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INET'99 Program
Greetings from the Program Chair Florencio I.
Utreras
During the past year, we have all been witnesses to the major
changes that our society is experiencing as we continue to move towards the Information
Society. The markets of the world are changing on a grand scale. Stock markets are
reflecting the shift from manufacturing based industries to information technology
industries. The market value of Information Technology companies is attaining value that
reflects the high interest and confidence that investors have in the development of this
business sector. Economies the world over are suffering the turmoil of changes in the
financial market that are being affected by this transition. No one can doubt the scope of
these changes.
Businesses that are logistically oriented are becoming an important
factor in the changing distribution model that is reshaping the PC Industry. This is well
illustrated in book and music retail sales and those business endeavors where intermediate
commerce is disappearing and operating margins are becoming increasingly narrow. A
business that doesn’t use Internet Technology to promote sales will likely disappear.
Regional economies are becoming more important than national economies as complex networks
of companies and local interests are redefining the bounds of national borders.
International companies are becoming global service providers with no definable service
boundaries.
Of all the industries that are being affected, it is the Information
Industry that is experiencing the greatest of changes. Book, music, video, and movie
printing and distribution industries are experiencing the collapse of the intellectual
property model born with the invention of the printed book. New rules of commerce will
have to be implemented which could have a major economic impact on these industries and
the consumers that they serve.
The Netcitizens of today will be simply citizens in the future. They
will be the only citizens that will have direct access to jobs, health facilities,
educational institutions and the greatest share in GDP.
Since ISOC’s inception in 1991, the INET conferences have been
the place where industry officials, academic leaders and civil servants meet to discuss
these changes. Views are exchanged, plans are negotiated, and the shaping of this new
society is being accomplished by those responsible for the development, planning,
deployment and use of the infrastructures and services that are evolving.
INET’99 will explore these issues as well as new technical
developments, social impact, new educational environments, economic changes and, in
general, all major issues related to the transition to the Information Society. Don’t
miss this monumental opportunity!
Florencio I. Utreras
INET’99 Program Chair
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The INET'99 Program Committee is
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Program Track Descriptions
E-Commerce & E-Business
Explore the latest developments in the electronic marketplace.
Speakers will discuss how electronic commerce is being used in countries around the world,
what national governments are doing to promote its growth, and how specific companies have
developed exciting new e-commerce applications.
Over the past twenty years, the Internet has transformed scientific
research. Similarly, today the Internet is transforming business. It has created a
"global electronic marketplace," which allows the smallest firm to easily reach
customers -- both individuals and other companies -- around the world. Electronic commerce
is enabling companies to process transactions more quickly and more cheaply, to provide a
broader range of customized products and services, and to deliver electronic goods (e.g.
software, music, etc.) over the Internet. Electronic commerce is growing even faster than
the Internet itself. To realize the opportunities provided by e-commerce, companies are
becoming e-businesses -- using information technology to streamline operations, empower
employees, and establish closer links to their customers.
Education & Information Resources
Focus on what the Internet is offering as a new media for education
and research. People all over the world are experimenting on how to exploit the new
possibilities it offers, from multimedia and person to person interaction, to access
information previously beyond reach. As any media, it conditions the message. How is the
Internet changing the way we learn and the use we make of traditional institutions, such
as libraries, schools and universities? Access to the Internet means different leaps in
different communities. What impact is it having in different regions of the world? How is
it changing the way we learn and have access to knowledge? Those are some of the issues
addressed by papers in this track.
Social, Legal & Regulatory
Feel less threatened by this new environment and learn more about
what it means to rely on the self-regulatory efforts of Cyberspace. This track will assist
all Netizens and territorially-based law-making and law-enforcing authorities. Attendees
at these sessions will find out how new rules that emerge, in a variety of online spaces
to govern a wide range of new phenomena, are affecting us socially and legally.
New kinds of boundaries are fast defining a distinct Cyberspace -- a
Cyberspace that is forcing attention on regulatory issues of global import. The need for
new law and legal institutions within the context of Cyberspace are major discussion
elements around almost all angles of Internet connectivity. New social paradigms
engendered by the melting of physical boundaries and the coming together of communities of
interest, are forcing us all to wake up to the fact that the social world in which we have
all lived in up until now, will be a very different world as the next Century develops.
