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               Vancouver Linux Users Group
                    October Meeting

    Optical Futures: Light at the End of the Rainbow 
 
                 Alan Strachan, P.Eng. 
               Directory of Technology
                    TELUS Ventures 

      Location:  BCIT, Bldg SE6 - Telus Theatre 

               Monday, 15 October 2001 
                    7:30-9:00 pm      

UNIX people always seem to be surfing the leading edge. This month, we
look into the future of networking and ask when will the all-optical
network become a reality.  What is happening in the deep dark labs of
academia or the research arms of the major telecommunications equipment
vendors? Why do we need all-optical networks? These are just a few of
the questions that will be explored in this presentation, which is based
on a talk that Alan gave at IEEE Optical Fibre Communications Forum
earlier this year.

About our Speaker:

Alan Strachan is Director of Technology at TELUS Ventures, a group that
invests in emerging technologies that are consistent with TELUS'
strategy to exploit the convergence of data, IP, voice and wireless. He
has previously served TELUS as Director, National Consumer IP, and as
Vice President of TELUS Advanced Communications responsible for
telus.net. He earned a B.A.Sc. EE in Computers and Communication from
UBC and a M.A.Sc. EE in Photonics from the University of Victoria. He
has been a member of the I.E.E.E. for 25 years and has held various
executive positions including Chairman of the Victoria Section. He is
currently a director of the British Columbia Internet Association which
represents over 100 Internet Service Providers in British Columbia. He
also sits on the advisory boards of Continuing Studies for the
University of British Columbia in Internet Administration and e-Business
as well as the advisory board for the Technical University of British
Columbia. Mr. Strachan has over 21 years of experience in data, IP
(working on the original DARPA network) and fiber optic communications
and is currently a member of the DSL and Messaging Forums.

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Dave Michelson             
dmichelson@ieee.org