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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For additional information
Company Contact:
Alex Lightman
Charmed Technology, Inc
(310)717-7745
alex@charmed.com
North American
IPv6 Task Force
to Host U.S. IPv6 Summit, December 8-11, 2003
Summit to focus on knowledge
sharing for IPv6 deployment
Arlington,
VA – August 19th, 2003 – The IPv6 Forum, the North American
IPv6 Task Force, and Charmed Technology, Inc. today announced that the
U.S. IPv6 Summit 2003 will be held December 8 -11, 2003 in Arlington,
VA, at the Doubletree Crystal City. The U.S. IPv6 Summit 2003 will focus
on deployment, technical depth of key IPv6 features, and applications
or services of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
IPv6, the next generation network layer protocol of the Internet, is designed
to: expand availability of IP address space to accommodate the worldwide
explosion of Internet use, facilitate mobile communications, enhance quality
of digital services and ease system management burdens. Additionally,
IPv6 restores end-to-end networking for security and applications.
Government, industry, academia, media and almost all users of the
Internet have used the current version of Internet Protocol, IPv4, for
almost 30 years. The fundamental limitations in the current IPv4 protocol
render it incapable of meeting the long-term requirements of industry
and government. IPv6 is designed to overcome those limitations.
"This particular IPv6 Summit will be focused on deployment, technical
depth of key IPv6 features, applications/services for IPv6, and will be
a must attend for any entity wanting to deploy or adopt IPv6," said
Jim Bound, Chair of the North American IPv6 Task Force, Chair of the IPv6
Forum Technical Directorate and HP Fellow. He added, "Any myths that
IPv6 is not necessary/ready for deployment, or myths that IPv6 can not
lead us to the next generation Internet today, will be forgotten after
the summit."
"U.S. DoD made a big splash on IPv6. This decision will jolt industry
out of its lethargy. The DoD runs one of the largest enterprise IP networks
worldwide to become net-centric and empower its large-scale edge. Is IPv6
- to be defended or to defend? Come and see for yourself," said Latif
Ladid, IPv6 Forum President, Internet Society Trustee, and Chair of the
European Commission IPv6 Task Force.
The attendance, keynote addresses and content of the U.S. IPv6 Summit
2003 will focus on the near term deployment of IPv6. The summit will bring
together policy makers, business leaders, academic professionals and media
with IPv6 technology experts to share knowledge and participate in making
decisions about the hardware, software and services related to IPv6. The
summit keynotes from Jim Bound, Chair of the North American IPv6 Task
Force, and The Honorable John L. Osterholz, Director of Architecture and
Interoperability, Department of Defense, will summarize the current picture
and set the course for deployments of IPv6. Speakers at the summit will
give in depth, highly technical talks on IPv6 services and applications,
in addition to describing North American and international initiatives
for large-scale deployment of IPv6.
"This IPv6 Summit is an important part of the transition to IPv6,
in part because it was organized to assist the Department of Defense in
its IPv6 mandates by gathering the world's top v6 experts together with
the world's most powerful users – the war fighters and their people
who procure their technology – as well as the leading experts from
industry, academia, and other parts of government," said Alex Lightman,
Marketing Director of the North American IPv6 Task Force and Co-founder
and CEO of Charmed Technology.
Hewlett-Packard and Cal-(IT)2 are the first sponsors of the U.S. IPv6
Summit 2003.
For more information on the U.S. IPv6 Summit 2003 or to register,
please visit the U.S. IPv6 Summit 2003 Web site at http://www.usipv6.com.
To become a sponsor of the U.S. IPv6 Summit 2003, please contact Mr. Alex
Lightman at (310) 717-7745, or alex@charmed.com.
Working journalists and industry analysts can receive complementary registration
by contacting Mr. Alex Lightman at (310) 717-7745, or alex@charmed.com.
U.S. IPv6 Summit 2003
About the IPv6 Forum
The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of over 150 leading Internet
service vendors, National Research & Education Networks (NRENs) and
international ISPs, with a clear mission to promote IPv6 by improving
market and user
awareness, creating a quality and secure Next Generation Internet
and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology.
The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance
for the deployment of IPv6. IPv6 Summits are organized by the IPv6 Forum
and staged in various locations around the world to provide industry and
market with the best available information on this rapidly advancing technology.
http://www.ipv6forum.com
About the North American IPv6 Task Force
The North American IPv6 Task Force is an all-volunteer non-vendor/service/provider
or other entity interest with the IPv6 mission of assisting the North
American geography as sub task force of the IPv6 Forum for Deployment,
Education, Awareness, Technical Analysis/Direction, Transition Analysis,
Political/Business/Economic/Social analysis support, and other efforts
as required. The members see IPv6 as more important than their own
self-interests. http://www.nav6tf.org
About Charmed Technology, Inc.
Charmed Technology is an MIT spin-off
that researches and sells wearable computers, including the CharmIT, to
the global development community. Charmed has also provided CharmBadges
for conferences, including the IPv6 Summits. Charmed
is dedicated to building cost effective, wireless and wearable
solutions that are powerful, functional and fashionable. More information
is available about Charmed Technology at
http://www.charmed.com.
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