Technology
This track will present substantial sessions ranging from details of
specific underlying technologies such as differentiated service and multicasting through
new middleware concepts to views of the next generation of the Internet. New applications,
and innovative improvements in existing applications will be described as well as insights
gained from real, measured experience with the Internet.
Throughout its life the Internet has been a focus for new technical
developments. New technology has fueled the growth of the Internet allowing it to absorb
exponential growth. The Internet itself has spawned new and novel applications as it has
moved from the world of R&D to that of commerce and the home. New technology continues
to evolve to meet the increasingly stringent requirements of applications.
The IETF has overseen the turbulent development of the Internet. Its
various working groups are always at the cutting edge of new technology. A set of sessions
has been set aside for reports from various IETF working groups on what they see as
"just around the corner."
Whether you are seeking the latest developments in network
infrastructure or insights into next years "killer-app," the Technology Track is
certain to stimulate your thinking and heighten your awareness.
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INET'99
FINAL PROGRAM AND SCHEDULE
(Program is subject to change)
Tuesday, 22 June 1999
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18:00 - 20:00 |
Opening Reception - McEnery Convention Center
Dance to the music of Jellyroll, a jump jive swing band performing songs
from the forties and beyond, during INET’99’s kick-off event.
Enjoy assorted light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. |
Wednesday, 23 June 1999
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TIME |
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08:30-10:30 |
Opening Plenary Session
• Presentation of the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award |
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10:30-18:00 |
Exhibition Hall Open |
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10:30-11:00 |
Refreshment Break |
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TIME |
TRACK |
SESSION |
PARALLEL BREAKOUTS |
DESCRIPTION |
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11:00-12:30 |
E-Commerce & E-Business |
Session: Designing GREAT Web Sites |
PANEL |
Setting up Web sites is getting more complex and expensive – it involves a knowledge of standards, current technology, and increasingly, international issues. Hear from some of the leading Web designers and learn about the latest current guidelines and standards for effective Web design. |
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11:00-12:30 |
E-Commerce & E-Business |
Session: Private Sector Coalitions Shaping Internet Policy |
PANEL |
The US government, the European Union, the Japanese government, and other national governments are increasingly turning to the private sector for help in developing policies on E-commerce and the Internet. A number of industry groups and public interest groups are rising to the challenge, including the Global Business Dialogue for E-Commerce (GBDe), the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Global Internet Project (GIP), and the Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP). |
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11:00-12:30 |
Education & Information Resources |
Session: Learning Tools |
• WBT: The New Millenium: Training at the Speed of Change |
New tools and new techniques are being developed because of the speed of change, new ways of collaborating, the challenges of integrating networked activities into the curriculum, and the rapid drop in prices of computers, cameras, and peripheral gear. |
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11:00-12:30 |
Technology |
Session: Next Generation Research Networks |
• TEN-155: High Speed Networking for European Research
• The International Grid (iGrid): Empowering Global Research Community Networking Using High Performance International Internet Services |
The Internet has its roots in the development of computer networks to support research and development. Now that the Internet has become a commodity, initiatives are being taken in Europe and North America to develop new research networks capable of supporting future research requirements. |
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11:00-12:30 |
Technology |
Session: Multicast |
• Scalable and Reliable Multicast File Transfer Architecture
• An Architecture for Push Information Delivery and its Application to News Delivery
• RSVP Integrated Multicast (RIM) |
Just what do we mean by multicast and at what level of the protocol stack should it be implemented? The three papers in this session will present alternative views of the answer to this question. |
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11:00-12:30 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: Policy and Deployment |
• Why Should a Government Invest in the Internet? The Experience of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Spain
• Connecting Laos: Notes From the Peripheries of Cyberspace
• The Internet in India and China
• Challenges to Informatics Policy at the End of the Millenium |
A look at the challenges to informatics policy at the end of the Millennium and Government investment in the Internet. Also a focus on the internet in India, China and Laos. |
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11:00-12:30 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: Community Networking: Worldwide Experiences |
• SMART and SAFE COMMUNITIES
• Networks, Communication Technologies and the Reorganization of Urban Space: Challenges for Analyzing the Case of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
• Skills.net- Community Internet Access and Training in Victoria, Australia
• SKI The Swedish Calendar |
This panel will examine the legal and social history, context, possible consequences, and further actions related to community networks and community networking and their involvement with digital divide issues. A look will be taken at what action is required to reduce the damage of the digital divide in general, and to protect the charitable missions of community networks in particular. |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-15:30 |
E-Commerce & E-Business |
Session: Connecting the Unconnected-How to Foster Universal Internet Access? |
• Universal Service in a Ubiquitous Digital Network
