DECUS '95/Washington, D.C. to Multicast over the Internet

This pilot program will showcase just a few of the many timely and beneficial offerings presented at DECUS '95/Washington, D.C. via a live, world wide, audio/video feed.

It is anticipated that viewers may participate in interactive question and answer sessions following presentations via the Internet Chat Line over IRC channel #DECUS.

Featured presentations are expected to include keynote sessions provided by:

• Enrico Pesatori, vice president and general manager of the Computer Systems Division of Digital Equipment Corporation - Monday, May 8 - 08:30 EDT (12:30 GMT)
• Dr. Bill Hancock, leading authority on networking and security, and executive vice president of Network-1 - Tuesday, May 9 - 08:00 EDT (12:00 GMT).
• Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web - Wednesday, May 10 - 08:00 EDT (12:00 GMT)
• Marc Andreessen, developer of the Mosaic browser, and vice president of technology for Netscape Communications - Thursday, May 11 - 08:00 EDT (12:00 GMT)

In addition, a tape delayed presentation of the session "Linux: Past, Present, and Future", delivered by Linux developer Linus Torvalds, will be multicast over the MBone on Wednesday, May 10 at 14:30 EDT (18:30 GMT). There will be no IRC question and answer support for this session.

MBone multicasts can be viewed through most computers running the UNIX operating system, utilizing a network interface designed to receive multicasts. A set of tool applications, available from various ftp sites on the Internet, are also required. More information on the MBone can be acquired online via:

http://www.eit.com/techinfo/mbone/mbone.html
ftp://genome-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/mbone/mbone-connect
ftp://venera.isi.edu/mbone/faq.txt
http://www.research.att.com/mbone-faq.html
Mbone Software for Digital's Alpha Workstations

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