Hinni,

Here are a few talking points that I would use.  Sorry to be so
late and brief; we've been working round-the-clock on various 
last minute problems.  There *will* be a show, if not exactly as 
described, then structurally very similar with variations resulting
from unresolved & unexpected problems.

Thanks so much for all of your support.  

Regards,

Jim


At end of Nursing Presentation:
   Whitlock:  60 seconds for a round of thanks to those who made 
              it happen
   Materns:   120 seconds for any wrap-up comments you may want to
              offer

   
Talking Points:

- This really is an I2 application; we're just getting away
  with it today on I1 (taking advantage of headroom in the
  I1 infrastructure).  Videoconferencing and streaming video
  at these quality levels require constant/steady bandwidth
  (isochronous) that QOS and/or bandwidth reservation, to be
  developed on I2, will provide.

- This is *emerging* technology; still very complex and 
  difficult to work with but that will rapidly change.

- People and institutions take a long time to adopt/adapt
  while technology evolves quickly.  [Email now almost 30
  yrs old and 20-30% of our own are still uncomfortable with 
  it -- most say that's a conservative est]  This was a limited
  *preview* of what will be easily and readily available in
  the modest near-term.  Time to set strategic sights.

- School of Nursing faculty have long been courageously in
  the forefront of those attempting to use high ROI emerging
  technologies to accomplish their academic and instructional 
  visions.  Kudos to them.

- Major universities and university systems in North America
  are now aggressively building test/trial and deployment
  infrastructures in preparation for academic and instructional
  uses of these technologies.

- The BA Diffusion Fund grant will this year add 135 new 
  endpoints in the WNY Region with appropriate Internet 
  bandwidth to begin to explore practical applications
  for IP VC & streams.  We will be part of that project,
  at least on the planning side.  The IAIMS grant planning 
  group has also expressed strong interests.

- Early uses, due to infrastructure and technology expenses 
  and difficulties (which Skunkworks is focused on reducing),
  will necessarily be limited to highest ROI applications:
  medicine, distance education, etc.  Will become commonplace
  more rapidly than most are prepared for.

- I personally expect these communications tools, due to their
  visceral pull, to become as entrenched in all aspects of life
  as has been the case with telephony.  We would have added 
  visual to verbal long ago if we had had the means; shortly
  we will.

- I'll try to cover the major thank-you's but here are *some*
  of them:  Ohio State University, The Jackson Laboratory, 
  The UB School of Nursing, The Erie County Medical Center,
  Cisco Inc., Buffalo Computer Graphics Inc., RADVision Inc., 
  Zydacron Inc, and a large number of staff and staff groups 
  who have responded with enormous and unexpected enthusiasm to 
  the challenges we've been facing.  This has really been very
  much like the earlier more pioneering days of IT when we 
  all used to routinely join forces to overcome difficulties.
  A marvelous and refreshing experience.