• What is the Optimal Technological and Investment Path to "Universal" Wireless Local Loop Deployment in Developing Countries? |
As the Internet becomes a vehicle for E-commerce and government services, there will be an increasing need to make Internet access more affordable and more ubiquitous. Are new government policies and programs needed? Or will new technologies and market pressures be enough to ensure the rapid spread of the Net? |
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14:00-15:30 |
E-Commerce & E-Business |
Session: Keeping Customers Happy in Cyberspace |
• Distributing E-Coupons on the
• Knowledge Platform for Electronic Customer Care
• Brokering Automated
• A Process-oriented Framework for Efficient Intranet Management |
As businesses move into cyberspace, they need new ways to find and keep customers. Technology offers new tools, but also increases customer expectations. E-businesses will only succeed if they can provide reliable, easy-to-use service to their customers. |
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14:00-15:30 |
Education & Information Resources |
Session: Digitizing Culture |
• Digital Reference Rooms: Access to Historical and Cultural Dimensions of Knowledge
• The Digital Beethoven House |
What are the challenges of linking up cultural resources and navigating the museums and archives of art, history, music and theater? How will these institutions collaborate and interact? Two presentations followed by a discussion with the audience. |
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14:00-15:30 |
Technology |
Session: Internet II |
PANEL |
The Internet2 project is being led by 130 leading US universities, industry and government organizations, to facilitate the advanced network applications necessary to meet emerging needs in higher education. This panel will provide current comments on the status and reception of Internet2. |
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14:00-15:30 |
Technology |
Session: Wireless |
• Wireless Data Transmission in the Andes: Networking Merida State
• Applications of High Speed Wireless Solutions for Developing Countries – Lessons Learned in Latvia and Moldova
• High-Speed Internet Access via Stratospheric HALO™ Aircraft |
Designers turn to a "wireless Internet" for a variety of reasons. This session will address that variety – ranging from established success stories to future visions. |
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14:00-15:30 |
Technology |
Session:
Measurement I |
• Traffic Modeling of On-line Multimedia Education
• Quality of Service Measurements on SuperJANET – The UK Academic Information Highway
• Tools to Visualize the Internet Multicast Backbone |
As we strive to design the future protocols for the Internet we need to better understand the beast. The two measurement sessions will cover both measurements that aid our understanding and new tools to assist future investigations |
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14:00-15:30 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: Community Networking Around the World |
• Technology Access Community Centers in Egypt: A Mission for Community Empowerment
• Cibercentro for Employment in Metropolitan Bilbao: A Successful Initiative to Broaden the Social Use of Internet
• Developing Community Networks in Russia: The Russian Civic Networking Program
• Network Communication Brings Opportunity for Minority: Identity of Woman at Home |
This panel will focus on the key characteristics of community telecenters. It will define its basic characteristics and highlight its operational issues and sustainability programs. Discussions will focus on broadening the social use of the Internet and an examination of Community Empowerment through technology access and the development of Community Networks in different countries around the world. |
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14:00-15:30 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: Dimensions of Internet Diffusion |
PANEL
• Universal Access in Broadcasting: Solving the Information Problems of the Digital Age? |
This panel brings together people who have been tracking the global diffusion of the Internet (also including the use of broadband Internet) and policy makers and Internet community members who use the results of their work. The goal is to present an overview of the work that is being done today and to ask what should be done and is feasible to do in the future. |
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15:30-16:00 |
Refreshment Break |
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16:00-17:30 |
E-Commerce & E-Business |
Session: The Politics and Economics of Peering and Interconnection |
• Interconnection, Peering and Settlements
• Bandwidth Colonialism?: The Implications of Internet Infrastructure on International E-Commerce
• Law and Public Policy, Implications of New Internet |
In the early days of the Internet, different networks carried each others’ traffic for free. Today, an ISP may have to pay larger Internet backbone providers to get access to the global backbone. How do ISPs interconnect? Is there a fair and competitive market for backbone access? |
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16:00-17:30 |
E-Commerce & E-Business |
Session: Culture Clash- Lawyers and Techies in Cyberspace |
PANEL
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As the Internet has matured and become not only a tool for researchers, but the foundation of the Digital Economy, engineers and programmers are spending more and more time working with lawyers to determine how to design and deploy products and services. But they come from two very different cultures. Is it possible to bridge this cultural gap? |
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16:00-17:30 |
Education & Information Resources |
Session: Youth on the Internet |
• KIDS (Kids Investigating and Discovery Sites) Report: Evaluating and Annotating Internet Resources
• Running an online forum with 3000 kids from 139 countries
• Strategies for Promoting Access to the Internet Among Children and Youth: A Case Study of the San Francisco Public Library’s Electronic Library Project |
At the 1998 INET in Geneva, one of the most popular programs involved young network users. What are the projects underway in 1999, and how are the kids using the new tools to learn and collaborate? |
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16:00-17:30 |
Technology |
Session: Differentiated Services |
• Internet2 Qbone - A Testbed for Differentiated Services
