TELECOM Moderator <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu> (08/26/90)
The Second Annual Symposium on "International Telecommunicatons
Futures" will be held October 4-5, 1990 at the Peter Kiewit Conference
Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Sponsored by the International Center for Telecommunications
Management and the College of Continuing Studies at the University of
Nebraska at Omaha, this two-day symposium will include the following
presentations:
Thursday, October 4:
New Directions in Network Development - Tom Thompsen, retired
president of AT&T Technologies and other speakers.
Privatization - John Crook, Telecom Corporation of New Zealand.
Regulatory Approaches - various speakers.
At luncheon, the guest speaker will be Richard Wiley, former
chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
Friday, October 5:
Telecommunications in the Infrastructure - Margaret Goatcher,
president of Cimarron Telephone Company, Mannford, OK and other
speakers.
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe - Speakers from the Soviet
Union and Hungary will discuss telecom in their countries.
Demonstrations of the latest in telecommunications technology and
a tour of the telecommunications facilities of the Strategic Air
Command will conclude the symposium on Friday afternoon.
Attendees will have an opportunity to greet the symposium participants
at a reception and dinner at the Henry Doorly Zoo on Thursday evening,
and at the registration period on Wednesday evening, October 3, from
5PM to 9 PM at the Peter Kiewit Conference Center, 1313 Farnam, Omaha,
Nebraska.
Standard registration fee is $350, which includes all symposium
materials, two lunches, one dinner, coffee breaks, etc.
Academic registration fee is $200, a special reduced rate for college
or university professors.
Admission to the reception and dinner on Thursday evening is by ticket
only; attendance is optional at no extra charge, but you must
specify if you wish to attend.
Admission to the telecommunications facilities of the SAC also
requires advance arrangements. Please specify if you wish to be
included in the tour.
When registering, include your home address, your employer's name and
work address, and your day and evening telephone numbers. Indicate if
confirmation should be made to your home address or office address.
Include your social security number.
Payment can be made by check, credit card, or purchase order from your
agency, institution or company. Checks should be made payable to, and
charges will be identified as "University of Nebraska at Omaha". If
you wish for your company to be billed later, include your
supervisor's name in your request.
Indicate your priority code when registering: (TELECOM Digest) "006"
Mail your payment and registration information to:
College of Continuing Studies Business Office
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE 68182-0330
For more information, telephone 402-595-2300, or Sharron Cook at
402-595-2316. Thomas_D._Herbst.ES_AE@xerox.com (08/28/90)
The location of the the ... >The Second Annual Symposium on "International Telecommunicatons >Futures" will be held October 4-5, 1990 at the Peter Kiewit Conference >Center in Omaha, Nebraska. ... is rather ironic since Peter Kiewit and Sons is the sole owner of Kiewit Telecommunications, which is the majority owner of MFS, one of the leading fiber bypass companies. tom