NATIONAL NET'93 EXTENDING THE BENEFITS April 14-16, 1993 Loews L'enfant Plaza Hotel Washington, DC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsoring Organizations American Library Association; Association of Research Libraries; CAUSE; Coalition for Networked Information; Coalition for School Networking: Computing Research Association; CREN; EDUCOM Networking & Telecommunications Task Force; FARNET, Internet Society; NASULGC; National Science Foundation Corporate Sponsors: AT&T; IBM; Novell; Xerox ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRELIMINARY PROGRAM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday, April 14, 1993 Registration 1:00pm-8:00pm Opening Reception 6:00pm-8:00pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, April 15, 1993 Registration 7:30am-5:30pm Continental Breakfast 7:30am-8:30am WELCOME AND KEYNOTE SESSION 8:30am-9:30am Robert C. Heterick, Jr., President, EDUCOM Keynote Speaker (invited) Jim Hunt, Governor, North Carolina PLENARY PANEL SESSION 10:00am-11:00am THE NREN AND THE NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE--COMPETING VISIONS? The Clinton Administration is moving aggressively to expand the NREN towards a National Information Infrastructure that embraces priorities in fields outside research and education, including health care and manufacturing. Panelists from government, the private sector and the non-profit sector will present and debate their visions of achieving the broader goals of the NII. (Chair: Mike Roberts, EDUCOM) PARALLEL SESSIONS 11:30am-12:30pm NATIONAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT & GRAND CHALLENGES The next stage in High Performance Computation involves the creation of a National Computing Environment that links the country's largest supercomputers with gigabit network links to produce a massively parallel system capable of addressing Grand Challenge applications. (Chair: Peter Siegel, Cornell National Supercomputer Facility) CITIZEN ACCESS Protecting and enabling citizen access to public information in electronic form is a major challenge for the NREN. This session will identify and discuss some of the key information policy issues underlying the NREN. (Chair: Rick Weingarten, Computing Research Association) AT THE STATEHOUSE: THE "E" IN NREN State budgets provide over 90% of all education financing but states' role has not been visible at the federal level. This session highlights states with active NREN programs and the keys to their success. (Chair: Richard Hezel, Hezel Associates) INTERNET ARCHITECTURE FOR 100 MILLION USERS Blue sky projections for 108 users look increasingly real as net connections have zoomed past one million. The Chair of the Internet Architecture Board will describe plans for accommodating growth and new services on the network. (Chair: Lyman Chapin, Bolt Beranek & Newman) Lunch and Luncheon Address 12:45pm-2:00pm Speaker: Eric Benhamou, Chief Executive Officer, 3Com Corporation INTERNATIONAL INTERNET REPORT Along with the annual Landweber Report, a representative from the European Commission will discuss that community's plans for network collaboration, both intra-Europe and internationally. 2:00pm-2:30pm DEMONSTRATIONS/EXTENDED BREAK Several leading edge applications showing the power of the NREN will be demonstrated. The primary forms of the demonstrations will be video, network navigation and network information services. 2:30pm-3:30pm PLENARY PANEL SESSION 3:30pm-5:00pm FROM A NETWORK OF NETWORKS TO A COMMUNITY OF COMMUNITIES The Internet is increasingly being used to meet the needs of communities, and to link these communities. This session will focus on the linking of scholarly communications, Indian groups, and on citizen-based, geographically delimited community information systems. (Chair: Steve Cisler, Apple Computer) RECEPTION 5:30pm The evening is open for you to explore the many neighborhood restaurants in Washington, DC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, April 16, 1993 Continental Breakfast 7:30am-8:30am Registration 7:30am-Noon PARALLEL SESSIONS 8:30am-9:30am K-12 SESSION This session will present current projects involving networking for K- 12 education, with an emphasis on projects in which schools and universities are collaborating. (Chair: John Clement, Consortium for School Networking) IMAGES AND DOCUMENTS Storage and transmission of images files and documents in image formats are rapidly growing Internet applications. These applications enable networked information resources and services that go far beyond the mechanization of text. They also promote the evolution of just-in-time (e.g., information provided at the time of demand) in addition to just-in-case (e.g., information provided in anticipation of demand) information access