AG Demonstrations at SC00

Rick Stevens stevens at mcs.anl.gov
Mon Sep 18 14:40:09 CDT 2000


Greg,

This sounds pretty interesting.. We are sorting through our various options 
and
hope to send out an updated plan for the AG related activities shortly..

--Rich

At 12:16 PM 9/18/2000 -0700, Greg Johnson wrote:

>Kate asked me to step in on behalf of the SC2000 Webcasts Committee, as
>we've been thinking along similar lines.
>
>One of our activities this year will be to webcast content from exhibitors,
>eSCapers, and Venture Village contributors.  We've sent out a form to all
>participants soliciting 15 minute live demonstrations of interesting work.
>This content will be broadcast live, later annotated with titles, and made
>available for the duration of the conference.  Based on the feedback I've
>received at this early point, I suspect we will have more than ample content.
>
>To do this we've put together a slick wireless Webcasts unit consisting of
>an ultra-thin T20 ThinkPad and a digital camera designed to handle the low
>light conditions of the Exhibition Hall.
>
>In a nutshell, we may be able to provide 1) daily content and 2) floor
>space for an AG node.  As Louis indicated we will have a Webcasts booth.
>We've been looking at a high-end broadcast medium, and the AG could be
>just the thing.
>
>
>   greg
>   SC2000 Webcasts Committee
>
>
>
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