Notes on a Conversation with Bob Kahn on the ICCC

I called Bob Kahn and had a good chat with him about some aspects of the ICCC meeting demonstration. The points discussed and his answers were the following. What is the physical environment going to be like? Bob has arranged for the Georgetown Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel; it has 3000 square feet probably about 75x40 (exact dimensions are not known to Bob at this time). A carpeted false floor is to be installed and there will be a partition for an area to show a movie on resource sharing which will run more or less continuously. There will not be booths in the normal sense but details are not yet worked out. Bob expects to have tables arranged around the room holding 1 or 2 terminals and low 4 ft. partitions to break up the space. Who will man the booths? Bob presently expects many terminals to be unmanned, although manufcturers could have a sales rep. There will probably be people from net sites at some of them from time to time to demonstrate their programs. We discussed the need for lots of experts from the network around who can answer questions and help people. Bob is in favor of such a thing but has not had time yet to pull such a group together and there is some uncertainty if enough people will volunteer, his initial approach to people yielded lots of people interested but with other things to do. When will the equipment be on the floor and available to try there? [Page 1]