• Simulation Study On the DS Forwarding Architectures
• DiSp: An Architecture for Supporting Differentiated Services in the Internet |
Differentiated services is an area of intense activity as we attempt to find solutions to quality of service demands within the Internet. This session will present some initial approaches to studying and implementing differential service algorithms. |
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16:00-17:30 |
Technology |
Session: Routing Optimization
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• Evaluation of Label Mapping Policy for Aggregated Packet Flow in Label Switching Network
• Reducing Routing Table Computation Cost in OSPF
• Improving the Availability and Performance of Network-Mediated Services
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Routing problems have been with us as long as the Internet. This session will look at proposed improvements to speed up OSPF and a system capable of client based application level routing. |
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16:00-17:30 |
Technology |
Session:
Measurement II |
• An Internet Traffic Data Repository: The Architecture and the Design Policy
• Surveyor: An Infrastructure for Internet Performance Measurements
• Otter: A General-purpose Network Visualization Tool |
As we strive to design the future protocols for the Internet we need to better understand the beast. The two measurement sessions will cover both measurements that aid our understanding and new tools to assist future investigations. |
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16:00-17:30 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: Copyright Law and Regulatory Issues
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• Copyright Information Management, A Design and Implementation of New Protocol Architecture
• Indirect Liability on the Internet and Loss of Control |
An examination of the following issues will be the subject of this session:
*Copyright information management, including a look at application of new standards like the DOI.
*Design and implementation of new protocol architecture.
*Indirect Liability on the Internet and Loss of Control. |
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16:00-17:30 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: Internet Development in the Developing World: Case Studies and Lessons Learned |
• The Evolution of OAUNET: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa
• Alternative Paths to Internet Infrastructure: The Case of Haiti
• Enabling Better Land Use in East Africa
• Keys to Human Resource Development: Capacity Building Through Train the Trainer Programs and Universal Access by Affordable Wireless Technologies |
This session will highlight case studies and lessons learned in infrastructural maintenance, human resource development, uses of web technology, and unconventional technical approaches to Internet development in the developing world. |
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18:00-19:30 |
Birds of a Feather (BOF) Meetings |
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19:00-22:30 |
Gala Evening - Tech Museum of Innovation
This unique and festive evening is the social highlight of INET’99.
The museum is part of the next generation of museums, offering an
engaging, interactive experience with the leading-edge technologies that
affect our daily lives. A tempting array of hors d’oeuvres, carving stations,
and refreshments will be served throughout the museum.
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Thursday, 24 June 1999
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TIME |
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08:30-10:30 |
Plenary Session |
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10:30-18:00 |
Exhibition Hall Open |
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10:30-11:00 |
Refreshment Break |
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TIME |
TRACK |
SESSION |
PARALLEL BREAKOUTS |
DESCRIPTION |
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11:00-12:30 |
E-Commerce & E-Business |
Session: Electronic Commerce Around the World |
• Electronic Commerce and Internet Service Providers in Canada
• E-Commerce for Development - Challenges and Opportunities
• Overcoming Deterrents and Impediments of Electronic Commerce in Light of Globalization: EGYPT – A Case in Point
• Towards an Electronic Commerce Policy for South Africa |
E-commerce is growing and spreading even faster than the Internet. This session provides case studies of how E-commerce is developing in Canada, Asia, Egypt and South Africa. |
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11:00-12:30 |
Education & Information Resources |
Session: Impact on Universities |
PANEL |
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11:00-12:30 |
Technology |
Session: Applications |
PANEL |
The Chair will lead a panel of area directors in a discussion of the latest developments in email, information services and other application related developments. |
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11:00-12:30 |
Technology |
Session: Algorithms
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• Schemes for Adaptive QoS Routing
• A Deterministic IP Table Look-up at Wire Speed
• WDM Burst Switching |
Good algorithms are at the heart of new software and hardware that improves the Internet’s performance. This session will present three new algorithms concerned with switching and routing. |
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11:00-12:30 |
Technology |
Session: Security |
• Pequi: An PKIX Implementation for Secure Communication
• A Method of Tracing Intruders by Use of Mobile Agents
• Security Assessment of IP-based Networks: A Holistic Approach |
Security is a constant concern of Internet and intranet designers and users. A range of approaches may be required to address these problems and the papers in this session will present three different views. |
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11:00-12:30 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: Controversies and Conflicts in Cyberspace |
• The IRS, Community Networking and Public Policy
• The "Social Engineering" of Internet Fraud
• Whisper Who Dares: Encryption, Privacy Rights and the New World Disorder
• Section 706: Net-Heads and Bell-Heads Battle Over Internet Access at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission |
Controversies and conflicts abound in the world of Cyberspace. This session will look particularly at:
*Community Networking and issues of Public Policy.
