SATELLITE CONFERENCING PROJECT

20 March, 2002
9:30 - 11:30 eastern standard time
KU and C band transmission
Contact:  Bill Cook or Al Steele

Part of the grant from the USDA Wood Education & Resource Center is to use satellite technology to broadcast a conference about the "Gentle Logging" demonstration and products.  Davie Communications was contracted to deliver a high quality video of the demo, which will be a key element of the satellite conference.  The kinds of systems evaluated for this project may have applicability across the Lake States region of Canada and the United States and into New England and portions of the Appalachians.

On 20 March, 2002, a video conference has be scheduled at the public television studios of Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.  The conference will provide project background, methodology, and results, including a video tape of approximately 15 minues.   A half-hour "Question and Answer" session will provide an opportunity for participants in the live audience and at remote sites to ask questions.  For more information on this effort or if you are interested in setting up a satellite conference at a site near you, contact either  Bill Cook or Al Steele.  We need folks to host conferences!  Host sites will be posted on this website.

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