[AusNOG] Public Talk by Geoff Huston: "AARNet 20 years later" (July 16th 2009, Swinburne University of Technology)

[grenville armitage]

Hi AusNOG,

I'd like to extend an invitation (to those of you based in, near or just
passing through Melbourne) to a public talk by Geoff Huston in mid-July,
hosted by the Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures at Swinburne
University of Technology.

Title:    "AARNet 20 years later"

Date:     July 16th 2009

Time:     1:30pm

Location: Lecture Theatre EN615, Engineering (EN) Building, Hawthorn Campus
          http://www.swin.edu.au/cwis/maps/maps_hawthorn.htm

RSVP:     Please contact Ms Li Sim Loh (LLoh at groupwise.swin.edu.au) by
	  July 14th if you are planning on joining us. There will be
	  tea and coffee immediately after the talk.

Abstract:

	Its now 20 years since Australia had its first permanent Internet
	connection. This link was a result of a virtually unprecedented level
	of cooperation across the entire Australian Higher Education and
	Research Sector, and also included a broad base of industry support.
	This project, the Australian Academic and Research Network, or AARNet
	is 20 years old this year.

	Geoff Huston, the leading instigator of the initial phase of AARNet
	will talk about the early days of AARNet, and look at the networking
	environment of the late 80's and the way in which AARnet was able to
	make a revolutionary impact on the environment at the time as both a
	facility for academics and reseachers and a catalyst in innovation in
	networking services that subsequently spilled over into the mainstream
	of the communications industry. He will then contrast this period with
	the current challenges in networking architectures and take a personal
	peek at the futures for networking and the ways in which further
	innovation could impact on the next generation of networks and services.

cheers,
gja
-- 
Professor Grenville Armitage
Head, Telecommunications Engineering Academic Group
Director, Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
http://caia.swin.edu.au