Past Workshop

HENC NetComm Workshop 2026

September 29, 2026 — Denver, CO

Schedule

All times America/Denver.

8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 –9:00 AM
9:00 AM

Welcome and Introductions

9:00 –9:10 AM · Ryan Turner (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
9:10 AM
Enterprise Networking

Building and Sustaining NYU's High Speed Research Network

Main Room · 9:10 –9:35 AM · Robert Pahle, PhD (NYU)
9:35 AM
Enterprise Networking

It Worked Yesterday: Why Networks Fail at Scale

Main Room · 9:35 –10:00 AM · Zeb Whitehead (Auburn)
10:00 AM

Break

Main Room · 10:00 –10:10 AM
10:10 AM
Artificial Intelligence

From Prompt to Production: Six Months of AI-Built Network Tooling at Carolina

Main Room · 10:10 –11:10 AM · Ryan Turner (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
11:10 AM
Enterprise Wireless

Wi-Fi at the Crossroads: What Higher Ed Has Learned — and What's Coming Next

Main Room · 11:10 –12:10 PM · David Coleman (Extreme Networks)
12:10 PM

Lunch

12:10 –1:20 PM
1:20 PM
Enterprise Wireless

When in eduroam

Main Room · 1:20 –1:30 PM · Mary Bull (Internet2)
1:30 PM
Enterprise Networking

Washington University in St. Louis Network Modernization

Main Room · 1:30 –2:20 PM · Jeremy Wood (Washington University)
2:20 PM

Break

2:20 –2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Enterprise Networking

Evaluating Merchant Silicon for Higher Education Networks

Main Room · 2:30 –3:30 PM · Will Brocklesby, PhD (Duke)
3:30 PM
Enterprise Networking

Vendor-neutral firewall automation

Main Room · 3:30 –4:20 PM · Paul Schmidt (Dartmouth)
4:20 PM

Wrap-up

Main Room · 4:20 –4:40 PM
6:00 PM

Dinner hosted by Extreme - The Capital Grille - REGISTRATION REQUIRED - SPOTS LIMITED

6:00 –9:00 PM

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