WORLD FAIR EVENTS

July: The Brain Opera

Events are of limit-
ed duration, occur
EVENTS Join Tod Machover and the MIT Media
Lab for The Brain Opera! at the Lincoln
in 1996, and have http://park.org/Events
Center Festival.
some way for people
“Events” happen during
on the Internet to August:
participate in the 1996 and are visible to the Amsterdam’s
event. That might Üitmarket
Internet. Think of an event as
mean high-end video Celebrate the beginning of the season
transmissions, but a pavilion that happens at with a huge street festival and free per-
might be simply email or a constantly formances at Amsterdam’s theatres.
a specific time. Of course,
changing web site. Some events are
sponsored by the Network Operating you’ll put the audio, video,
October: The U.S.
Team (NOT) that operates Central Park. Presidential Debates
Other events are registered by groups text, and photos you gather Join the U.S. Presidential
anyplace on the Internet. Debates Commission
from the event into a
and participate in
permanent pavilion in the fair. Debate Watch ‘96.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
The events listed in this brochure are sched- November: InterOpera
uled to occur during the Internet 1996 World Travel to Japan to participate in
February: The 50th InterOpera, featuring the interactive
Exposition. However, please note that this
Anniversary of the Computer Brain Opera from MIT, plus a Future of
schedule is subject to constant change
Celebrate the birth of the first elec- Media Concert, an Interactive Concert,
at random times. We highly recommend
tronic computer in Philadelphia with and much more!
regularly checking our Events Calendar at
the ACM’s Computing Week ‘96. A
http://park.org/Events on our web site.
special Internet Town Hall will link fair
February 8: Our participants all over the world into the REGISTER AN EVENT
Grand Opening anniversary celebration.
The Internet Railroad An event is a cheap or not-so-cheap
opens the global Internet April: 25th Anniversary of stunt that uses the Internet in a mean-
backbone on this day, link- the Kennedy Center ingful way. You can involve people
ing Asia to America to Europe Join us for a gala celebration from around the world in your event, and
at speeds of 34 million bits per second America’s National Arts Center. allow people around the world to see
and up. Rick Smolan and and hear what happened at your event.
the Against All Odds June: INET ’96
production team will Join us in Montreal
document this historic this June for the We are encouraging other groups to
day as part of 24 Hours annual meeting of put their own events on the Internet
in Cyberspace. the Internet Society. as part of the fair. Join us!

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