News for and about the Internet2 community

["Martin Munguia" <>]

Dec. 8, 2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
Contacts:  OGI - David Moore, 503-748-1192 
                  OHSU - Martin Munguia, 503-494-8231 
                  PSU - David Santen, 503-725-8789 


PORTLAND RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK DEMONSTRATES INTERNET2

 New High-Speed Connection Will Benefit Higher Education, Health and Business

 PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Research and Education Network (PREN) will 
demonstrate the next
 generation of Internet connectivity, Internet2, as well as discuss how this 
connection could benefit
 Oregonians at three events in the Portland area on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000. 

 PREN is a joint venture of Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI), Oregon Health 
Sciences University (OHSU) and
 Portland State University (PSU). Internet2 is a high-speed dedicated 
computer network under development
 by leading U.S. universities and research institutions. The three 
Portland-area institutions created PREN to
 share resources and foster collaboration among the schools as well as 
advance the availability of
 leading-edge Internet capabilities in the Portland metropolitan area. 

 A conference on Internet2 will begin at 9 a.m. at PSU's Hoffmann Hall (1833 
SW 11th) with a welcome by
 the university presidents and Portland City Commissioner Erik Sten. Douglas 
Van Houweling, the
 President and CEO of the University Consortium for Advanced Internet 
Development will deliver an
 address on the national significance of Internet2 and the role of leading 
universities in developing the
 project. At 11 a.m., there will be live demonstrations by OGI, OHSU and PSU 
researchers of work they are
 doing that uses advanced Internet capabilities, including remote control of 
advanced instrumentation and
 video conferencing, and high-fidelity imaging for medical research. 

 In the afternoon, OHSU will host a session on health science applications of 
Internet2 at the OHSU Library
 Auditorium. Guest speakers will include Mike Ackerman from the National 
Library of Medicine, Mary Kratz
 from the Internet2 Health Sciences Initiative program and George Lundberg 
from Medscape. This 1 p.m.
 session will include further demonstrations of the project's capabilities 
and a panel discussion on health
 sciences and the future of Internet2. 

 PREN, with support from the Pittock Block, will host a second afternoon 
session, "Taking the Portland
 Internet to the Next Level," at 2 p.m. at the Governor Hotel (611 SW 10th) 
in downtown Portland. The
 session will include an address by Steve Corbato, Internet2 Network 
Director, followed by a panel
 discussion. Panelists include Portland City Commissioner Erik Sten, 
EasyStreet CEO Rich Bader, GST
 technologist Ben Peeke, Pittock Block Manager Tom Bechtell and Corbato. 

 More information on PREN, including mission, goals, architecture, projects 
and contacts is available at
 http://www.pren.net. Information on Internet2 is available at 
http://www.internet2.edu. 

 Contact PREN Chair Jere Retzer, 503 494-3720 for questions on PREN and 
Internet2. 

 Media interviews may be arranged in advance with guest speakers, researchers 
and PREN board
 members. 


                                                                             
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