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Big Broadband Conference at Calit2 Now Available in Streaming Video

By Doug Ramsey, 858-822-5825, dramsey@ucsd.edu

San Diego, CA, April 18, 2006 -- The optical networking advocacy group FirstMile.US held its Spring 2006 conference in Atkinson Hall March 22-23. Keynote speakers included Calit2 director and CSE professor Larry Smarr, National LambdaRail president Tom West, and San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, who received an award for his support of "big broadband" connectivity in the Bay Area. (For more on the mayor's visit, click here .)

The conference was webcast in real time by Calit2, and most of the presentations are now available for on-demand viewing below.  [Real  player and broadband connection required]. Most of the PowerPoint slides are also available in PDF format as indicated.

	Keynote: Big Broadband for San Francisco and California Gavin Newsom, Mayor, City and County of San Francisco Length: 28:51 [video]
	A Gigabit in Every Home--Emergence of True Broadband Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2  Length: 53:49 [video] [ppt]
	CANARIE: The Challenges of the First Mile  Bill St. Arnaud, Director, CANARIE (Canada) Length: 17:41 [video] [PDF]
	Developing British Columbia's Advanced Networks Michael Hrybyk, President and CEO, BCNET Length: 40:59 [video] [PDF]
	Owning and Controlling the Network Infrastructure Tom West, CEO, National LambdaRail Length: 21:33   [video] [PDF]
	Medical Demonstrations: Part One Ed Johansen et. al. Length: 32:04 [video] [PDF]
	Medical Demonstrations: Part Two  Parvati Dev, Stanford et. al. Length: 48:33  [video]
	Roundtable Discussion of the Americas: Distance Learning Carmen Carpio, World Bank (moderator) Length: 22:48  [video]
	The First Mile Philosophy Susan Estrada, President, FirstMile.US Length: 33:15 [video]
	Broadband and Babyboomers Joaquin Alvarado and Gail Whitaker, SFSU Christopher Baker, AARP Public Policy Institute (at left) [PDF] Length: 52:27 [video]
	Panel Discussion Susan Estrada, Michael Hrybyk, Steve Corbato, and Tom West Length: 10:33 [video]
	CineGrid Demonstration Laurin Herr, President, Pacific Interface and Director, CineGrid Length: 1:15:47   [video] [PDF]
	High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance David Cavena, Sun Microsystems Length: 33:58 [video] [PDF]
	Open Mike Time and Three-Minute Madness Length: 42:53   [video ] Tim Ryan, City College of San Francisco [PDF] Julio Ibarra, Florida International University [PDF] Yvonne Andres, Global School Net  [PDF] Don Means, Community TeleStructure, Digital Village  [PDF] Michael Shames, UCAN  [URL] Dewayne Hendricks, Sandoval County Broadband Project  [URL]

Related Links
FirstMile.US
San Francisco Mayor Receives Broadband Honor at Calit2