telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (08/27/90)
You may wish to mark your calendar for the Interop 90 conference October 8 - 12, 1990 at the San Jose, CA Convention Center. A record 200 exhibitors are expected to demonstrate interoperable products based upon TCP/IP, GOSIP/OSI, the X-Window System and other Open Systems technologies. All major computer and communications vendors are represented at Interop 90, including IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Pacific Bell, and NYNEX, to name just a few. Plenary addresses will be given by Dr. Eric Schmidt of Sun Microsystems and Dr. Ira Goldstein of the Open Software Foundation. In addition, Dr. Valery Udalov, Vice Chairman of the USSR's networking authority will discuss opportunities for networking in the Soviet Union. Japanese Internet authority and Keio University professor Dr. Jun Murai will discuss Japanese internetworking developments. Attorney Geoffrey Stewart of the firm of Hale and Dorr will discuss "The Legal Implications of System Security Weaknesses". The conference fee prior to September 7 is $1050 per participant. After that date, the fee will be $1150. This fee includes your choice of one (out of two dozen) tutorials being offered. For more information on Interop 90 contact the sponsors as follows: Interop, Inc. 480 San Antonio Road #100 Mountain View, CA 94040 USA Phone: 1-800-INTEROP , extension 639 (within the USA) 1-415-941-3300, extension 639 (elsewhere) 1-415-949-1779 (FAX) If you want more information before registering, ask for a copy of the complete program ... it is far too detailed to include in a message here. PT