INTERNET "WORLD'S FAIR" PLANNED FOR 1996

[luther@radio.com (Luther Brown, Jr.)]

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>Hi,
>
>In my role as the President of INTiaa (Internet Industry Association of
>Australia), I was wondering what plans you had for Australia to participate
>in this activity. INTiaa would be pleased to assist with any proceedings
>you had planned for this region.
>
>If you did have not plans for this region then we would also welcome the
>opportunity to explore how we may take part in what promises to a very
>exciting event for the industry.
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>>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 02:56:00 -0400
>>From: first@individual.com (An Information Service of INDIVIDUAL Inc.)
>>To: firstbb@cisco.com
>>Profid: CISCO1
>>Addrid: TWO1
>>Subject:  INTERNET "WORLD'S FAIR" PLANNED FOR 1996
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>>SUBJECT:  INTERNET "WORLD'S FAIR" PLANNED FOR 1996
>>SOURCE:   Newsbytes via First! by Individual, Inc.
>>DATE:     April 3, 1995
>>INDEX:    [9]
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>>  LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, U.S.A., 1995 APR 3 (NB) via First! -- A group of
>>Internet enthusiasts want to draw more of the world's attention to the
>>global network of networks by holding an online exposition next year. The
>>Internet 1996 World Exposition was formally announced during the
>>NetWorld+Interop trade show.
>>
>>  According to details of the proposal posted by the Internet Multicasting
>>Service on the World Wide Web, the exposition  is to be "a world's fair in
>>the spirit of the great universal expositions of the turn of the last
>>century that marked the beginning of our modern industrial economies. We
>>propose a world's fair for the turn of this century, helping to usher in the
>>information economy."
>>
>>  The organizers said they want to build "a public park for the global
>>village," bringing together government and industry leaders with working
>>engineers. The fair will expose many  people to the technology while also
>>leaving behind permanent infrastructure "to help drive the information
>>economy forward," they said.
>>
>>  The Internet Multicasting Service, best known for producing radio-like
>>audio programming on the Internet, said it is  coordinating the United
>>States' participation in the planned fair.
>>
>>  The project has a number of backers in the computer industry, including
>>Cisco Systems Inc., MCI Corp., Quantum Corp., and Sun Microsystems Inc.
>>Trade-show operator Softbank Expos -- organizer of Networld+Interop -- is
>>also involved, and NBC, the television network, is listed as an organizer.
>>One of the latest additions to the sponsor list is rock star Peter Gabriel's
>>Real World studio, producer of the World Music Festival (WOMAD).
>>
>>  The exposition will include a number of online "pavilions." Imperial
>>College in London, built on the site where the Crystal Palace was erected
>>for the 1859 World's Fair, said it plans to build a Crystal Pavilion for the
>>1996 Internet version. Also in the plans are a Future of Media pavilion, a
>>Global Schoolhouse pavilion that will let children around the world work
>>together on research projects, a Reinventing Government pavilion dedicated
>>to putting government information online, a ToasterNet pavilion focused on
>>bringing new and unusual devices onto the Internet, and a Small Business
>>pavilion.
>>
>>  One feature of the Global Schoolhouse will be a mid-year "Wire Our
>>Schools" day when engineers, electricians, and others will be asked to
>>volunteer to help wire local schools.
>>
>>  The pavilions have two main goals, the organizers said. The first is to
>>bring the real world into cyberspace by putting new information online, and
>>the second is to bring cyberspace into the real world by introducing more
>>people to the Internet. Other groups will be encouraged to set up their own
>>pavilions, the backers said, with the proviso that each pavilion "must give
>>something back to the community. Commercial activity is encouraged, but to
>>be a pavilion, you must make some kind of public contribution."
>>
>>  Another feature of the exposition, the "Internet Railroad," is meant to
>>help increase the telecommunications infrastructure available for moving
>>public data around the world. Organizers hope to connect the core pavilions
>>with T3 lines running at 45 megabits-per-second (Mbps). Lower-speed lines
>>will fan out from the T3 backbones.
>>
>>  The Internet Town Hall, operating from the National Press Club in
>>Washington, will run monthly events that will include bringing world leaders
>>onto the Internet. Events are being planned around the US presidential
>>elections, Earth Day, and a year-end holiday celebration. Organizers said
>>they plan to release a more detailed schedule of events later this year.
>>
>>  A series of industrial expositions will show off Internet technology, tied
>>in with sessions at the six Networld+Interop shows during 1996.
>>
>>  (Grant Buckler/19950403/Press Contact: Luther Brown, Internet Multicasting
>>Service, 202-628-2044, Internet e-mail luther@radio.com; Samantha White,
>>Softbank Expos, 415-578-6897; Public Contact: Internet Multicasting Service,
>>Internet World Wide Web site http://www.town.hall.org)
>>
>>[04-03-95 at 15:00 EDT, Copyright 1995, Newsbytes News Network., File:
>>n0403001.9by]
>>
>>  Copyright (c) 1995 by INDIVIDUAL, Inc.  All rights reserved.
>
>Regards
>
>
>Richard Frawley
>cisco Systems Australia
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