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Association for Information SystemsAIS Electronic Library (AISeL)ICIS 1993 Proceedings International Conference on Information Systems(ICIS)1993PANEL 17 INTERNET AND BEYOND:BUILDING PUBLIC DATAINFRASTRUCTURESAjit KambilNew York UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis1993This material is brought to you by the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been acceptedfor inclusion in ICIS 1993 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contactelibrary@aisnet.org.Recommended CitationKambil, Ajit, "PANEL 17 INTERNET AND BEYOND: BUILDING PUBLIC DATA INFRASTRUCTURES" (1993). ICIS 1993Proceedings. 20.http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis1993/20PANEL 17INTERNET AND BEYOND: BUILDINGPUBLIC DATA INFRASTRUCTURESPanel Chair: Ajit Kambil, New York UniversityPanelists: Brian Kahin, Harvard UniversityBrewster Kahle, President, WAIS, Inc.Internet provides a national and international data communications and information infraslructure to support research,education and technology transfer. Today, Internet has over one million host computers wilh ten million users making it thelargest de facto client server Computing environment in the world. The rapid growth of Internet and new informationtechnologies give rise to new technical, policy and commercial opportunities and challenges in advancing this publicinfrastructure. The increased privatization, commercialization and expansion of public access to Internet promises to makeit an increasingly important topic of study to the MIS community.This panel examines the key technical, policy and business issues in further development and use of Internet and identifieskey MIS research issues in relation to Internet.INTERNET OVERVIEW Ajit KambilThe Internet overview presents a brief summary of the current organization, operations and use of the network. Curremtechnical initiatives to expand and upgrade the network to support emerging multimedia and high bandwidlh applications arealso considered.USER APPLICATIONS AND COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES - Brewster KahleThe Wide Area information Services Project is used as an example of an innovative user application, as a model fordistributed electronic publishing, and as a commercial product Lhat evolved from experiments on Internet. Current trends i,1the design of other information services, user applications and commercial opportunities presented by Internet are alsoconsidered.BUILDING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE - Brian KahinInternet provides a unique, decentralized environment for accommodating public and private investment in datacommunications infrastructure. However, new policy models are required for network expansion as Internet increases inuse, access and functionality. Competing policy models (including those of the new Clinton-Gore administration) aresummarized. and their implications for the development of a universal broadband infrastructure are considered.DISCUSSION OF MIS RESEARCH AND INTERNET Moderated by Ajit KambilDiscussion between Ute panel and the audience to identify the key IS research issues in relation to Internet416

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