The government continues to develop an extensive array of image processing tools which are being used on an increasing number of scientific CD-ROM and Internet sites. This session will pull together many of the developers of these tools, and provide the attendees with an understanding of how these tools enhance the visualization of complex spatial and image databases.
Moderator: Chris Polloni, U.S. Geological Survey
Speaker 1: Carl Abston, U.S. Geological Survey
Speaker 2: Ted Haberman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Speaker 3: Mark Altman, EOSAT
Speaker 4: Mike Martin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Speaker 5: Russ Ambroziak, U.S. Geological Survey
The Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) is the next generation of software that will allow users to browse "worlds" rather than just "pages" on the World Wide Web. Particularly useful for scientific visualization, VRML will shape the next generation of Web browsers to access both VRML pages and hybrid CD-ROMs containing massive libraries of multimedia "objects." These new browsers will transparently integrate information streaming down from the Web sites with objects such as video clips and high-resolution graphics selected from the client's local CD-ROM drive. A new disc could be sent every so often to the user, with the overall effect of greatly reducing the need to transfer massive amounts of data over the Net.
Moderator: Greg Johnson, Chief Technical Officer/Senior Creative
Director, Magnet Interactive Studios
Speaker 1: TBA, Portable Graphics, Inc.
Speaker 2: TBA, Dimension X
The technology of CD-R is dramatically changing almost all segments of the CD-ROM industry. Indeed, some say the "R" in "CD-R" should stand for "Revolution" since that it what seems to be taking place. Developers are prototyping on CD-R. Publishers are creating an ever-increasing array of "on demand" products. Data center managers are using CD-R as a cost-effective alternative to microfiche and paper. This session will first provide an update on the fundamental technology of CD-R and then explore the exciting new applications of this technology in both business and government.
Moderator: Dana Parker, Consultant/Writer
Speaker 1: Dean Quarnstrom
Speaker 2: Robert Starrett
Speaker 3: Craig Hanson
This session will give a brief history of DVD, including how the bvarious industries with a stake in the technology came to a decision about the standard. The architecture of DVD will be evoked as well as how it was modified to meet a number of conflicting requirements. The variety of applications that will be impacted by DVD is wide. Audio, data, and video applications count among the many that will be impacted. Find out about the Universal Disc Format (UDF) standard that will be used on DVDs, when the first DVDs will make their appearance, and what software and hardware is available today to start taking advantage of this new technology. Representatives from the major camps involved in defining the standard will be present.
Moderator: Ash Pahwa, CD-ROM Strategies
Speaker 1: Les Johnson, 3-M
Speaker 2: Robert van Eijk, Philips
Speaker 3: Ed Mino, TDK
Speaker 4: Ken Jones, Toshiba
Why do we make CD-ROMs using a nearly indestructible plastic and then pack them in fragile plastic containers that need more packaging to protect them? Many of our post-production processes are a legacy of CD's audio origin. Today the cost of packaging and distributing your product can exceed the cost of replication. As CD-ROM is used for an increasing number of communication missions, how we package and distribute them becomes more and more important. Come to this session and learn the best ways to deliver your product to users. Other topics will include presentations about the many packaging options available to you, an examination of distribution alternatives, and tips for saving money in the post-production operations.
Moderator: Mike Burrows
Speaker 1: Tracy Files, KAO Infosystems
Speaker 2: Jim Landrum, Landrum and Associates
Speaker 3: Ray Tamberino, PTP Industries
Business and government are finding out that today's knowledge worker is often best served by making information resources available based on a "just in time" (JIT) basis, much like the approach used so successfully in the automobile manufacturing industry. Interactive multimedia CD-ROM is an ideal vehicle for JIT information and is increasingly being used for performance support applications in organizations large and small. This session will highlight the leading organizations developing performance support CD-ROM products and provide demonstrations of the best examples in this emerging genre of CD-ROM applications.
Moderator: Ralph Terlecki, Bell Atlantic
Speaker 1: Michael Gallagher, AERA
Speaker 2: Martha Chaconas, USIA
Speaker 3: Dennis Lotterro, Street Technologies
There are several approaches to providing access to large CD-ROM collections in a networked environment, including CD-ROM servers, towers, and jukeboxes. This session will acquaint attendees with the use of CD-ROM technology in a variety of networked environments, including LANs, WANs, and the Internet. The tradeoffs between access time requirements and equipment complexity will be considered in light of configuring CD-ROM networks to provide an acceptable response time.
