Dr. Larry Roberts Speaks on The Future of the Internet

California IPv6 Task Force and SAIA_sacramento association of IPv6 Adopters hosts World's Foremost Computer Science Authority

Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) January 11, 2005 -- The California IPv6 Task Force, the only IPv6 North American affiliate chapter guiding adoption of IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, announced today that Dr. Larry Roberts, one of the world's foremost authorities on packet switching and network architectures, will speak on The Future of the Internet at the California IPv6 Task Force and SAIA_sacramento association of IPv6 Adopters monthly meeting, Monday, January 17, 2005, 11:30 am, at the Lyons Gate Hotel, 3410 Westover Street, McClellan, Calif., Cost: $25 per person (includes lunch). Registration on line www.CAv6TF.org or call 916-852-6769

Dr. Lawrence G. Roberts, Co-founder, CEO & President, Anagran. Larry is recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on packet switching and network architectures. He led the team that designed and developed ARPANET, the world's first major computer packet network, which evolved into the modern Internet. He founded the world's first packet data communications carrier, Telenet, which was sold to GTE in 1979 and subsequently became the data division of Sprint. After founding Telenet, Larry was a Founder and CEO of two ATM companies-NetExpress and ATM Systems. Most recently he was a Founder and CTO of Caspian Networks, the leader in high performance IP systems, where he designed and built IP Flow Routers. Dr. Roberts has been a recipient of numerous awards in the field of computer science and telecommunications. He and three others credited with founding the Internet were recipients of the National Academy of Engineerings 2001 Draper Award, engineerings highest honor. Larry holds B.S., M.S., and PhD. degrees from MIT. For more information on Dr. Roberts please visit www.packet.cc.

The growing Global demand for Internet technologies and the emergence of wireless access technologies requires a larger IP address space, as well as a number of fundamental features to enable wireless networking and mobility. IPv6 is rapidly emerging as the preferred platform to meet these needs as the Internet evolves. The original architecture protocol, IPv4, is unable to adequately serve the demands of the new Internet, especially in terms of security, mobility, extensibility, and dynamic re-configurability.

About the California IPv6 Task Force and the North American IPv6 Task Force

The California IPv6 Task Force is a sub-chapter of the North American IPv6 Task Force (NAv6TF) while NAv6TF is a sub-chapter of the global IPv6 Forum. Dedicated to the advancement and propagation of IPv6 (Internet Protocol, version 6) in California and North America these chapters are comprised of individual members, rather than corporate sponsors. The CAv6TF and the NAv6TF share the mission to provide technical leadership and innovative thought for the successful integration of IPv6 into all facets of networking and telecommunications infrastructure, present and future. www.cav6tf.org and

www.nav6f.org

About the IPv6 Forum

The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of over 175 leading Internet service vendors, National Research & Education Networks (NRENs) and international ISPs, with a clear mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure New Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of IPv6. IPv6 events are organized by the IPv6 Forum and staged in various locations around the world to provide industry and market with the best available information on this rapidly advancing technology. www.ipv6forum.com

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