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Celebrating the NSFNET

The NSFNET was a program of coordinated, evolving projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation beginning in 1985 to promote advanced networking in the United States. NSFNET was also the name given to a nationwide physical network that was constructed to support the NSF's networking initiatives from 1985-1995. More about NSFNET.

In Arlington, VA on November 29-30, 2007, an event celebrated the NSFNET and reflected on the astonishing changes that the Internet has spawned over the last twenty years. More about the event.

The event was organized by a small group of volunteers, most of whom were deeply involved in the NSFNET. More about the planning committee.


  Event photos
 
Map image by Donna Cox and Robert Patterson, courtesy of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Event photos by Dennis Brack.