Monday 10 April, 2000 - 3:00 - 4:30 PM - Keoni Auditorium, EWC, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu

Vint Cerf is one of the most knowledgable, energetic and engaging speakers about where the Internet has been and where it's going. In this special presentation for Hawaii, Dr. Cerf will provide an update on current status of the Internet, discuss future direction, identify key policy issues, and describe his latest interest, the Interplanetary Internet. An ample Q&A period will give attendees a chance to satisfy their curiosity about matters ranging from the origins of the Internet to Internet2.

Presented by the East-West Center, the University of Hawaii and the Pacific Telecommunications Council. No admission charge. Parking available - follow signs.

Dr. Vint Cerf is currently Senior Vice President for Internet Architecture and Technology at MCI WorldCom. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and Dr. Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Prior to rejoining MCI in 1994, Cerf was vice president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). Prior to that, as vice president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982-1986 he led the engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial email service to be connected to the Internet.

Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995 and recently completed his term as chairman of the Board. He also is chairman of the newly created Internet Societal Task Force that will focus on making the Internet accessible to everyone and analyzing international, national and local policies surrounding Internet use. Cerf sits on the boards of directors for ICANN, the Internet Policy Institute (IPI), the Endowment for Excellence in Education, Gallaudet University, the MCI WorldCom Foundation and the Hynomics Corporation. Cerf is also a member the U.S. Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC). In addition, he is a fellow of the IEEE, ACM, and American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Engineering Consortium and the National Academy of Engineering.

A special thanks to the MCI WorldCom Honolulu Office for their assistance.

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