INET '94, the Annual Conference of the Internet Society held in conjunction with the 5th Joint European Networking Conference (JENC5) Jointly organized by the Internet Society and RARE Prague, Czech Republic, 15-17 June 1994 The Internet Society (ISOC) and Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne (RARE) have joined forces to organize a global networking conference. It will take place on 13 - 17 June 1994, in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Focusing on worldwide issues of com- puter-based networking, the goal of the conference is to bring together individuals from academia, industry and government who are involved with planning, developing, implementing, managing, funding, and using national, regional and international research, academic, and commercial computer networks. The official language of the conference is English. Topics include but are not limited to the following: 1. Network Technology: Advances in the Network Technology Base - Progress towards international open network protocols - Security, management and authentication in managing networks - Transmission, routing, and transport technologies - Technologies of the '90s and 21st century - Very high speed networks - LAN/WAN integration and interworking - Support for mobility 2. Network Engineering and Operation: Building and Operating the Global Infrastructure - Application of network technology to provide networking services - Interoperability among existing national and international networks - Network management systems and methods - Reliability and performance engineering - Issues related to scaling - Emergency response organizations and support - Resource allocation and control 3. Distributed Applications and Their Enabling Technologies - Collaboration technologies - Multimedia issues - Mail and directory services - Workstation teleconferencing - Computer supported collaborative work - Interoperability of application services - Management protocols, systems and methods for distributed applications - Security aspects of distributed applications - Distributed application development environments - Visions for the future of internationalized services (application platforms, functionality and tools) 4. Support and Training for International Communities of Interest - Support of international collaboration - Globalization of user support services (including support for multiple languages and character sets in applications and information systems) - Access to scientific papers and data across national boundaries - Supercomputing - High energy physics, atmospheric modeling, and other scientific applications - Education/distance learning - Medical research and clinical applications - Libraries - Work and play in Cyberspace: How networks are changing the social nature of work and play - Networking and the arts - High payoff application areas to support national and international development - Tools for user education and training 5. User Information - Networked information retrieval - User documentation - Navigation services - Document delivery services - Library services 6. Regional Issues: Networking Around the Globe - Africa - Asia-Pacific Rim - Former Soviet Republics - Latin America - North America - Western and Central Europe 7. Policy Issues: Governance, Management, and Financing of International Networks - Globalization of services - Commercialization, privatization and public access - Coordination of international resources - Copyright and intellectual property rights - Appropriate use and speech restrictions - International security policy - Privacy and data protection - Telecommunications policy - Enhancing information and coordination between network users/providers and suppliers/policy makers - Interworking issues between commercial and academic network providers Points of Contact Conference Chair : Geoff Manning Program Chair : Bernhard Plattner Program Chair Deputy : Hannes P. Lubich Local Organization Chair : Jan Gruntorad Internet Society Liaison : Lawrence H. Landweber RARE Liaison : Tomaz Kalin General Inquiries To be added to the conference e-mail distribution list send a message to: For further information contact: INET-JENC Secretariat c/o RARE Secretariat Singel 466-468 NL-1017 AW AMSTERDAM Netherlands Tel. : +31 20 639 1131 Fax : +31 20 639 3289 Email : inet-info@rare.nl ===========================================