CD-R technology has broad application in a whole host of information management areas. But emerging developments in the ability of CD-Reorders to efficiently write small packets of information extend these applications even farther to include a wide variety of backup and archiving uses. This session will first provide an overview on the fundamentals of CD-Recordable technology and then expand the discussion to include the latest developments in packet writing. The issues surrounding the standards associated with packet writing will also be presented.
Moderator: Jason Hyon,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Speaker 1: Bob Wallace, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Speaker 2: Kirtee Vashee, Smart Storage
Speaker 3: Mike McMurdie, Adaptec
Speaker 4:
Dirk Peters, Sony Electronics, Inc.
Speaker 4: William P. McFerrin,
Philips
If Marshall McLuhan was right and the medium really is the message, then what message are you sending in your electronic slide presentations or other screen designs? Today's technology offers executives in many arenas the opportunity to deliver their messages with flying bullets, animations, and digitized video. When your goal is to deliver important information, assembling a full-fledged multimedia presentation can seem like overkill. If the process appears daunting, come to this session and learn from experts several key design concepts that you can put into practice when designing your next presentation.
Moderator: Barbara Byrns, Future Enterprises
Speaker
1: Ken Santucci, Four Palms
Speaker 2: Dave Tobias, Four
Palms
Speaker 3: Tony Trombly, Future Enterprises
Today software decompression on Pentium class machines makes MPEG decompression a reality. As today's processor speeds continue to increase and quad-speed CD-ROM drives continue to proliferate, the ability to decompress encoded video streams using only software is beginning to rival the quality of hardware-based video de-compression such as MPEG 1. How close is the race? Will MPEG 2 totally re-define the playing field once again? This session will explore these and other issues relevant to the state-of-the-art in video compression and provide the audience with a sense of where things are going. If you are at all involved in developing CD-ROM or online applications involving video, you should attend this gathering of leading experts in the field.
Moderator: Jan Ozer, Doceo
Speaker 1: Jess Bowers,
IBM
Speaker 2: Ralph La Barge, NB Engineering
Speaker
3: Michael Downs, ULEAD Systems
Speaker 4: Pat Boyce,
Horizons Technology
Drawing on dozens of interactive multimedia applications, this session will explore the use of full-screen digital video and peripherals for government, business, and education. Both CD-i and Video CD 2.0 can be played back with inexpensive players and a television. Video CD discs can also be played back in CD-i players. In this session, you will learn how CD-i and Video CD are offering cost-effective solutions to both educational and business markets, A variety of business applications will be demonstated, including multimedia kiosk applications.
Moderator: Paul Holmes, Interactive Compact Disc Association
Speaker 1: Richard Maynard, Maynard and Associates
Speaker 2: Glenn Sanderse, Compact Data, Inc.
Many academic, government, and private-sector entities have large legacy data holdings--paper records, publications, tape-based digital information, photographs, and such. Much of this material is of great long-term value but is not stored in a safe and efficient way. Acid paper and magnetic tape are just two examples of media at high risk of degradation and a high potential for information loss. Another issue is that out-of-print documents and records in single remote file systems are virtually unavailable to many potential users. A variety of conversion systems together with CD-ROM and CR-Recordable storage and distribution offer a realistic solution both to archival preservation and to increasing the utility and availability of information.
Moderator: Bob Fraser, U.S.
Geological Survey
Speaker 1: Carl Abston, U.S. Geological
Survey
Speaker 2: Richard Barth, National Data Conversion Laboratory
Speaker 3: Christopher E. Isbell, U.S. Geological Survey
Speaker 4: Martha Edwards, NARA
Speaker 5:
John R. Solomon, Input Solutions, Inc.
CD-ROM and CD-R are allowing businesses and government agencies to redesign their fundamental information workflows. From the mainframe computer room to the salesperson's hotel room, CD technology is offering brand new ways of communicating and distributing information to all reaches of the organization. This session will examine several powerful real-world examples of organizations who are using CD technology in cost-effective ways. Often, these reengineered approaches to information workflow often completely pay for themselves in the first year of operation. No matter what side of the public/private sector fence you find yourself, the presentations in this session will stimulate your thinking and give you encouragement to re-assess your organizations's information workflow.
Moderator: Francie Mendelsohn
Speaker 1: Dick Barron, Department of Transportation
Speaker 2: Terry Hines, Social Security Administration
Speaker 3: Richard Smith, ImageGraphics
Speaker 4:
John C. Kavaliunas, Bureau of the Census
Speaker 5: Stu Seidel,
U.S. Customs
Once you've convinced management to embark on a CD-ROM CBT project, you face the inevitable decision of whether to develop the product in-house or contract with a CBT service bureau. This decision is a critical one and involves many tradeoffs in terms of costs, time, and personnel resources. This session will help you better understand the issues behind the "make or buy" decision by providing an overview from both perspectives--that of the service bureau and that of the CBT tool developer. The service bureau provides an experience level that translates into known costs and dependable time frames. Acquiring a CBT authoring tool and developing the product in-house often creates a closer interaction between developers and content experts. Presentations by leading experts in both of these areas will be complemented by case histories from organizations who have embraced each approach.
Moderator: John Carney, Carney
Interactive
Speaker 1: Dorman Woodall, NETG
Speaker
2: Whitney Quesenbery, Cogenetics
Speaker 3: Joe Kennedy,
Asysmetrix
Speaker 4: Terrence Fullum, Providence Hospital
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