1. Opportunities for the Upper Great Plains
Joe Latimer
College of Business Administration
NDSU

2. Ideas Contributed By Meridee Anderson Bradley Arbach Travis Bader
Jeff Blaufuss
Ryan Bryn
Jonathan Bultema
Kevin Ewalt
Patrick Fossen
Evan Friesen
Brian Gross
Daryl Hagen
Dan Hodgson
Neil Iversen
Tyler Klose
Adam Koehler
Kasper Kolbe
Tyson Krinke
Andrew Leapaldt
Gregory Lee
Troy Lillehoff
Dustin Masset
Blair Mckibbon
Alissa Nelson
Kory Nogosek
Nathan R Olson
Mitchell S Peterson
Ryan Pope
Benjamin Preisler
Tyler Randklev
Jared Rupprecht
Ryan Sandness
Melissa Shellito
Thomas Sjule
Aaron J Smith
Luke Smith
Jessica Stenger
Jason Sutheimer
Dustin Ulmer
John Wonnenberg
Michael J Zerr
Jason Zillmer
Scott M Anderson
Heidi Ballinger
Daniel Biel
Tiffany Cermak
Corey Cossette
Masseny Dosso
Nicky Fredrickson
Eric Friesen
Alison Heinrich
Shawn Jorgenson
Erik Kantrud
Travis Keller
Chauncey Klein
Ryan Kurpiers
J Maddock
Robert Maeyaert
Molly Messelt
Fakarudin Mohamed
Brooke Nelson
Lisa Pagels
Nicholas Peihl
Douglas Schweigert
Brandon Sunde
Mark Timmerman
Bryan Trautman

3. Singapore HAM Hog Auction Market, HAM Can a virtual auction work for
2,000 hogs per day
Mitigate influence of hog importers
Can a virtual auction work for
livestock
other farm products

4. Virtual Organizations
Calyx & Corolla (Fresh Flowers)
Unacceptable delays in traditional distribution channel.
Flowers shipped by grower directly to customers via FedEx.
Calyx & Corolla markets product, coordinates order and delivery.

5. The Next Killer Application?
Steam engines were initially used to pump water into water wheels.
The intended application for radio technology was the wireless telegraph.
Internet2 is an evolutionary technology.
The revolution will be in the application.

6. Will I Be Able To Connect? The Last Mile Problem
Connection speed to the end user continues to be a problem for Internet1.
Internet2 does not (or at least has not yet) addressed this problem.
Possible solutions
Fiber in every home
Wireless

7. Will This Be A Must Have? Does it provide a strategic advantage?
Will any advantage be sustainable?
Will it become a base technology?

8. Secondary Findings South Dundas Township Fibre Network
19 of 38 (50%) of businesses with broad-band access experienced job growth
10 of 37 (27%) of businesses with dial-up access experienced job growth
1 of 18 (5.6%) of businesses with no access experienced job growth
Note – study very limited in scope, no casual relationship established, may not generalize.

9. Will I Be Too Late?