The panel will be sent live over the university's new optical fiber circuit to the ResearchChannel at the University of Washington where it will be recorded for later nationwide satellite broadcast over Echostar's Dish 500 Network on channel 9400. ResearchChannel also will archive the panel on their video server. Research universities with the proper connections will be able to play the stored panel presentation in demand over Internet2. This will require an Internet2 connection and special hardware. The panel video also will be sent, after the event, via the university's new fiber optic connection to research networks in Europe for multicast over appropriate research networks in Europe and Asia.
News media is invited to attend the panel discussion.
UAF technical staff and panel members will be available for interviews after the forum. The Arctic Council, a high level forum of the eight circumpolar nations and indigenous peoples' organizations, is meeting in Fairbanks this year. Canada was the first country to chair the Council, and the U. S. became chair for the years 1998-2000. In October, Finland assumes the chair, and it may be some time before the Council meets in the U. S. again. The Council's meeting here gives UAF an opportunity to showcase the breadth and depth of its research work in regard to the Arctic.