[comp.dcom.telecom] Interop 90 - Networking Conference

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