*The "Social Engineering" of Internet Fraud.
*Encryption, privacy rights and the new world ‘disorder’. |
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11:00-12:30 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: Managing the Networks |
• National Research and Education Networks: Analysis of Management Issues
• Domain Name Conflict Resolution under the .CL Top-Level Domain |
This session will examine the challenges of managing the Networks -–with special reference to a whole variety of management Issues. Domain Name Registration Rules and the challenges of offering universal access. Examination of how different modes of operation could support other pricing models to address failures in the offering of universal service. |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-15:30 |
E-Commerce & E-Business |
Session: E-Commerce and the Law |
• Electronic Commerce with Verifiable Audit Trails
• Developing Liability Standards for Electronic Commerce
• The Rise and Reform of Law on the Internet |
E-commerce is growing explosively and will soon generate a billion dollars a day in sales. Can the law keep up? Liability, intellectual property, and contract law must all adapt to the global digital marketplace. |
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14:00-15:30 |
E-Commerce & E-Business |
Session: Moving EDI to the Internet |
• Reshaping the EDI Business Landscape Utilizing XML
• Design and Set-up of an EDI Clearing-House |
In the past, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) relied on proprietary systems and software. The growth of the Internet has enabled companies to take advantage of the open standards of the Internet to reach more business partners and customers more quickly. |
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14:00-15:30 |
Education & Information Resources |
Session: Maturing National Networks
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• Network Design and Resource Management Scheme in SchoolNet Thailand Project
• Comparative Study: School Networks in Latin America
• Developing Telematised Teaching Environments in the National Teachers Colleges Network |
National efforts to connect schools and other learning institutions are progressing but at different rates. Presenters from Israel, Latin America, and Thailand will highlight the successes and problems in rolling out national networks and in training the users. |
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14:00-15:30 |
Technology |
Session: Infrastructure |
PANEL |
The chair will lead a panel of area directors in a discussion of the latest infrastructure developments including transport and routing. |
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14:00-15:30 |
Technology |
Session: Network Innovations
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• A Dynamic QoS Control Scheme for Videoconferencing in a Heterogenous Internet
• Lessons Learned From the Early Adoption of URNs in an Intranet Environment
• Mobile Components to Manage the Heterogenous Internet |
This session will present three diverse innovations that may signal the shape of the future Internet. |
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14:00-15:30 |
Technology |
Session: Web Performance |
• Web Traffic Logs: An Imperfect Resource for Evaluation
• A Quantitative Analysis of ICP Queries at the Distributed WWW Caching System
• ENMA: The WWW Server Performance Measurement System via Packet Monitoring |
What’s happening within the web? Learn what works and what doesn’t and how the WWW is performing. |
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14:00-15:30 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: The Second Generation of Internet Users-Designing Electronic Communities |
PANEL
• SMART and SAFE COMMUNITIES
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This panel will address how the design process is influenced when creating communities for special populations. ‘Smart and Safe’ communities will also be addressed. Online communities have become an increasingly important part of how we work, play and learn, and yet designing these communities until recently, has remained largely a matter of fitting all users to a single mold. That time has passed. Users from special populations are now recognized as having distinct needs, and community designers need to discover and be guided by those needs in order. |
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15:30-16:00 |
Refreshment Break |
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16:00-17:30 |
E-Commerce & E-Business |
Session: Venture Capital, IPO’s and the Internet – Magic, Mania or Both? |
PANEL
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In the US, the growth of the Internet has been fueled by hundreds of millions of investment dollars provided by venture capital and the stock market. To the outsider, Internet financing appears to be a mysterious, almost magical, process. This panel of insiders, representing some of Silicon Valley’s most successful Internet investors, will explain the "Silicon Valley money machine." |
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16:00-17:30 |
Education & Information Resources |
Session: Case Studies in Learning |
• We Are All Publishers Now. What Does That Mean?
