[Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY – NSFNET 35th Anniversary Celebratory Event

[Dan Suthers]

This is also an appropriate time to celebrate the contributions of Norm 
Abramson, inventor of the ALOHAnet in the early 1970's, which led to 
Ethernet and hence the Internet.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2020/12/04/in-memoriam-norman-abramson/

Dan Suthers

On 12/8/20 1:59 AM, Joly MacFie wrote:
> The NSFNET is, of course, the missing link between the ARPANET and the
> Internet as we know it today, and perhaps not so much celebrated as it
> could be. Today's session should give insight on some of the vital
> decisions that forged the program, and recognition of the people that made
> them,
>
> ISOC Live posted: "Today, Tuesday 8 December 2020, at 1pm-2:45pm EST
> (18:00-19:45 UTC) the Internet Society and Internet2 present a NSFNET 35th
> Anniversary Celebratory Virtual Event. From 1985-1995 the National Science
> Foundation Network (NSFNET) was a pivotal United States"
>
>
> [image: livestream]
> <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nsfnet35>Today, *Tuesday
> 8 December 2020*, at *1pm-2:45pm EST* (18:00-19:45 UTC) the *Internet
> Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/>* and *Internet2
> <https://internet2.edu/>* present a *NSFNET 35th Anniversary Celebratory
> Virtual Event
> <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/nsfnet-35th-anniversary-celebratory-virtual-event/>*.
>  From 1985-1995 the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) was a
> pivotal United States program that laid the foundation of the global
> Internet. Luminaries and colleagues from research and education will
> reflect on NSFNET’s important networking contributions and share their
> outlook for the future.
>
> *SPEAKERS*
> *Ana Hunsinger*, Vice President, Community Engagement, Internet2
> *Vint Cerf*, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
> *Al Gore*, former Vice President, USA
> *Dennis Jennings*, former First Program Director for Networking, NSF
> *Howard Pfeffer*, President and CEO, Internet2
> *Andrew Sullivan*, President and CEO, Internet Society
> *Margaret Martonosi*, Assistant Director for Computer and Information
> Science and Engineering (CISE), NSF
>
> *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nsfnet35
> <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nsfnet35>*
>
> *AGENDA
> https://www.internetsociety.org/events/nsfnet-35th-anniversary-celebratory-virtual-event/agenda/
> <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/nsfnet-35th-anniversary-celebratory-virtual-event/agenda/>*
>
> *TWITTER #NSFNET <https://bit.ly/3oybLNL> @Internet2 @internetsociety
> @vgcerf @algore Dennis Jennings @NSF Howard Pfeffer @SullivanISOC
> @margmartonosi*
>
> *SIMULCASTS*
> *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>*
> *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>*
> *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live
> <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live>*
>
> *ARCHIVE*
> *https://archive.org/details/nsfnet35
> <https://archive.org/details/nsfnet35>*
>
> *Permalink*
> https://isoc.live/13170/
>
>
>
> -
>
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Dan Suthers

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