The International Macintosh Users Group presents:

Everything You Already (think you) Know About the Internet,
but Were Afraid to Ask
***NOTE: THIS MONTH ONLY - 2nd THURSDAY***

Group: International Macintosh Users Group (IMUG)
(A Forum for Multilingual / Multiscript Computing)
Date: ***Sept 14, 2006, 7-9 p.m. (2nd Thursday)***
Speaker: Dr. Andreu Vea (Invited Scholar, Stanford University)
Topic:
Everything You Already (think you) Know About the Internet,
but Were Afraid to Ask
Location: Apple Computer, Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino
Take Saratoga/Sunnyvale exit off 280, turn South into
Cupertino, turn left onto Mariani Avenue, left into
Infinite Loop. Meeting is held in the Singapore Room.
Please arrive by 7:10, as the door is not monitored
after this time.
Admission: $4; free for IMUG members
Contact: Roger Sherman, (650) 859-5981
roger [dot] sherman [at] sri [dot] com
Website: http://www.imug.org

Celebrating the enormous opportunities created by the Internet, this
lecture is your chance to hear an international speaker, Dr. Andreu
Vea, Internet Research Invited Scholar at Stanford University with the
WiWiW Project, unravel some of the fortuitous events and personalities
involved in the birth of today's Internet. See http://wiwiw.org

Andreu has contacted over 2,000 people and personally interviewed over
210 of the those whose collective dedication has resulted in today's
Internet. He will challenge many of the stories that have become text
book 'gospel' -- so here is your chance to hear and meet and question
this man!

Andreu is a very engaging speaker and, on the basis of his research,
many history books on the subject may need revising!

Recent press has informed us that the World Wide Web is 15 years old
and that the PC is 25 years old, but the Internet is considerably more
mature. The first ARPAnet connection was transmitted on September 2nd,
1969, so we have picked September 14th as the date for this 37th
birthday celebration...

Following undergraduate and graduate studies in several areas of
electrical engineering, Dr. Vea received his doctorate in engineering
in 2002 from the LaSalle School of Engineering of Ramon Llull
University in Barcelona. This thesis topic was: "History, Society,
Technology and Network Development."

From 1992 to 1995, Andreu served as a teaching assistant at LaSalle
and in 1995 co-founded the Catalan chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC).

From 1994 to1998, he co-founded and served as chief technology officer
at ASERTEL, the 4th Spanish ISP. From 1999 to 2002, he was the
Internet marketing manager for Auna, where he developed many
innovative products and services, as well as ISP traffic peering
strategies.

Dr. Vea also served as an adjunct professor at LaSalle from 1992 to
2003, before coming to Stanford. For further details, see:
http://www.veabaro.info