Speaker Name(s): Mike Smeltzer
Description: CITES staff members have lots of experience with the potential convergence of vehicles and pedestrians on Springfield Avenue. Mike Smeltzer has had close encounters with both sides of vehicular convergence. That lead him to start pondering other forms of convergence, and how they might affect the communications landscape at UIUC. Should CITES put resources into "fixing" a phone system that most folks do not think is broken? Is CITES dragging its feet on the inevitable campus-wide conversion to Voice over IP? Are there $600 WiFi phones and talking emails in your future? Is the truth really out there? There are more questions than answers at this point, but to help you fight off that after-lunch nap, please join us for a brief look behind the curtain.