1923 TV commercialized in London 1936 BBC begins broadcasting 1939 20,000 TV sets in London alone 40s mass production takes hold and nearly everyone has one.

New York Times 1939

“Television will never be a serious competitorfor radio.”

Three Breakouts 1) Nuts & Bolts, Successes & Failures, and the Factors that Make the

Difference in IVC Programs Jennifer Oxenford & Monica Cougan (Emily records; Upstairs Office)

2) Unique Applications beyond IVC: Remote Labs, Large Data, Online Gaming, Virtual Worlds & Spaces…

Kemi Jona (Marc to record; Board Room)

3) An IVC Project in the Making: The Planning Process from Idea to Inception (Learning by Doing)

Carol Willis (Bonnie to record; upstairs foyer area)

Suggestions to Begin

• Introduce yourselves• Get your questions answered• Think about IVC and other Internet2 enabled

applications, what NCAR can offer, what NCAR should offer

• There are no bad ideas• We can’t do everything, but we can and

should think about what we can and should do