12TH ANNUAL HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION Newport, RI. March 24-26, 1998 The National High Performance Computing and Communications Council will hold its 12th Annual High Performance Computing and Communications Conference and Exposition on March 24-26, 1998. This year's meeting is being held at the Newport Marriott Hotel and Marina, Rhode Island's premier resort complex. This conference serves as a high level joint meeting of the Department of Defense, Industry, University and Federal Agency communities to discuss Advances in Information Technology, Government Plans and Policy, High Performance Computing, Communications, Industry Trends, Applications, and Security. New to the conference this year -- A TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE: Exhibits and demonstrations by over thirty leading industry vendors. Come and see the latest in Internet Communications, Web Tools, Personal Computers, Workstations, Networks, LAN/WAN Equipment, Interoperability, Collaborative Tools, Computer Security, Data Storage Systems, Video Telecommunications, Computer & Facility Management Services, and MUCH MORE!! Some Featured Speakers include: -- General Emmett Paige, Jr. (Ret.), President, OAO Corp. -- Charles Self, Asst. Commissioner, IT Integration, GSA -- Cynthia Rand, Principal Director Info Mgt, DASD/C31 OSD -- Dr. Larry Smarr, Director, Nat'l Computational Science Alliance -- Bruce McConnell, CIO, OMD -- Bran Ferren, Vice President, Walt Disney Imagineering -- Dr. Fred Hausheer, M.D., Chairman & CEO -- Dr. Gilbert Weigand, Deputy Ass't Secretary for Strategic Computing and Simulation, DOE Some Conference highlights and presentations: Federal Communications Programs DoD HPC Modernization Program 21st Century Undersea Warfare Latest Industry Trends HPC Fighting Terrorism Simulation and Modeling Advances in University Research National HPCC Policy Year 2000 Plans Information Archiving Entertainment and the Internet DoD Uses the Internet IF INTERESTED IN EXHIBITING: Contact The National Conference Services, Inc., Christina Botto 301-596-8899 ext.215 IF INTERESTED IN ATTENDING CONFERENCE: contact HPCC Hotline 401-624-1723 or NHPC2@aol.com WEB: HPPC98 Conference Web Page, www.hpcc-usa.org. E-MAIL: HPCC Conference E-mail, NHPC3@aol.com.

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