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COMMON Annual Meeting - Opening Session Streamed Live

COMMON 2011 Annual Meeting Opening Session

Sunday, May 1, 2011 • 3:00pm - 5:00pm Central

The 2011 Annual Meeting and Exposition officially kicks off with the Opening Session hosted by COMMON and IBM starting at 3:00 pm on Sunday. COMMON President, Pete Massiello, will be joined by Tom Rosamilia, General Manager of IBM Power Systems and System z, to welcome attendees to the conference.  Pete will cover important highlights for the conference week ahead and brief members on the successes and initiatives that COMMON has undertaken over the past year, and Tom will provide some very interesting IBM highlights, and will also be joined by Eric Brown, key member of the IBM Watson team, to provide a fascinating technical overview of Watson and DeepQA. During this session, Pete and Colin Parris, VP and Business Line Executive for Power Systems,  will reveal the winner of the 2011 COMMON/IBM Power Systems Innovation Award, presenting the company with the crystal statue and certificate of achievement.

Before you start, there are a few requirements that you should check as soon as you can. The sooner you validate your system, the better experience you will have the day of the event.

What do you need to attend?

Validate your system by clicking this test link: http://events.powerstream.net/000/00101/20100720_NASAdemo/

Once you have validated your system, click on the link below to view live streaming from the Opening Session:

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Microsoft Windows PC (2000, XP, Vista or 7)

  • 1024 x 768 resolution display or higher
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher(8.0 or higher recommended)
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player (9.0 or higher recommended)
  • Or Silverlight Control (2 or higher)
  • Mozilla Firefox, Safari, or Google Chrome
  • Windows Media Firefox port 25 plugin by Telestream or Silverlight plugin by Microsoft
  • Sound capabilities - Sound card plus speakers or headphones (amplified speaker recommended)
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Apple Mac OS X
  • 1024 x 768 resolution display or higher
  • Mozilla Firefox, Safari, or Google Chrome
  • Silverlight Plugin by Microsoft

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