• A Qualitative Study of children’s Exchanging Activity in the Group Work of Software Making: The Software Creating Project
• Clinical Epidemiology and Internet
• Case Study: An Evaluation of Two Courses for graduate Level Professors Designed to Improve Academic Internet Use in Research and Teaching |
Lessons learned from very different learning environments involving young people as software developers, training faculty and epidemiologist, and the effects of the Internet making everyone a potential publisher. |
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16:00-17:30 |
Technology |
Session: Management
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PANEL |
The IAB Chair will lead a panel of area directors in a discussion of the latest developments in network management, operations, security and user services. |
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16:00-17:30 |
Technology |
Session: IP Audio
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• Open Charging and QoS Interfaces for IP Telephony
• An Approach to IP Telephony Performance Measurement and Modeling in Government Environments
• Robust Audio Streaming over IP |
Audio over IP exists but most of us would agree that it needs to improve to gain general acceptance. The papers of this session study the characteristics of audio and look at how to improve its quality on the Internet. |
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16:00-17:30 |
Technology |
Session: Middleware Services
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• DepotNet: Support for Distributed Applications
• Adding Intelligence to Satellite-based Internet Links: Architecture of a Second-Generation Satellite-based Internet Delivery System
• Distributed Network Storage with QoS Guarantees |
Over time we come to better understand the requirements of different protocols or services and they subsequently become part of our infrastructure. The three papers in this session take distinct approaches to providing new services to applications. |
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16:00-17:30 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: Defining the Nature of Power in Cyberspace |
• Cyberpower: The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace
• Optic Fibre vs. Social Fabric
• Language as a Barrier |
The nature of power in cyberspace is looked at in the context of categorization of problems associated with connectivity expansion. This includes the importance of the social impact and the effect of language difficulties on Internet penetration. |
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16:00-17:30
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Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: The Rise and Reform of Public Law on the Internet |
PANEL
• The Rise and Reform of Law on the Internet |
This panel discussion will address the infiltration of civil public law into the Internet. With the development of E-commerce and online communities, Internet activity is increasingly coming under the scrutiny of public law all over the world. |
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16:00-17:30 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: People with Disabilities and the Internet: Enabling Technology or Barrier to Progress? |
• Designing and Constructing Job Matching Service on the Internet for People with Disabilities
• Disability Resources on the Internet: Collecting, Organizing and Presenting in an Accessible Manner |
This panel will explore the issues that people with disabilities face in using the Internet. Many people with disabilities use the Internet as an integral part of their private lives and jobs. But, what are some of the issues involved in its use and how do they use it to overcome disabilities? This panel will discuss these issues in the context of both an advanced US and European environment and the emerging Internet of Asia and Eastern Europe. Legal and technical issues will be discussed. |
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18:00-19:30 |
Birds of a Feather (BOF) Meetings |
Friday, 25 June 1999
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TIME |
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08:30-13:00 |
Exhibition Hall Open |
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TIME |
TRACK |
SESSION |
PARALLEL BREAKOUTS |
DESCRIPTION |
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08:30-10:00 |
E-Commerce & E-Business |
Session: The Economics of the Net: Does it Really Change Everything? |
PANEL |
The rapid development of Internet technology and electronic commerce is changing large sectors of the economy. What are the economic impacts of the Net? Do the old economic rules and models still apply? |
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08:30-10:00 |
Technology |
Session: Social Science Road Maps for High Performance Digital Experiences |
PANEL |
This panel has its origins in the Sociotechnical Summit for Advanced Networking. The panelists will examine how a better understanding of the human and organizational dimensions of high performance digital experiences can advance the development of the next generation of Internet applications. |
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08:30-10:00 |
Technology |
Session: Ipv6
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• A Study into the Visualization of an Ipv6 Network
• An Overview of KAME Network Software: Design and Implementation of the Advanced Internetworking Platform
• Entering the Ipv6 Communication World by the SOCKS-based Ipv6\Ipv4 Translator |
Ipv6 is Coming! This session will provide some new insights into Ipv6 networks, what they will look like and how we will get there. |
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08:30-10:00 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: Overcoming Geographic and Economic Barriers to Internet Access |
• Social Impacts of Increased Use of Internet Services in Sparsely Populated Areas: Case Study from Blekinge, Sweden
• Amic@s: Public Access Centers in Asuncion, Paraguay
• Community Portal Hosting of Free Web-Based Email: A Non-Random Survey of Community Oriented Websites |
An examination of the impact of Email and other Internet services on users in the context of:
*The role of Online email providers in developing new service programs to meet the requirements of micro-organizations, and special communities of interest.
