Athena Retrospective Symposium - January 20, 1999

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the start of work on the Athena Computing Environment, which began as an eight-year project funded by IBM and Digital Equipment between 1983 and 1991, and has continued as part of the MIT computing infrastructure for the past seven years. Products that were developed as part of Athena include the X Window system and the Kerberos authentication system. Also developed as part of the project are a wide variety of courseware applications covering a number of academic disciplines, and a wealth of communication and connectivity tools and services.

We will be celebrating this anniversary by looking back to the past, and, more importantly, looking forward to the future of academic computing and instructional technology at MIT. 

How: 	A one-day Athena/Academic Computing Retrospective Symposium

When:	Wednesday, January 20, 1999 between 9 AM and 4:30 PM

Where:	10-250

Schedule 

8:45 - 9:00   Schmooze, coffee, etc

9:00 - 9:30   Welcome and opening remarks (Jim Bruce, Steve Lerman,
		Greg Jackson)

9:30 - 10:30  Panel - Has Athena transformed education and the student
                      experience at MIT ?

	Moderator: Vijay Kumar, Director of Academic Computing
	Participants: Alicia Allen, Ed Barrett, Joe Ferreira,
		      Greg Rutledge, Bruce Tidor, Tom Weiss
	      
10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 - 11:00 Video Interlude 

11:00 - 12:00 Panel - The impact of Athena on the technology marketplace: 
                      Athena as the birth of the networked computer

	Moderator - Ralph Swick
	Participants: Josina Arfman, Dan Geer, Jim Gettys,
		      Jack McCredie, Jerry Saltzer 
	
12:00 - 1:30  Reflect, and get together with old friends 
              (Beverages and dessert will be provided in W20-407)

1:30 - 2:30   Panel - Building applications for education:
	              Putting the icing on the cake

	Moderator - Naomi Schmidt
	Participants: John Belcher, Bill Cattey, Anne LaVin
		Janet Murray, Seth Teller
	
2:30 - 2:45   Break

2:45 - 3:00   Recalling Athena's original vision and early history 
              (Joel Moses)

3:00 - 4:00   Panel - Focussing on the future: Where do we go from here?

	Moderator: Bill Hogue
	Participants: Greg Jackson, Vijay Kumar, Steve Lerman, Bill Mitchell

4:00 - 4:15   Closing Remarks, wrap-up

4:15 - 6:00   Birds of a Feather, Demos, Food, and Fun in N42 (211 Mass Ave)

Participate electronically! See this link to an online collection of Athena memorabilia

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Last updated 1/14/99