WHAT: The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), in collaboration with Internet2, will unveil exciting advances in health care technology. Six demonstrations will show cutting-edge high-bandwidth applications being developed at medical schools and teaching hospitals:

Demonstrations are as follows:

• Telepresence in the Operating Room-Ohio State University
• Biomedical Tele-Immersion-University of Illinois at Chicago
• Testbed for Collaborative Videoconferencing in Medical Education and Consultation-National Library of Medicine
• Stereoscopic Rendered Images and Video Streaming-University of Central Florida
• Distributed Medical Informatics Education-Oregon Health Sciences University and University of Pittsburgh
• The Advanced Applications Clearinghouse-NLANR Distributed Applications Support Team

WHO:

• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
• AAMC member institutions
• Internet2, led by over 180 U.S. universities working in partnership with industry and government

WHEN: Friday, March 9, 2001, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

WHERE: ACCESS Center (Alliance Center for Collaboration, Education, Science, and Software) Ballston Metro Center Office Tower 901 North Stuart Street, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22203

RSVP: Please contact Jennifer Bush at 202-828-0041.

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The Association of American Medical Colleges represents the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools; the 16 accredited Canadian medical schools; some 400 major teaching hospitals, including 74 Veterans Administration medical centers; 87 academic and professional societies representing nearly 88,000 faculty members; and the nation's 67,000 medical students and 102,000 residents. Additional information about the AAMC and U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals available at the AAMC Newsroom.

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Led by over 180 U.S. universities working with industry and government, Internet2 is developing and deploying advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 recreates the partnership of academia, industry and government that helped foster today's Internet in its infancy. For more information about Internet2, see: http://www.internet2.edu/

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