MEDIA ADVISORY
                                                                              Oct. 10, 2005

Contact:
Mistie Spicer, Coordinator, Office of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3810; FAX: (740) 351-3179; Cell: (740) 352-5566
E-mail: mspicer@shawnee.edu  


To: news directors, editors, producers and reporters:

Who: Michael Zyda, director of the Viterbi School of Engineering’s GamePipe Laboratory at the University of California, will discuss the importance to Ohio and the U.S. of high speed scalable networks to the development of Interactive Digital Technologies.

When: Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, 3-4:30 p.m.; interactive reception follows.

Where: Vern Riffe Center for the arts (VRCFA) at Shawnee State University.

Why: The Third Frontier Network celebrates its second year of service with a groundbreaking live demonstration of adding assets to a live, regionally networked beta gaming simulation being tested and monitored at several colleges and universities around the state. Interactive presentations from college and university students, academic program directors and industry representatives will illustrate the impact of the TFN on teaching, learning, and business in southeastern Ohio and throughout the state.

The Third Frontier Network event precedes the Shawnee 3.0 Conference for Interactive Digital Technology set for Friday, October 14 at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts.

This event also marks the announcement of an awards competition at next year’s TFN event. Categories for the 2006 event will include awards for innovative research collaborations, technology coordination, and networking technology leadership.

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