• Theme: Data Acquisition and Archival Storage for the 21st Century Military:
    Data Security & Reliability

    Virginia Beach Hilton, 8th Street and Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach VA 23451-3528

    Monday, October 11, 1999

    2:00 - 4:30 PM Board of Directors Meeting
    5:00 - 7:00 PM NCITS B5 Ad Hoc ID-1 Instrumentation Tape Group
    (NCITS B5 will confirm the time and date by e-mail)

    Tuesday, October 12, 1999

    8:00-9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
    9:00 AM Dr. P.C. Hariharan, 368 Jamie Ct., Glen Burnie MD 21060-8249, Phone: +1-301-441-3694, Fax: +1-301-441-3697, e-mail: hari@charm.net - " Update on THIC Home Page & Archive of Papers".
    9:30 AM Tim Perez, Universal Systems & Technology, Inc., 12450 Fair Lakes Circle, Fairfax VA 22033, Phone: +1-800-243-7027, Fax: +1-703-502-9300, e-mail: tperez@unitech1.com - " UNIDOC Applications for Data Retrieval & Archival Storage for the 21st Century Military".
    10:00 AM Break
    10:30 AM Eric Schafer, Data Security, 729 Q Street, Lincoln NE 68508-1331, Phone: +1-800-325-1907, Fax: +1-402-434-3291, e-mail: eschafer@datasecurityinc.com - "Protection of Classified Information on Magnetic Media".
    11:00 AM Richard Sommese, EMC Corporation, 6903 Rockledge Dr., Bethesda, MD. 20817, Phone: +1-301-272-2329 Fax: +1-310-530-0374, e-mail: sommese_richard@emc.com - "Enterprise Storage Network Overview"
    11:30 AM Lunch
    1:00 PM Jim Waddell, District Sales Manager, Sony Electronics CPD, 3375 Winter Wood Court Marietta GA 30062, Phone: +1-770- 579 -6281 Fax: +1-770-579-6108 e-mail: ames.Waddell@am.sony.com - "DDS 4: Legacy Data Gets a New Lease on Life"
    1:30 PM Dr. Ted Johnson, AT&T-Research, Room A111, Bldg103, 180 Park Ave., Florham Park NJ 07932-0971, Phone: +1-973-360-8779, Fax: +1-973-360-8050, e-mail:johnson@research.att.com - "Tape Group Parity Project"
    2:30 PM Break
    3:00 PM Dr. Hans Hinteregger, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford MA 01886 Phone: +1-978-692-4764, Fax: +1-781-981-0590, e-mail: hhinteregger@haystack.mit.edu -"Flat Heads for Reliable Contact Tape Recording: Measurements of Large Variable Speed, Tension, Stiffness and Wrap Tolerance".
    3:30 PM David M. Brooks, DDL OMNI Engineering, 8260 Greensboro Drive, Suite 600, McLean VA.,22102, Phone: +1-703-903-9777, Fax: +1-703-903-9745, e-mail: dbrooks@mail.ddlomni.com - " Data Recorder Design Utilizing AIT tape Drive Technology-The AN/BQH-11 (V)2 MERS Program"
    4:00 PM Adjourn
    5:00 PM RECEPTION

    Wednesday, October 13, 1999

    8:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
    9:00 AM Alain Queau, Enertec, 185 Avenue du General De Gaulle - B.P. 316 92143 Clamart, France, Phone: +1-33-1-4128 8843, Fax: +1-33-1-4128 8700, e-mail: queau@enertec.avicore.com - "Large Capacity Airborne Data Recorders for Reconnaissance Applications".
    9:30 AM Tim Gerchar, Benchmark Tape Systems Corp., 5665 Airport Blvd., Boulder CO 80301, Phone: +1-303-443-7358, Fax: +1-303-443-7359, e-mail: timg@benchmarktape.com - "DLT and MR Heads - an Update"
    10:00 AM Break
    10:30 AM James A. Goins, IMATION Corp., 1 Imation Way, Bldg. 304-2B-35, Oakdale MN 55128-3414, Phone: +1-651-704-3482 Fax: +1-651-704-5169, e-mail: jagoins@imation.com - "Tape Storage for the Millennium"
    11:00 AM Linda Kempster, IIT Research Institute, 8100 corporate Dr., Lanham MD 20785-8894, Phone: +1-301-918-1037, Fax:+1-301-918-1118, e-mail: lindak@thic.org - "High Performance Stroage-Dream Versus Reality"
    11:30 AM Lunch
    1:00 PM Tour:
    A tour of Surface Ship Acoustic Analysis Center. Transportation will be coordinated during Tuesday's session and there may be a need for car pool volunteers that have DoD decals on their vehicles. Please contact Bill Nicholson at stgnick@ix.netcom.com if you would like to volunteer.(The tour is estimated to last about 2 hours)