Seminar (also free of charge)

[Rachel Abrahams]

CIRCIT Seminar
Wednesday 19 March 1997
5:30pm (followed by light refreshments)
 
You and your colleagues are invited to CIRCIT, Centre for International
Research on Communication and Information Technologies, for a seminar on:

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The G-MING Project (Greater Manchester Information Network Group)
by Jim Strom, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Manchester, like many leading cities is implementing a high bandwidth
optical fibre communications infrastructure to support the roll-out of
advanced telematics and broadband services for education, business and city
communities.

G-Ming, an ATM-based Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) has been set up as a
high performance multi-service telecommunications infrastructure for the
Greater Manchester educational community.  Jim Strom, Applications
Development Director for the G-MING program, will present on the development
of G-MING and discuss the goals and initiatives of the project.  He will
give an overview of the expansion program to include student residences,
libraries, teaching hospitals, business and civic sites.  

Jim is also project manager of the Manchester INFOCITIES program, part of an
initiative on the EU's program for Trans-European Networks for
Telecommunications (TEN-Telecoms), which is addressing the development of
'city information highways' on a trans-European basis.  As part of a
collaboration across eight European cities, Manchester is developing visual
databases and virtual environments linked to museums, education and public
services.

Jim Strom is a Senior Lecturer for Communications Networks in the Department
of Computing at Manchester Metropolitan University.  His work has
concentrated on networking development, both in a teaching and advisory
capacity. 
	

Venue:CIRCIT, Level 14, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne VIC 3000	
Date:Wednesday 19 March 1997
Time:5:30pm (followed by light refreshments)	
RSVP:Pam Seeney
Ph: 03 9248 1177
Fax: 03 9248 1170
Email: pseeney@circit.vut.edu.au
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Centre for International Research on Communication and Information Technologies
Rachel Abrahams, Office Manager
CIRCIT, 14/300 Flinders St 
Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia
phone: + 61 3 9248-1178 fax: + 61 3 9248 1170
email: rabrahams@circit.vut.edu.au   url: http://teloz.latrobe.edu.au/circit/