When to do this Initial planning between the SCS contact and the conference computing contact Do this first. This will allow you and the computing staff to identify the computing people responsible and the resources needed understand what you expect for computing at the conference what infrastructure to set up at the conference in coordination with other computing staff at SLAC Contact SCS Managers first, in order to involve SCS and other computing staff. SCS Help Desk and Library has loaner projectors. SCS Help Desk has loaner conference phones. Recommended is DHCP for workstations, fixed IP addresses for printers supplied by vendor.
Optimal answer is one.
Each additional operating system increases complexities substantially. Or FTP can be used on a common server. For non-networked computers, make sure there is either floppy drive or other removable media. Computer support at the conference Who will be there full time at the conference as computer support to troubleshoot network, installs, file formats, printing, etc. This person should be identified early and involved in from the planning stage.