and delivery systems. This session will survey the architectures and standards used by the developers of such applications, and will explore prospects for interoperating systems and services in this area. (Chair: Cliff Lynch, University of California- Berkeley) PRODUCTIVE PARTNERING This session will describe projects that have used federal and state leveraging effectively to bring Internet access and applications to their communities. The panelists will give examples of local successes and provide recommendations from their experience that will aid in developing future NREN programs. (Chair: Sue Fratkin, Fratkin Associates) PARALLEL SESSIONS 10:00am-11:00am MULTIMEDIA ON THE INTERNET: REACHING THE CLASSROOM The promised integration of voice, video and data applications on the Internet opens powerful opportunities for distance learning and collaborative education. Today's experiments set the tone for the future. This session examines the activities of the NSF-funded Synthesis Coalition of eight universities who are collaborating to bring the best of engineering education across the network. (Chair: Arvin Eide, Iowa State) SEX ON THE INTERNET: RIGHT OR WRONG? First Amendment rights are colliding with institutional and legal concerns over the content of Internet traffic. This session will survey strategies that institutions are adopting to promote free speech and expression on the network while providing protections and safeguards for members of their communities who do not wish to be exposed to certain types of communications. (Chair: Frank Connolly, American University) LISTENING TO THE USERS The Internet Pioneers have blazed the trails, now it's time to start concentrating on the needs of the real consumers of Internet services-- the end-users. This session provides a forum for views and reports from a cross-section of Internet "settlers"--the people who have come out to homestead the territory cleared by the early adventurers. (Chair: Dan Updegrove, University of Pennsylvania) PARALLEL SESSIONS 11:30am-12:30pm INTERNET VIDEO: MELTDOWN OR THE NEXT E-MAIL? There are a growing number of experiments in IP-based digital video that focus on desktop workstation multi-party collaboration. Widespread use with today's protocols could seriously overload existing network capacity and interoperability is an ever present problem. Yet the promise of low-cost packet-switched digital video opens up the potential of powerful collaborative tools that could over the next few years become as ubiquitous as today's electronic mail. This session explores the state-of-the-art, looks ahead to the near future, and examines the issues that must be resolved if such technologies are to become ubiquitous. (Chair: Scott Brimm, Cornell University) EASY ACCESS Over the past two years, there has been an explosion in "second- generation" Internet applications: Archie, WAIS, Gopher, WWW. These have opened up the network to new classes of users, people who have previously been intimidated by Internet alphabet soup and a generally hostile user environment. But this is still not enough; before Internet access become truly ubiquitous, another order-of-magnitude improvement in user interface is needed. Where will these innovations come from? What form(s) will they take? What communities will see their impact first? This session features presentations to answer these questions. (Chair: Jean Polly, NYSERnet) INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE 103rd CONGRESS Gore II, GPO WINDO, and a long list of other bills have been introduced in the new Congress. The annual legislative review features key committee staffers and community advocates. (Chair: Bob Gillespie, Robert Gillespie Associates) Lunch 12:45pm Closing Remarks 1:30pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REGISTRATION AND HOTEL INFORMATION Hotel: A block of rooms has been reserved at the Loews L'enfant Plaza Hotel, 408 L'enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20024 until March 13, 1993 with rates guaranteed at $145 single/double (less than last year!). Please call the hotel directly at 202-484-1000 to reserve your room. The hotel is conveniently located on the Metro Line and a block south of the Smithsonian Museums. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Registration Form: Name: Name for Nametag: Title: Institution: Address: City, State, Zip: Phone/Fax: Email Address: REGISTRATION FEES: Early Registration $345 Late Registration $395 (after March 13) Payment must be received by March 13 for early registration Credit Card payments only for electronic registration Visa MasterCard American Express Exp. Date ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Questions, call Elizabeth Barnhart at 202-872-4200 or email barnhart@educom.edu