From: mckenney@sequent.com (Paul E. McKenney)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: IEEE Computer Society Forum
Date: 27 Jan 93 01:04:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: tss.C1HMys.AHr
Expires: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 08:00:00 GMT
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Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.


	IEEE Computer Society Presentation

	``Networking Technology''

	February 17, 1993
	Social:      6:00 PM
	Talk:        6:30-7:30 PM
	Location:    Edo Auditorium at Sequent Computer Systems
		     in Beaverton, OR.  (see map below).
	Speaker:     Benjamin R. Peek, Executive Director of
		     the Advanced Digital Communications Consortium.

	According to a DataQuest study announced on October 19, 1992,
	the overall computer market is expected to grow at a phenomenal
	51% rate through 1996.  This growth will be driven by the
	emergence of several key trends in computing and communications.
	Chief among these trends is a strong and growing need for a new
	communications and networking paradigm to meet changing users'
	requirements.

	Future networks, whether public or private, will be based on
	Asynchronous Transfer Mode and cell-relay technology.  ATM is
	the formal CCITT standard supporting cell-based voice, data,
	and video communication in a public network under Broadband
	ISDN (BISDN).  Broadband ISDN, which employs ATM, will become
	commercially available in the mid-1990s.  Nearly every major
	central office equipment manufacturer has already demonstrated
	a prototype BISDN switch supporting direct fiber terminations,
	and several plan to deliver a commercial version by 1993 or 1994.

	Mr. Peek will discuss these and other fundamental trends in
	technology that will influence the development of advanced
	communications infrastructure nationally and in the Pacific
	Northwest.  Among these trends are fiber optics, ATM, BISDN,
	and the emerging role of the competitive local carriers (CLCs)
	that are now leading the industry into the deployment of
	switched services.


	Ben Peek is President of Peek & Associates, Inc. and also the
	Executive Director of the Advanced Digital Communication
	Consortium (ADCC).  The ADCC plans state-of-the-art fiber
	networks in the Pacific Northwest.  Peek & Associates, Inc.
	is a consulting firm to the computing and telecommunications
	industries.

	Peek is a member of IEEE, ACM, International Neural Network
	Society, the American Association for Artificial Intelligence,
	the American Electronics Association, and the Parallel Processing
	Connection.  Additionally, he is involved in the executive committees
	of several international conferences scheduled for Portland, OR,
	including Supercomputing 1993, the World Conference on Neural
	Networks 1993, the Object Oriented Programming Systems and
	Languages Conference 1994, EduCom 1995, and the Society for
	Information Display 1997.


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	Map:



			      Murray Exit     Cedar Hills Exit
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		------------------------+-----+-----------+-----------  26
					|     |	          |
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		   |			|		  |
		   |			|		  |
		---+-----+--------------+-----------------+------- Walker Rd
		   |	 |		|		  |
		   |	 X Edo		|		  |
		   |	 		|		  |
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		   |			|		  |
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		 158th		Murray Rd		 217



	``X'' marks the spot!

	If you are coming from Portland, take Highway 26 to the
	Murray exit, take Murray south to Walker Road, turn right
	onto Walker and take the last left onto Baseline before 158th.
	There will be an athletic field on the right-hand side of
	Walker just before the left turn onto Baseline.  The Edo
	building will be on your left, as will parking.  Edo is a
	white three-story building with tinted windows.  The most
	convenient entry into the building is from the northwest,
	closest to the intersection of Baseline and Walker.

	If you are coming from the south, take I5 to 217, turn west
	onto Highway 26, and continue as outlined in the previous
	paragraphs.  People familiar with the area may wish to take
	the Walker Road exit off of 217.

	The Cornell and the 158th exits off of Highway 26 are under
	construction and are thus not recommended.