Afternoon Breakout Session 1 - Presentation 2
| Title: | NJEDge Resources in Support of the Research Community | Speaker: | George Laskaris - NJEDge |
| Time: | 1:30 - 2:20 PM |
| Locations: | Camden - South B - Camden Campus Center Newark - Room 255 - Robeson Campus Center  New Brunswick - Center Hall - Busch Campus Center |
| Presentation Details: | NJEDge.Net, is a non-profit consortium that was developed as part of the state’s plan for higher education. NJEDge provides a high-speed network infrastructure designed to enhance the teaching, research and public service missions of New Jersey's colleges and universities. The range of resources and services offer economies of scale, provide expanded opportunities for integrating emerging technologies, and promote new forms of inter-institutional collaboration. Mr. Laskaris will discuss how NJEDge is helping to support the New Jersey research community and will describe current plans for implementing a next generation regional optical network capable of providing terabits to the desktop. |
| Speaker Bio: | George Laskaris is currently the Executive Director and CEO of New Jersey’s Higher Education Network (NJEDge.Net, Inc.), a non-profit consortium that was developed as part of the state’s plan for higher education. The consortium was created to provide collaborative resources and networked information services to its members and affiliates in support of education; research and development; outreach and public service; as well as economic development throughout the state of New Jersey. Prior to joining NJEDge, George was Associate Provost for Information Technology at Rutgers University, where he provided leadership in the planning for information technology resources and services and was previously the Executive Director of Computing and Information Technology at Rutgers, where he was responsible for providing University-wide academic and administrative computing and telecommunications services. . |
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