MEDIA ADVISORY
Largest-Ever U.S. Event Focused on the New Internet will Take Place From December 8 - 10 in Reston, VA
Conference will Focus on Government, Military and Commercial Applications of “IPv6”
SANTA MONICA, CA - NOVEMBER 11,
2004 - From December 8 through December 10, government, military and technology
industry leaders will gather at the largest-ever U.S. event to discuss
the new Internet. More than 500 people are expected to attend the conference,
which will include presentations from more than 35 experts representing
the military, government, educational and researchinstitutions and corporations.
IPv6 Summit today announced details of the conference along with keynote
speakers.
What: U.S. IPv6 Summit: The largest-ever U.S. conference on the
new Internet
When: December 8-10, 2004
Where: Hyatt Regency, Reston, VA. (10 minutes from Dulles Airport)
Who: Topic and speakers for the Keynote presentations are:
- Directions in Government v6 Programs – Dr. Charles L. Lynch, Chief of the IPv6 Transition Office at the DoD’s Defense Information Systems Agency (Thursday, December 9).
- R&D Strategies and Trends – Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, SVP of Technology Strategy at MCI and world renowned as a father of the original Internet (Friday, December 10).
Additional presentations will
be given by: Dr. Lawrence G. Roberts, Founder Caspian Networks and
Anagran Inc.; Alex Lightman, CEO and Chairman, IPv6 Summit, Inc.; Jim
Schifalacqua, Chief Technologist, SI International; Chuck Saffell, President,
Federal Network Solutions Nortel Networks; Hiroshi Esaki, Professor, The
University of Tokyo and Executive Director for Japan IPv6 Promotion Council.
Media interested in attending the event should contact Don Marshall at
donmarshall@rationalpr.com
or 202-537-6655.
The New Internet, officially known as Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6),
has been mandated by the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as by other
countries, to replace the existing Internet standard (Internet Protocol
version 4 or IPv4), which has been in effect since 1973. IPv6 promises
vast improvements in security, multimedia transmission, and mobile and
wireless online operations, as well as enabling the Internet-based networking
of billions of addressable devices that will create many new commercial
products and services. Details of this transition, and the many important
challenges and opportunities that it holds, will be presented at the conference.
About IPv6 Summit, Inc.
IPv6 Summit, Inc. is the leading provider of event management services
for the New Internet/IPv6 industry and the publisher of 6Sense, the journal
of record for the IPv6 community. The company provides world class event
planning and management for North American and international conventions,
providing an international forum for advancing the development and implementation
of New Internet networks, technologies, applications and policies. IPv6
Summit, Inc. is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. For more information,
visit: http://www.usipv6.com