Speaker 1: Ernie Hillborn, US Connect
This session will explain who is currently using audio and video on the World Wide Web-Internet and why. Bill Caffery of The Gartner Group will assess the state of the industry and make some predictions about what we can expect to see in the next few years. Jan Ozer will "surf the net" in order to demonstrate how effective audio and video are today and explain what factors to consider if you plan on making your audio or video files available on the World Wide Web. Finally, John Sands will demonstrate the "behind the scenes" of actually placing these files into your Web documents.
Moderator: Jan Ozer, Doceo Publishing
Speaker 1: Bill Cafferey, Gartner Group
Portable electronic document format technology constitutes a key technology for publishers of all kinds. These products enable the display of fully formatted pages, have sophisticated viewing and browsing capabilities, and offer a number of useful features to publishers. Several of the products in this category are offering sophisticated search and retrieval capabilities, and many of them allow you to publish on the World Wide Web as well. This session will provide an industry overview, including a report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which has been actively investigating portable document format technology for more than a year. Mike Rubinfeld will describe the efforts of the Blue Ribbon Committee to establish an open standard in this area. Attendeed will also have the opportunity to hear representatives from the major companies in the industry who have an important stakehold in this arena.
Moderator: John Solomon, Input Solutions
Speaker 1: Mike Rubinfeld, National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Speaker 2: J.T. Wheeler, Adobe Systems
Speaker 3: Jay Saltzman, Common Ground
As in-house CD-Recordable technology becomes affordable, many organizations are deciding that they want the convenience, control and cost savings for the whole process--from recording to replication and labeling. For example, telephone service providers use both diskette and CD-ROM replicating systems to produce invoices for business customers. The quantity of information involved determines the media. Industrial manufacturers and defense contractors send product specification to new customers and engineers at multiple facilities on diskette or CD. Government agencies publish directories, manuals, and regulations and disburse massive quantities of information to remote sites, to public and private institutions, and other government agencies, and the medium is CD.
Moderator: Tom Serface, Rimage
Speaker 1: Scott Fast, InSolutions
Speaker 2: Duane Marquis, NTIA
Speaker 3: Hideake Kusumi, MTC-America
CD-R is re-defining Computer Output to Laser Disc (COLD) technology and revolutionizing traditional data center output products such as greenbar printouts and microfiche. Hundreds of cases of paper equivalent to thousands of statements can now be placed on a single CD-R disc and made accessible to an entire network of users. These CDs provide enhanced customer service, improved productivity, and significant reductions in the cost of producing, storing, and retrieving information. This session will provide examples from both industry and government of exactly how the revolution is taking place. The presentations will emphasize startup and transition costs as well as cost savings and returns on investments.
Moderator: Brian Bartholomeusz, Eastman Kodak
Speaker 1: Bob Jaric, Amedia
Speaker 2: Ron Rickman, U.S. Air Force
Speaker 3: Steve Shray, Microtech Conversion Systems
Speaker 4: Dan Lucarini, IMR
Do you need to place CD-ROMs onto your network? Come to this session and gain a very good idea of the different approaches you may wish to utilize depending on your network operating system and the number of CD-ROMs you need to place in the network environment. Each speaker will address the following questions: which Network Operating Systems they support; which operating systems are supported (i.e., DOS, WIndows, Mac, Unix, Windows NT, WIndows95, etc.); the type of system (Network OS Add-on APP or Dedicated Server) they will interface with; the type of Hardware Supported, Jukeboxes, IDE CD-ROMs, Recordables, Hard Drives, etc.; what the minimum hardware required is; what the maximum number of users will be; what the company's plans for the future are is any of the above are not currently supported; how they address technical support issues such as quick support, hold time, etc.; and, finally, what type of support is available for large imaging applications. The moderator of this session has worked with implementing all of the systems and will firmly focus the discussion based on his hands-on experience with these products.
Moderator: Ruben Nieves, Consultant
Speaker 1: Rich krueger, Meridian
Speaker 2: TBA, Celerity
Speaker 3: Bill Duda, Smart Storage
Speaker 4: Jim Geanakos, SMS Data Products
This session will discuss the production and utilization of a number of educational CD-ROMs developed under government sponsorship. Its target audience is SIGCAT attendees who are interested in developing their own educational products rather than users of educational products. Topics to be discussed include project planning and interacting.
