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  Program 28 May 2002

Time Presentation Speaker
08.30 Registration and refreshments
09.10 Introduction and Welcome Dr Philip McCrea, CEO ac3
09.15 Official Opening Phil Singleton, Chairman of SPAN
Session 1: Developments in high-speed networks Chair - Dr Philip McCrea, CEO ac3
09.30 NSW Government Telecommunications Initiatives Warwick Watkins, Director-General, NSW Dept of Information Technology & Management
10.00 Australia's Internet Future - International Dimensions Tony Hill, President ISOC-AU
10.30 The Global Terabit Network George McLaughlin, CEO AARNet
11.00 Morning Tea
Session 2: Implementations of three Australian industry and research high-speed networks Chair - Phil Singleton, Chairman of SPAN
11.30 About GrangeNet: The Grid and Next Generation Network Professor John O'Callaghan, Executive Director, APAC and Interim Director, GrangeNet
11.50 Technologies for the Information Economy Dr Terry Percival, Director CeNTIE, CSIRO
12.10 Sydney Basin Fibre Infrastructure Project Dr Keith Burston, Manager Communications Unit UNSW
12.30 Panel Session With the previous speakers
01.00 Lunch
Session 3: Innovative implementations in broadband to end-users Chair - Dr Kate Lance, Executive Director ISOC-AU
01.45 Where are all those Broadband customers? Chris Howells, CEO Redfern Photonics
02.15 Hey, I've got TransACT - now what? Dr Paul Brooks, CTO, TransACT Communications
02.45 The Agile Communications Rural Broadband Network Simon Hackett, Technical Director, Internode Systems
03.15 Afternoon Tea
Session 4: Building future networks Chair - Paul Davis, CTO ac3
03.30 Network Evolution: Considerations in Large Scale Network Planning Narelle Clark, Manager Advanced Network Architecture Technology & Planning, Optus
04.00 Smart Networks for a Smarter Internet Professor Joe Chicharo, Research Director Smart Internet Technology CRC
04.30 Internet Standards, Advanced Networks and the Future George Michaelson, Manager Technical Services APNIC
05.00 Closing Remarks Tony Hill, President ISOC-AU

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