October 2004
Ontario urged to join "global conversation"
With the ORION network in place throughout the province, Ontario is being urged to join global conversation in the annual Megaconference, in early December.
The dynamic combination of broadband networks and videoconferencing technology is revolutionizing communication around the world. Uses for videoconferencing seem limited only by the imagination of its users. Nothing demonstrates this more convincingly than the annual Megaconference, the world's largest simultaneous Internet videoconferencing event to test, discuss, and present applications of IP-based H.323 Videoconferencing.
Last year’s conference attracted more than 1,000 participants from over 200 institutions in 27 countries on five continents. Many more watched the simultaneous stream using a web browser and freely available stream players.
Participation of Ontario-based institutions, however, was limited. ORION hopes to change that this year, with a call to user organizations to get involved.
The Megaconference uses H.323 videoconferencing to connect speakers from across the globe to share their latest real-world uses of H.323 videoconferencing. It’s not often that you get the opportunity to network with the global research and education community without having to travel.
The theme of this year's Megaconference is “Let's Talk: Global Communications, Innovation and Participatory Videoconferencing”, and will take place on December 9, 2004 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 6 p.m. to midnight Eastern Standard Time.
The conference is divided into two sections, with a four-hour, informal "hallway session" between them. In keeping with the conference theme, participants are encouraged to "stay up late" or "get up early" in order to interact with people from other time zones.
Already, almost 100 institutions on six continents from the Philippines to Hungary and from Australia to Finland have registered with the common goal of furthering the use of videoconferencing in education and research and advancing of state of the art in videoconferencing technology.
Organizers are inviting everyone with access to advanced Internet connectivity and an H.323 videoconferencing endpoint to join the global conversation.
“This is not just a great opportunity for institutions that use ORION to see how their colleagues are using videoconferencing technologies to enhance teaching and research," said ORION President/CEO Phil Baker. "The Megaconference is also a unique opportunity to be counted among other leading global institutions and to showcase our capabilities to the rest of the world.”
Conference organizers are still accepting proposals for interactive presentations. Visit www.megaconference.org for more information.
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