Video Conferencing
    - Computing and Communications Center

The Office of Information Technologies opened its new Videoconference and Presentation Room, located in B08 Computing and Communications Center. This is the first room to be equipped with a live, real-time audio/video/data interaction between two or more sites. It offers Cornell employees the option not to travel to meetings in distant locations and has the ability to connect colleagues from all over the world.

Available equipment includes:

  Seating for 1-20 people;
  Sliding tack boards to help acoustics and direction in the room;
  A portable presentation system;
  A Zenith 60-inch plasma screen;
  A videoconferencing system of Polycom's iPower 9800, featuring a camera controlled by a wireless keyboard;
  A document camera system by Elmo which will send paper, transparencies and 3-D images;
  A DVD/VCR combination player, sound system and both wired and wireless Internet access;
  Operational support provided by CIT's Classroom Technology staff

Rates are:

  $100 per hour for a point-to-point conference;
  Additional costs to bridge multiple sites

Contact:

  Glen Palmer, videoconferencing coordinator, at 255-8162 or grp2@cornell.edu for reservations