Conference: Using ISDN to Work Through the Next Earthquake
Bob Larribeau
The California ISDN Users' Group Conference
June 7 & 8, Sheraton Newport Beach
The California ISDN Users' Group is holding a conference on how ISDN
and other new communications technologies can be used to keep people
working after a major disaster. The conference will include
presentations and demonstrations of disaster backup, internetworking
and network access, voice, video, and groupware technologies using
ISDN.
To attend fill out the form below and send a check for $80 ($50
without lunches) to:
California ISDN Users' Group
P.O. Box 27901-774
San Francisco, CA 94127
Name_____________________________________________________________________
Company__________________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip___________________________________________________________
Telephone/email__________________________________________________________
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Send any questions to Bob Larribeau at "bla...@netcom.com".
Plenary
Tuesday 8:30 - 10:00
Stan Kluz - Chairman
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Welcome and CIUG activities.
Keynote - Byron Wagner
World-class technology consultant describes his experience using ISDN
to solve problems for global organizations like the Walt Disney
Company, Apple Computer, Ricoh, and 20th Century Fox. Here's your
opportunity to see how media-savvy companies are reinventing
themselves with technology and get a high altitude view of the
implosion of media and communications.
Bob Larribeau - Program Chairman
Conference program.
Data Networking Track
ISDN Data Networking Overview
Tuesday 10:30 - 12:00
Bob Larribeau - Consultant
Overview of using ISDN for backing up and accessing remote networks.
Anita Freeman & Jack Robertson - Pacific Bell
Experiences with ISDN after the Northridge earthquake.
Ruth Winkler - Pacific Bell
Switched 56 service and its relationship to ISDN
Wayne McCallum - GTE
How GTE's ISDN implementation enhances remote network applications.
ISDN Backup for Data Networks
Tuesday 1:30 - 3:00
Heather Vaughn - Racal Data Communications
Gene Litt - Controlware
Two suppliers discuss ISDN as an ideal technology for keeping networks
up during a disaster at minimum cost.
Larry Cynar - Pacific Bell
Pacific Bell customizes private data networks to increase disaster resistance.
Bill Bloom - Dunsnet
How Dunsnet uses ISDN to keep their network in operation.
Data Connectivity
Tuesday 3:00 - 5:00
Leslie Conway - Adtran
ISDN connectivity for a broad range of high speed data communications
applications.
Bruce Dillon - IBM
Board for the PC that not only supports ISDN, but also can be used as
a data or fax modem.
Richard Brennan - AT&T
Using ISDN to support both voice, video and data in the home.
ISDN Remote Network Access
Wednesday 8:30 - 10:30
Tom Williams - Combinet
Gene Chang - Extension Technology
Greg Larson - Digiboard
Three suppliers of ISDN equipment that provide high performance remote
access to LANs
Scott Yeager - MFS Datanet
User of ISDN for dialup access to an ATM network.
Data Networking Solutions
Wednesday 10:30 - 12:00
Pete Moulds - Ascend Communications
Danny Young - Intel
Jim Hietala - Network Express
Jerome Calgo - Transtream
Four suppliers of ISDN equipment that interconnects LANs or provides
remote access to LANs.
Terry Tompkins - Motorola
An ISDN user's experience with hardware and software options for
accessing LANs from home.
Data Networking User Experience
Wednesday 1:30 - 3:00
Bill Brasuell - Tandem
Experiences at the early stages of extending a large modem based work at home
program to ISDN.
Ed Tynan - Motorola
Inexpensive security measures that significantly reduce the security
risks of dialup LAN access.
Natalie Clinton - LLNL
Lawrence Livermore Labs experiences in implementing a large ISDN based
work at home program.
Pat Krause - McDonald's
The first ISDN user in the U.S. will say how and why he are uses ISDN
to support work at home and LAN interconnection.
Voice/Video/Groupware Track
ISDN Centrex Voice Services
Tuesday 10:30 - 12:00
Ella Spradley - Pacific Bell
J. Griffin - GTE
How ISDN Centrex offerings can assure continued communications after a
disaster.
ISDN Centrex Voice Applications
Tuesday 1:30 - 3:00
Joe Saaveda - Telrad
T. Gartman - Lodestar
Two suppliers of ISDN telephones will describe how ISDN supports low
cost, flexible phone services.
J. Pokress - Teloquent
Will describe how ISDN can be used to support distributed, work at
home customer service.
ISDN Groupware
Tuesday 3:30 - 5:00
Gary Gysin - Crosswise
Curtis Albrecht - Eye Tel
Two suppliers of groupware software applications will discuss enhancing
communications after a disaster.
ISDN Video
Wednesday 8:30 - 10:00
Richard Grace - British Telecom
New cost effective video solutions for up new applications at lower
cost and with rapid deployment.
Carl Kikerpill - Compression Labs
ISDN providing flexible video conferencing that supports face to face
communication after a disaster.
Jeffrey Starr - McGaw, Inc.
Experience using video conferencing over ISDN.
ISDN Video
Wednesday 10:30 - 12:00
Intel - name not available at press time
PC based video solutions using ISDN.
Pat Krause - McDonald's
User evaluation of ISDN video systems.
Special Session
Alternative Technologies
Wednesday 1:30 - 3:00
Pushpendra Mohta - CERFNet
The role of the Internet in work at home and disaster recovery.
Keith Nesson - Pacific Bell
Applications using Fast Packet Services (SMDS, Frame Relay, ATM) to provide
distributed, fault-tolerant corporate networks.
Demonstrations
ISDN products and applications will be demonstrated by 17 different
companies on both Tuesday and Wednesday.
Adtran Extension Technology
Ascend Communications IBM
AT&T Intel
British Telecom Lodestar Technologies
Combinet Network Express
Compression Labs Northern Telecom
Controlware Pacific Bell
Crosswise Transtream
Digiboard