Industry and Academia Discuss and Demonstrate Platform for Internet Content Selection at Internet World Press Conference World Trade Center, Boston, October 30, 1995

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What

Press conference to discuss and demonstrate how parents and teachers can use the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) to control the on-line content to which their children have access.

When

Monday, October 30, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (North End/Press Room) Plus -- PICS Selected for Hot New Technologies/Best of Show Track Wednesday, November 1, 10:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Room P1)

Why

The press conference will illustrate the PICS capabilities and prototype interfaces to this important industry standard. The conference will feature:

  • PICS News Announcements
  • Technology and Application Overview
  • Prototype Interfaces for Content Selection

 

Presenting for PICS:

  • Rob Glaser, President and CEO of Progressive Networks and Chairman of the PICS Steering Committee
  • Albert Vezza, Associate Director of MITs Laboratory for Computer Science and PICS Steering Committee Member and Spokesperson
  • Albert Vezza, Associate Director of MITs Laboratory for Computer Science and PICS Steering Committee Member and Spokesperson

 

Who

PICS participants include:

 

Adobe Systems, Inc.; Apple; America Online; AT&T; Center for Democracy and Technology; CompuServe; Delphi Internet Services; Digital Equipment Corporation; IBM; First Floor, First Virtual Holdings Incorporated; France Telecom; FTP Software; Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan; Information Technology Association of America; INRIA; Interactive Services Association; MCI; Microsoft; MIT/LCS/World Wide Web Consortium; NCD; NEC; Netscape Communications Corporation; NewView; OReilly and Associates; Open Market; Prodigy Services Company; Progressive Networks; Providence Systems/Parental Guidance; Recreational Software Advisory Council; SafeSurf; SoftQuad, Inc.; Songline Studios; Spyglass; SurfWatch Software; Telequip Corp.; Time Warner Pathfinder; and Viacom Nickelodeon.

 

For further information on PICS or to schedule an interview, please contact Heather McLellan at (617) 661-7900 or visit the home page at http://www.w3.org/PICS/.

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