Wed Oct 7, 2009 7:30-8:30 am Blanco Room

Attendee List

Moderator: Gurcharan Khanna, Rochester Institute of Technology

Our Purpose:

Why aren't advanced real-time collaboration tools being used more widely? What are some examples of projects that are successfully using them? What are the advanced technologies that warrant our experimentation and pilot use? Come share your thoughts and experiences and listen to ours as we try to create a community of users through this Special Interest Group devoted to promoting the successful adoption of advanced collaboration tools.

Presenters:

TENTATIVE LINEUP

(10 min) William Kearns, University of South Florida, Health Monitoring of Residents in an Assisted Living Facility (ALF) using Ultra Wideband Radio RTLS PDF (Remote Presentation)

(5-10 min) Tom Fryer, DANTE, Volcano Dance

(5-10 min) René Charles Carver, Distance Learning Coordinator, GST BOCES; 3D Virtual Worlds transition

(5-10 min) Ramana Reddy, West Virginia University, Knowledge Advantage

(5-10 min) Phillippe Galvez, CalTech, EVOGreen


Brief Updates: less than 2 min each as time permits

Gurcharan Khanna, Rochester Institute of Technology, RIT Global Collaboration Grid

Craig Locatis, NIH/NLM, BioTech Classes