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"Take the fast lane on the Information Highway!"


From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 23:40:15 -0400

Professor David J. Farber


"Take the fast lane on the Information Highway!"


An International Seminar
________________________________________________________________________Program


* 1/2 day seminar for decision and policy makers
* for corporate top and middle management
* for invited guests


* presenting views on both technology and telecommunication needs
* enlightens the benefits of ISDN, ATM, Internet
* presenting applications of advanced telecommunications eg in Corporate
Information Systems and services
* presenting views on corporate and public administration strategies,
taking into account the current and near future advances in
telecommunication
Keywords
* Information Super-Highway
* Corporate Multimedia
* ATM
* ISDN
* Internet


Speaker


David Farber (University of Pennsylvania, The Alfred Fitler Moore Professor
of Telecommunications Systems) was responsible for the design of the DCS
system, one of the first operational message based fully distributed
systems. He was instrumental in the creation of the NSF/DARPA funded
Gigabit Network Testbed Initiative and serves as the Chairman of the
Gigabit Testbed Coordinating Committee. Currently he is leading research in
ultra-high speed networking.


Time and Place


June 7th, 1994, 12.00 - 16.00
Helsinki University of Technology, Auditorium E
Otakaari 1, Espoo, Finland
Organizers
Helsinki University of Technology * Institute of Industrial Automation
(TKK * Teollisuusautomaation Instituutti)
Prof. R. Sulonen, Prof. N. Enlund, Charles Sederholm, M.Sc.
Registration
You are welcome to confirm your participation by June 3rd latest
phone 90 - 451 3229 (Helena Hšlsš)
fax 90 - 451 3293


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