)
9:00 Plenary Session (Telecom Building Auditorium)
  • Dr. Lois Becker, VPAA, Nevada State College: Technical Baccalaureate Presentation
  • Panel Discussion: NSC, CCSN, Business rep/sfs
10:30 Coffee Break (Telecom Building Lobby)
10:45 Plenary Session (Telecom Building Auditorium)
  • Video Project :15
  • SiteScape Demo :20
  • Business Panel Discussion: Essential Characteristics of 21st Century Workforce :60
    Sprint, Nevada Power, Lotus Broadcasting, Nellis AFB, Cisco Systems
12:30 pm Box Lunch (Telecom Buildling Lobby / Auditorium) and Raffle
1:00 Parnter Presentations
  • Brookdale CC :20
  • Collin County CCD 2 :20
  • CCSN :20
  • Break :10
  • Cuyamaca College :20
  • Lake Land College :20
  • Midlands Technical College :20
3:00 Wrap-up, Next Steps, Summer Workshop 2006, Adjourn

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