The Tenth Anniversary Megaconference will be held on Nov 6, 2008, all day, everywhere.
Because this is the 10th Megaconference, some very special things will happen then that have not occurred in previous Megaconferences.
The Megaconference is the largest video conference in the world, with many hundreds of participants from all over the world.
http://www.megaconference.org. Keep checking there for updates.
There is no cost, and everyone in the world with H.323 capabilities is invited to participate.
Registration closes on Oct 15, so you have only a short time to join this event.
http://digitalunion.osu.edu/megaconference/registration.html
There are many interesting presentations and events on the program, as you can see here:
http://digitalunion.osu.edu/megaconference/program.html
Door prizes (video conferencing related) will be given away by random drawing during the Roll Call events. So far we have 44 prizes donated by 8 vendors. The Roll Calls also give everyone a chance to say hello to the world, in whatever creative way they wish. See http://digitalunion.osu.edu/megaconference/prizes.html
A number of people who participated in the first Megaconference 10 years ago will be giving brief "Then and Now" presentations about how video conferencing has evolved and how they predict it will evolve in the future.
Special awards will be presented to those people and institutions who have participated in all 10 Megaconferences.
The event is fully interactive, and you can ask questions of the presenters, etc.
Both High Definition and Standard Definition video conferencing is available. People using HD will see SD participants in enhanced resolution, provided by a Codian MCU.
The Megaconference will appear in Second Life, on a big screen in an outdoor amphitheater, provided by the Technology Enhanced Learning and Research group at Ohio State University (TELRPort in Second Life).
The Megaconference is available to people using the new Vidyo technology.
http://www.vidyo.com
Still under discussion are availability to people using Elluminate, and a guest appearance by the President of Ohio State University.
The Internet2 Commons, OARnet, Ohio State University and many other organizations throughout the world provide support to make this event possible.
Future announcements will be sent only to the Megaconference mailing list.
See you there!!
Bob
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Robert S. Dixon, Ph D, PE
Chief Research Engineer
Ohio Supercomputer Center Network (OSCNet) and Ohio State University, Office of the CIO
Office Telephone: 614-292-1638
Fax: 614-292-7081