Jo_Ann_Ward@UM.CC.UMICH.EDU (10/12/90)
Please forward on to those who may be interested... /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* * * * THE MERIT NETWORKING SEMINARS * * * * Making Your NSFNET Connection Count * * * /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\ Merit/NSFNET Information Services is committed to providing current information on national networking to all users of the NSFNET backbone. Toward this end we will sponsor a two-and-a-half-day seminar in Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 12, 13, and 14. "Making Your NSFNET Connection Count" will be an informative seminar focusing on issues of interest to campus computing leaders, information systems and networking administrators, educational liaisons, librarians, and educators who want to learn more about regional and national networking. Day 1: Real People Doing Real Things Monday's agenda will be filled with presentations by people utilizing NSFNET to enhance education (K-12 through college level) and to access research tools and library resources across the country. The day will begin with a keynote address by Douglas Van Houweling, Vice Provost for Information Technology at the University of Michigan, and will close with an NSFNET overview and update. Day 2: Networking Perspectives Tuesday's focus will be on current networking topics, such as Building Powerful and Interoperable LANS, Introduction to Internetworking & TCP/IP, and Networking Futures - OSI, T3, NREN and Beyond. Of particular interest will be an overview of the 25 mile fiber optic backbone which connects 75 buildings on the University of Michigan campus. The day will end with an optional tour of Merit's Network Operations Center (NOC). Day 3: NOC Day Merit's state-of-the-art Network Operations Center, which manages multiple networks including the NSFNET backbone, will be featured on Wednesday morning. Included will be a NOC tools overview, the NOC trouble ticket system, escalation procedures and more. The closing speaker will be Tony Villasenor, Program Director for Information Systems at NASA. The seminar will end by noon that day. The Merit Seminar will be held a the Tenneco Automotive Training and Development Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Microcomputers connected to regional and national networks will be available on-site to demonstrate the network resources discussed in the presentations. The registration fee is $395. An early-bird fee of $345 will be charged for registrations received before Octover 1, 1990. This fee includes the two-and-a-half-day seminar, a reception on Sunday evening, lunch on Monday and Tuesday, all seminar material, and an optional tour of the Network Operations Center. For further information in either electronic or hardcopy format, send an electronic message to: seminar@merit.edu or telephone: (800) 66-MERIT, or (313) 936-3000.