*The establishment of a network of public Internet access centers.
*The generating of sustainable activities and jobs. |
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08:30-10:00 |
Social, Legal & Regulatory |
Session: Kids, Technology and the Next Millenium |
PANEL
• KIDLINK: A Global Classroom |
This panel will address the issues related to preparing out future leaders for the 21st century. This is achieved by exploring opportunities and presenting Internet-related experiences of children and youth from different parts of the world. The Internet and "CIT" brings our children together regardless of time, space and difference and encourages collaboration towards the achievement of a true global village. |
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10:00-10:30 |
Refreshment Break |
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10:30-12:30 |
Closing Plenary Session |
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The Internet Society and INET have exciting plans for this
year’s plenary speakers. Top industry leaders from companies such as Sun, Dell, and
IBM will be presenting the latest ideas/information for the coming millennium. Watch for
updates via the web and postcard mailings coming in the near future. You can’t afford
to miss it. All plenary sessions will be translated into Spanish and French.
Traducción Simultánea al castellano y al francés en todas las
sesiones plenarias.
Toutes les séances plénières seront traduites en français et en
espagnol.
SPEAKERS
One of the things that makes INET conferences unique is the quality
of the speakers who take the time to come and share their ideas, experiences,
perspectives, and vision with our attendees. This year is no exception. You can be in a
plenary session or attending a track presentation or panel, and you’ll soon know
you’re with people who are not there to push their products or add to their resume.
They’re at INET to promote the advancement of the Internet.
Among the movers and shakers in this year’s Plenary sessions
will be Irving Wladawsky-Berger, IBM’s "Mr. Internet"; Esther Dyson, who as
Chairman of ICANN is overseeing the transition of the Domain Name System from U.S.
Government control to the private sector; and Francis Gurry, who directs WIPO’s
Arbitration and Mediation Center for intellectual property disputes.
Top industry leaders from Sun, Dell, Cisco, 3Com and other
organizations will also be presenting the latest information for the coming millennium.
They’ll be speaking about -hot- topics that include the Culture Clash between lawyers
and techies in Cyberspace; and about Venture Capital, IPOs, and the Internet.
Don’t you want to hear what some of the best technical,
business, educational, regulatory, social, and legal minds to be found anywhere in the
industry have to say? You won’t find a better group of them than the one that will be
at INET’99. We’ve got more than 100 top speakers. Come and listen to them, meet
them, mingle with them and with an Internet’s who’s who of attendees, including
Vint Cerf, Judy Estrin, Charles Perkins, Don Heath, Mike Roberts, Rob Coltun, Keith Moore,
Eric Benhamou, Mike Nelson, Scott Bradner, Yvonne Marie Andres, Eric Huizer, John Hart,
Fred Baker, Brian Carpenter, April Marine, Jeff Schiller, Patrik Fältström , and
too many to fit on this page. And watch for speaker updates on our web site < http://www.isoc.org/inet99 > and in future
mailings and press announcements.
 Irving Wladawsky-Berger is General Manager,
Internet Division, IBM. He has spent 27 years at IBM, in a variety of management
positions, and is now IBM’s "Mr. Internet." Appointed by President Clinton
to the Advisory Committee on High Performance Computing and Communications, Information
Technology, and the Next Generation Internet, Dr. Wladawsky-Berger will coach the U.S.
government as it adopts information technologies, and explores the myriad questions that
the "information age" is raising.
 Esther Dyson is the interim chairman of ICANN, the
Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers, formed to take over responsibility for
the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system
management, and root server system management functions now performed under U.S.
