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September 1996
Volume 60 |
Number 9
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| Rovenstine Lecture
to Be Broadcast Over the Internet |
Keith J. Ruskin, M.D.
Ad Hoc Committee on Electronic Media and Information Technology
Recently introduced software has made broadcasting live audio
and video transmissions across the Internet not only practical
but relatively inexpensive. A recent example of an application
of this technology is the recent broadcast of the plenary sessions
of the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Sydney, Australia.
These broadcasts, which were viewed by several hundred people
worldwide, were made possible with a low-cost software package
called CUSeeMe and an IBM PC-compatible or Macintosh computer.
ASA is pleased to announce that the Emery A. Rovenstine Memorial
Lecture at the 1996 ASA Annual Meeting will be broadcast worldwide
over the Internet. This important lecture is always given by an
acknowledged leader in the specialty and is well-known around
the world. This year's lecturer is David E. Longnecker, M.D.,
who is speaking on "Navigation in Uncharted Waters: Is Anesthesiology
on Course for the 21st Century?"
The broadcast will bring this lecture to all members regardless
of location, help to publicize the goals of the Society and firmly
establish the Internet as an integral means of communication between
the Society and its members.
All that is needed to receive the lecture is an IBM PC-compatible
or Macintosh computer with a connection to the Internet and the
CUSeeMe software. In addition, White Pine Software, the maker
of CUSeeMe, will provide a time-limited, demonstration version
of the software free of charge for those who wish to receive the
broadcast. Detailed instructions as well as links to the demonstration
versions of the software are available on the World Wide Web at
<http://gasnet.med.yale.edu/
rovenstine>.
The lecture will be broadcast over a network of CUSeeMe reflectors.
A reflector is a server-based application that allows CUSeeMe
clients to have group conferences. It accepts multiple CUSeeMe
connections and reflects the video, audio and additional data
to all participants concurrently. Multiple reflector sites can
be linked to create a network for larger group conferences or
video broadcasts. The master reflector is on the GASNet computer
<http://gasnet.med.yale.edu>; a list
of additional reflectors will be placed on the Broadcast Information
Page on GASNet.
We hope that through this effort, ASA members who are unable to
attend the Annual Meeting will benefit from this important event.
For further information, contact Keith J. Ruskin, M.D., by e-mail
at <ruskin@gasnet.med.yale.edu>
or by telephone at (203) 785-2802.
Keith J. Ruskin, M.D., is Assistant Professor,
Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine,
New Haven, Connecticut.
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