FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is the
NETWORK TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP


WHAT ARE THE BASICS?

The workshop is oriented toward individuals 
and teams from technologically emerging 
countries. The workshop will be held in Prague, 
Czech Republic, from Sunday,  5 June 1994 to 
Saturday, 11 June 1994.

The primary host institution for the workshop 
will be the Czech Technical University, CVUT 
(Ceske Vysoke Uceni Technicke), with assis-
tance from Charles University and the Prague 
University of Economics.

There will be nearly 200 participants and a staff 
of about 24 from outside the Czech Republic.  
Participants will have accommodations at the 
Hotel Krystal

WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE WORKSHOP?

o	TRAINING : To train a critical mass of 
trainers/professionals in network infrastruc-
ture, transport and services to be able to 
support an extension of meaningful network-
ing activities leading to Internet connectivity 
within countries represented

o	SHARING INFORMATION : To identify and 
share individual and institutional contacts as 
well as information sources that will assist 
the process of development, using interna-
tional connections to and on the Internet

o	PROFESSIONAL LINKS : To build robust 
professional linkages between all participants 
in the programs so that the mentor-student 
and peer relationships formed during the 
workshop and conference will remain strong 
and of continuing usefulness well beyond the 
workshop and conference.

o	ENHANCE COOPERATION : To increase the 
level of cooperation among existing projects 
and activities for establishing data networks 
in developing countries.

Preference for admission and for support will be 
given to small teams of people from the same 
country who can demonstrate a plan for intro-
ducing part or all of the training program in 
their home countries, including a statement of 
institutional support for such activities.

WHAT ARE THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMME?

The instructional program will consist of 4 
parallel tracks:

o	Dial-up networking technology
o	TCP/IP networking technology
o	Network navigation and services
o	National network management

The first two tracks will be similar to what was 
offered at the 1993 workshop.  There will be 
some change in emphasis, moving an introduc-
tion to  TCP/IP into the basic track and consid-
ering dial-up as one (important case) of 
establishing inter-node communication with the 
outside world.

The third track will address network navigation 
and network service exploitation, as it did last 
year, but will also address (either for all partici-
pants or for a subset) how to set up a network 
service machine and servers locally.

The fourth track comprises an introduction to 
issues of national network establishment, 
management, and administration, encompassing 
legal, political and technical issues.

For further information contact:
George Sadowsky <George.Sadowsky@nyu.edu>