Government contract by IANA and other entities. She is also chairman of EDventure
Holdings, a small but diversified company focused on emerging information technology
worldwide.
 Francis Gurry is Director of the Arbitration and
Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the author of
"IP Licensing Disputes: When Courts Are Not the Answer."
The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center offers services for the
resolution of commercial disputes between private parties involving intellectual property
as alternatives to court litigation. The Center is international, independent and neutral.
 Eric A. Benhamou is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of 3Com Corporation. He has been CEO since September 1990.
In 1997, Bill Clinton named Benhamou to the President's Information Technology
Advisory Committee, which advises the President on research and development
focal points of Federal programs to maintain United States leadership in advanced
computing and communications technologies and their applications.
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Internet2 Applications Demonstrations at INET'99
This year's INET99 conference offers you the opportunity to see
first-hand examples of Internet2 applications. Internet2 universities, along with a number
of their international collaborators, will bring demonstrations to the center of the
exhibit hall inside the Internet2 Pavilion.
For details about the applications to be demonstrated please see http://www.internet2.edu/html/inet99.html
Internet2 is a collaborative effort led by over 140 U.S. universities working with
industry and government. Internet2 is bringing focus, energy and resources to the
development of a new family of advanced applications that will meet emerging academic
requirements in research, teaching and learning. As a project of the University
Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID), Internet2 is addressing major
challenges facing the next generation of university networking by creating and sustaining
a leading edge network capability, enabling a new generation of research and education
applications, and ensuring the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to
the broader networking community.
New networking capabilities will enable digital libraries, distributed computation, data
mining and virtual laboratories in science, art, humanities, and health care. Researchers,
teachers and students using new network applications will collaborate and access
information in ways not possible on the Internet today. Collaboration with Internet2
corporate
members facilitates the adoption of new technologies into the commercial Internet.
For more information about Internet2, go to http://www.internet2.edu/
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Schedule At-A-Glance
Pre-Conference Events
SUNDAY, 20 June
08:00 - 17:00 Pier Fun Tour in San Francisco
(ticketed event -- see tour info for pricing)
MONDAY, 21 June
07:30 - 18:00 Registration
09:00 - 17:30 Technical Tutorials (4)
09:00 - 17:30 Developing Countries Networking Symposium
19:00 - 22:30 Winery Dinner (ticketed event)
TUESDAY, 22 June
07:30 - 20:00 Registration
09:00 - 17:30 Educational Networking (K-12) Workshop
09:00 - 17:30 Technical Tutorials (5)
09:30 - 15:00 Ancient & Mysterious Tour (ticketed event)
INET’99: The Internet Global Summit
TUESDAY, 22 June
14:00 - 16:00 Press Day/VIP Tour of Exhibition Hall
18:00 - 20:00 Opening Reception (McEnery Convention Center)
WEDNESDAY, 23 June
07:30 - 18:00 Registration
08:30 - 10:30 Opening Plenary Session
10:30 - 18:00 Exhibition Hall
11:00 - 12:30 Concurrent Sessions
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Concurrent Sessions
14:30 - 18:00 Roaring Camp/Big Trees Railroad Ride(ticketed event)
16:00 - 17:30 Concurrent Sessions
17:30 - 19:00 Chapter Workshops, Regional Meetings, & Summit
18:00 - 19:30 Birds of a Feather Meetings
19:00 - 22:30 Gala Evening Event (Tech Museum of Innovation)
THURSDAY, 24 June
07:30 - 18:00 Registration
08:30 - 10:30 Plenary Session
10:30 - 18:00 Exhibition Hall
11:00 - 12:30 Concurrent Sessions
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:30 - 18:00 Champagne Tour (ticketed event)
14:00 - 15:30 Concurrent Sessions
16:00 - 17:30 Concurrent Sessions
18:00 - 19:30 Birds of a Feather Meetings
18:30 - 22:30 Downtown Night Dinner Theaters (ticketed event)
FRIDAY, 25 June
07:30 - 13:00 Registration
08:30 - 13:00 Exhibition Hall
08:30 - 10:00 Concurrent Sessions
10:30 - 12:30 Closing Plenary Session
12:30 - 18:00 Vintage History Tour (ticketed event)
SATURDAY, 26 June
08:00 - 17:00 17-Mile Drive Tour - Carmel & Monterey (ticketed
event)
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Information on Opening Reception is under Social Events
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Information on Gala Evening is under Social
Events
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