Austin Member Meeting VoIP Highlights

[Ben Teitelbaum <>]

I would like to bring your attention to the following VoIP-related
activities planned for the upcoming Internet2 Member Meeting in
Austin, TX.  Keep these in mind as you make your travel plans.

-- ben

* Emergency Communications BoF (September 28)
  
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/fall-mm/sessionDetails.cfm?session=1725&event=219

  As voice over IP (VoIP) moves to production, solutions must be
  deployed to provide emergency communications that match or exceed
  what users expect from wireline services. The migration to VoIP also
  provides the opportunity to reduce costs and to increase the speed,
  reliability, and functionality of emergency response, emergency
  alert, and disaster recovery systems. This BoF will survey relevant
  current activities and provide a forum for discussing how Internet2
  might better organize to exploit new opportunities in this space.

* Campus/Enterprise Roundtable on VoIP and Integrated
  Communications (September 29)  
  
http://events.internet2.edu/2004/fall-mm/sessionDetails.cfm?session=1605&event=219

  In the last year we have seen a rapid acceleration in the
  convergence of voice and data and in the emergence of
  standards-based integrated communications applications that
  integrate multiple real time media types in the context of
  presence. To understand the implications and opportunities for
  campuses and enterprises, Internet2 has brought industry and
  academia together to develop and deploy new applications and
  services. This session will include project updates from several key
  collaborative initiatives, several case studies of the
  campus/enterprise view of VoIP and integrated communications, and a
  roundtable discussion of obstacles and opportunities going forward.
     
* VoIP Workshop (September 30th - October 1st)
  http://voip.internet2.edu/meetings/200409-workshop/

  This hands-on workshop will provide an overview of emerging voice
  over IP (VoIP) technologies, including: the session initiation
  protocol (SIP), IP-based voice disaster recovery, IP-TDM media
  gateways, and VoIP quality monitoring. Working in several small
  groups, attendees will bring up several working VoIP systems in a
  testbed environment. Attendees will learn to configure a SIP proxy,
  to add SRV and NAPTR records to DNS, and to provision SIP hard and
  soft phones. Attendance may be limited to ensure that the workshop
  is focused and interactive.