Announcing the Internet2 VOIP workshop

["Walt Magnussen" <>]

Work Group members,

 

Workshop Information

 

A three-day Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) workshop, co-sponsored by The Academy for Advanced Telecommunications and Learning Technologies and Texas A&M University's Telecommunications Office and hosted by the Internet2 VoIP Working Group, will be held at Texas A&M University on April 3, 4 and 5, 2002.  To accommodate the hands-on format of the workshop, attendance is limited to 50 participants, two representatives per university, with preference given to I2 members.

 

Designed to further participants' understanding of implementing VoIP solutions, this workshop will bring together industry and university representatives to evaluate and discuss the most current developments in the telecommunications field.

 

Registration is online at http://academy.tamu.edu/voip.

 

The registration fee for the event is $125 and includes transportation to and from the hotel to the workshop, noon and evening meals, and workshop materials.  The fee may be paid by credit card or check and should be submitted by March 20, 2002.  Credit card payment may be submitted by fax to Ruth Yeager at 979-862-3983 (please print and include the online registration form with your fax); check should be made payable to "VoIP Workshop" and submitted to:

 

The Academy for Advanced Telecommunications and Learning Technologies
Attention:  Ruth Yeager
459 Blocker
3139 TAMU
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX  77843-3139

 

A block of rooms identified as "VoIP/INTERNET2" has been reserved at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center, telephone 979-693-7500, or on the web at http://www.hilton.com.
Securing reservations and payment of expenses are the responsibility of the individual participants.

 

Airlines serving the College Station (CLL) area are Continental Express from Houston and American Eagle from Dallas-Fort Worth.

 

Driving time from Houston is approximately 1.5 hours; driving time from Dallas-Fort Worth is approximately 3.5 hours.

 

Please contact Ruth Yeager at 979-862-3982 or if you need additional information regarding the workshop.

 

   The workshop agenda is on the Academy web page.  Please either call (979-845-5588 or email () me if you have any questions. Hope to see you at the workshop.  Be ready for some of the best BBQ in the world.

 

Walt