FNC Advisory Committee Meeting
Draft Agenda
October 21-22, 1996
National Science Foundation
Board Room, Rm. 1235
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22230
(703) 306-1950
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October 21, 1996
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Registration
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
All FNCAC Working Groups, Parallel Sessions
1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
General Meeting Sessions
1:00 p.m.
1. Opening and Overview (Carol Henderson, American Library Association - 15 min.)
1:30 p.m.
2. FNC Initiatives / Issues Planned for FY1997 (George Strawn, NSF, FNC Co-Chair - 1 hour)
A. FNC 1996 Accomplishments & Objectives for 1997
B. Interagency Collaborations (FNC & LSN working group)
C. vBNS Policies & NSF Connections Program
D. Gov't Role in domain names & address space issues
Break
Video: Internet Traffic Visualizations
2:30 p.m.
3. Network Transitions & Scalability
A. Report on the "Governance of the Internet" Issues
(Brian Kahin, Harvard - 30 min.)
B. Internet Scalability - Technical Issues
(Sally Floyd, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, LBL - 30 min.)
C. Current Efforts in Statistics/Metrics Research & Practices
(Kimberly Claffy, National Laboratory of Applied Network Research - 30 min.)
D. Industry- & User-Driven Efforts to Encourage ISP Collaboration
(Charles Brownstein, Cross-Industry Working Team, & Jim Williams, FARNET - 30 min.)
E. Discussions (Stewart Personick, Bellcore / George Brandenburg, Harvard - 1 hr.)
Selection of FNCAC Chair for 1998 (15 min.)
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October 22th, 1996
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Meetings of Working Groups
9:00 - 9:20 a.m.
Outline FNCAC Workplan for 1997 (Sid Karin - 15 min.)
9:15 - 12:30
General Sessions
9:15 a.m.
4. Internet Privacy & Security
A. Encryption
1) NRC Study (Herb Lin, NRC - 20 min.)
2) IAB/IESG Position Statement (Steve Bellovin, AT&T Research - 20 min.)
3) Administration's Position on Encryption (Mike Nelson, Office of the President - 20 min.)
Break
4) Discussions (Bob Moskowitz, Chrysler & Ken Flamm, Brookings Institution - 30 min.)
B. Status of the CIS Project & FNC Activities (Phil Dykstra, Army Research Lab - 45 min.)
C. Discussions of privacy & security issues & recommendations (30 min.)
12:15 Lunch
1:00 - 5:00
General Sessions and Wrap-Up
5. Education
A. Internet II (Jim Williams, FARNET / Mike Roberts, EDUCOM - 30 min.)
B. Distance Education - Canarie/NTN's vision (Bill St. Arnaud, Canarie - 30 min.)
C. Education Clearinghouses (Nora Sabelli, NSF - 10 min.)
D. Universal Service Provisions of the new Telecom Act (TBD - 20 min.)
Break
3:00 p.m.
6. International Networking
A. FNC agencies international connections/programs (G. Strawn, NSF - 30 min.)
B. CCIRN & CCIRN Working Groups (15 min.)
C. Discussions (15 min.)
4:00 p.m.
7. Report on Intellectual Property Study (M. Blumenthal, NRC - 15 min.)
4:15 p.m.
8. Wrap-up and Action Plan (Carol Henderson/Walter Wiebe)
A. Welcoming of New FNCAC Chair & Chair Designate (Walter Wiebe)