---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SUNERGY LIVE SATELLITE BROADCAST #5 MARCH 29,1993 SunFLASH Vol 50 #3 February 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Times: 16:00-17:30 GMT In The US 08:00 - 09:30 Pacific 09:00 - 10:30 Mountain 10:00 - 11:30 Central 11:00 - 12:30 Eastern Telecommunications networks are a critical part of any nation's infrastructure. Major shifts are taking place in the technology for these networks. Sunergy Live from CeBIT (Hannover, Germany) takes a look at what's going on in Europe to put in place the next generation telco networks, how countries are coping with the change, and what can be expected in the future from these new networks. Although this program is European based, the discussions will have worldwide implications. PRESENTERS John Gage - Director of the Science Office, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation. Mr. Gage will be a co-host and moderator of the program. He will also introduce some important reading materials and resources that apply to the topics discussed. Helmut Krings - Vice President of Central Europe, Sun Microsystems, Germany. Mr. Krings will co-host the program. He will describe the CeBIT exhibit and other telco activities in Germany. Larry Hambly - Vice President of Marketing, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation. Mr. Hambly will discuss telco in Europe and Sun's commitment to the future of data communications in Europe. Barbara Stanley - Business Development Manager for Retail and Telecommunications, Sun Microsystems, UK. Ms. Stanley will talk about the European deployment of ISDN technology and the business potential of ISDN based applications. Jean-Pierre Baudouin - Director of International Center for Network Computing, Sun Microsystems, Grenoble, France. Mr. Baudouin will talk about the aspects of network computing as they stand today and how they apply to the future. Panelists - Alcatel - names to be announced - Ericsson - names to be announced The panelists will describe their telecommunications implementations, and some of the future challenges facing their respective companies Questions and Answers - All sites worldwide will be invited to participate in a question and answer session via phone, fax and email. TECHNICAL INFO For technical information on receiving this program contact Denise Marcucci: phone - 1 415 355-9193 fax - 1 415 738-9210 email - sunsat@woodwind.corp.sun.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. Archives are on solar.nova.edu, ftp.uu.net, sunsite.unc.edu, src.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.adelaide.edu.au All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or publication by Sun Microsystems. John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@Sun.COM. (305) 351-4909.