About the Presenters
Eric Aupperle was President of Merit Network from 1988 to 2001, and is now the organization's President Emeritus. From 1987-1995, he led the NSFNET partnership with IBM, MCI, and the Michigan Strategic Fund, which re-engineered and managed the nation.s first high-speed backbone network. Eric received a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering, a B.S.E. in Mathematics, and an M.S.E. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Susan Harris coordinates NANOG meetings and is Senior Science Writer at Merit Network at the University of Michigan. She has been working in IT for 20 years, mostly in telecommunications and network engineering. Before discovering computers she spent her time reading Babylonian contracts and earning a Ph.D. in ancient Near Eastern History at the University of Michigan.

Eric's opening remarks
Andy's PDF presentation
Susan's intro PDF presentation
Welcome talks RealMedia Stream
Closing remarks RealMedia Stream