Press Release

INVITATION & NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 28, 2001

Internet2 Alert:

World's Largest Internet Video Conference to Feature International Speakers and Audiences at
Richardson, Texas Site

RICHARDSON, TX (September 28, 2001) - Speakers from around the world, and audiences from hundreds of universities will join the October 2-5 Internet2 Mega Conference III and member meeting via live video conferencing and streaming at the Alliance for Higher Education's new Center for Collaborative Learning, Research, and Communications Technology.

This fully interactive worldwide conference and Internet2 member meeting will be of interest to companies, higher education, K-12 schools, and the news media.  Session topics include networks of the future, grid technologies, international connectivity, middleware, video-based collaborations, science data distribution, wireless technologies on campuses, peer-to-peer, K-20 initiatives in advanced networking, performing arts, networks, and teaching. For an up-to-date schedule, see: http://www.internet2.edu/activities/php/agenda.php?session_event_id=74

The public is invited to attend any session during the week at the Alliance site at no charge; seating is limited.  This event was originally scheduled to be live, bringing international speakers to Austin.  However, due to the unfortunate events of September 11, it will be one of the first worldwide live interactive broadcasts.

About the Alliance for Higher Education Internet2 GigaPoP

The Alliance for Higher Education is a 37-year old non-profit distance education and research technology transport organization located in the new high-tech Center near The University of Texas at Dallas.  The Alliance is one of only two GigaPoPs, or points of presence, for Internet2 in Texas and 28 in the United States. 

The bandwidth available through participation in the Alliance GigaPoP will provide universities, K-12, corporations, libraries, hospitals, and others almost unlimited capacity to move vast quantities of data for research and distance education internationally. The Alliance connection to Abilene provides high performance network services that enable advanced applications such as HDTV, tele-medicine, and remote access to scientific instruments. 

For more information about the Alliance GigaPoP, see: http://www.allianceedu.org

About Internet2

Internet2 is developing and deploying advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.  Internet2 recreates the partnership of academia, industry and government that helped foster today's Internet in its infancy.  For more information about Internet2, see: http://www.internet2.edu/

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