Moderator: Mike Martin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Speaker 1: Anthony Freeman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Speaker 2: Kurt Gramoll, Georgia Tech
Speaker 3: Farzad Mahootian, Gonzaga College High School
Speaker 4: Bill Johnson, The SIGCAT Foundation
Speaker 3: Sugi Sorenson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Over the last decade, CD-ROM has provided us with a vast array of digital delights. From book collections to environmental databases to images of the outer planets, CD-ROM has enabled publishers from all walks of life to participate in the digital revolution. But this same technology has simultaneously empowered another major segment of our society--those with disabilities--to be able to access this same digital information through the use of appropriate adaptive technologies. This session will examine the latest developments in adaptive technologies which are increasingly being used to access the expanding universe of CD-ROM products by those with disabilities. It will also explore how CD-ROM-based electronic publications are enabling companies and agencies to better comply with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Moderator: Joe Lazzaro, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
Speaker 1: Robert Jaquiss, Tektronix
Speaker 2: Doug Wakefield, General Services Administration
Speaker 3: Ed Kerman, Touchpad
Users have requested that information be presented in a manner that will facilitate the development of a comparative framework and understanding of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the various jukeboxes and changers that are available in the market today. The discussion will also educate users on determining the most appropriate jukebox combinations for their applications. Users will also have the opportunity for a Q&A session with the vendors.
Moderator: Kirti Vashee, Smart Storage
Speaker 1: Keiko Toriyama, Sony Data Storage Systems
Speaker 2: Paul Dempsey, Pioneer New Media
Speaker 3: Kevin Byrne, NSM AMerica/Euroson
Speaker 4: Immo Gathmann, DSM Jukeboxen
The Department of Defense (DOD) has been a user of CD-ROM technology from the very outset. Hundreds of thousands of discs are disseminated every year throughout the DOD involving major programs in every branch of the Armed Forces. For many DOD users, it is not economically or technologically feasible to provide on-line access to required information. Therefore, CD-ROM is being widely used throughout the DOD for transitioning from paper products. This session will summarize some of the major CD-ROM programs within the Navy, Air Force, and Army. What CD-ROM products are currently being produced or are planned in the near future? What major procurements of CD-ROM readers, jukeboxes, and CD-ROM production equipment have taken place or are planned in thr near future for the DOD? How far along have CD-ROM standardization initiatives progressed? These and other issues will be thoroughly examined in this session by experts on information technology policy and decisionmaking in the DOD.
Moderator: Greg Velott, U.S. Navy
Speaker 1: TBA, U.S. Air Force
Speaker 2: TBA, U.S. Army
Interchangeability and longevity define CD-R quality, yet confusion exists about how to achieve these objectives and about how to accurately and objectively measure them. Professionals on the panel will present their opinions and answer your questions and concerns. By attending, you will gain clear practical knowledge about sophisticated CD-R and CD-ROM discs.
Moderator: Jerry Hartke, Media Sciences
Speaker 1: Gordon Rudd, Clover Systems
Speaker 2: Scott Gerger, Audio Development Corporation
Speaker 3: Les Johnson, 3-M
Speaker 4: Ken Miller, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Digital technologies are converging to create new information and learning opportunities. The capability to merge text, audio, video, graphics, and animation into a single platform such as multimedia CD-ROM and the World Wide Web is changing the way information is conveyed and comprehended and in the process changing the very face of distance learning. Learning and information acquisition are moving away from formal institutions and toward the individual user on an "as needed/when needed/where needed" basis. As the bandwidth capabilities of the Internet increase along with the storage capability of CD-ROM, the media will also begin to deliver interactive multimedia to all learners at all age levels.
All this is easier said than done. What are the problems and issues? What will it all look like? How will the user access and use the information? How likely are current distance learning practices to change? What are the implications for learning and information use in society as a whole? Come join in the dialogue concerning what is happening now, what will likely happen in the near and distant future with this technology, and how both CD-ROM and the Internet fit into the picture. As the integration of CBT authoring software continues to span both online services such as the Internet and offline technologies such as CD-ROM, we are beginning to see some very innovative products that combine the best of both worlds. This session will explore these hybrid CBT products and the people and processes behind them.
Moderator: Bob Ainsley, DSMC
Speaker 1: Gabriel Ofiesh, Howard University
Today's multimedia CD-ROM products are becoming more and more sophisticated, offering organizations and educators a very powerful medium to communicate with their audiences. Come to this session to hear about some of the most significant applications today that are being implemented on the production line of a large corporation or developed for commercial or education purposes. The capabilities of today's high-end authoring tools offer impressive control and display of multimedia objects but typically fall short when it comes to sophisticated database searching and manipulation. Likewise, powerful search and retrieval engines that have served the industry well over the years are typically not optimized for multimedia presentation and image management. You will hear about developers and project managers who are increasingly using a combination of tools to achieve their design goals.
Moderator: Brand Nieman, National Biological Survey
Speaker 1: Jan Utterstrom, Boeing
Speaker 2: Fiorella Torenzi (unconfirmed)
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