PRESS RELEASE (94)88                 23 September 1994


         NATO ADVANCED NETWORKING WORKSHOP IN MOSCOW, 
                29 SEPTEMBER TO 1 OCTOBER 1994

"Establishing a Co-operative Framework for Networking in
Russia and Other NATO Partners" is the theme of the NATO
Advanced Networking Workshop, which will take place from
29 September to 1 October 1994, at the Golytsino Meeting
Centre, near Moscow.  Convened under the Minister of
Science and Technology, Boris Saltykov, the Workshop will
bring together from NATO and Co-operation Partner (CP)
countries key players in the computer networking field. 
The goal of the workshop is the formulation of a strategy
for advancing research and education networking in Russia
and neighbouring Co-operation Partner states.

About 75 delegates will review the present situation and
discuss future co-operation in the field as well as an
organizational framework for  developing future computer
networks.

The lack of affordable high capacity telecommunication
infrastructures and the low availability of
high-performance computers and telecommunications
equipment have, in the past,  limited contacts between
Co-operation Partner scientists and their colleagues in
the West.   

"NATO has always encouraged collaborative research by
providing scientists with means to meet and communicate
together", said Dr. Jean-Marie Cadiou, Assistant
Secretary General for Scientific and Environmental
Affairs.  "I am pleased that NATO can act as a catalyst
in this huge task of networking East and West together
and so contribute to the enhancement of the communication
infrastructure available to scientists".

This workshop demonstrates NATO's commitment to promoting
local and international collaboration through the setting
up of links and networking capabilities.  It is the
continuation of the successful workshop that NATO held
last year in Budapest and which led to several
co-operative projects as well as to the creation of
CEENet, which was specifically established for
coordinating network integration in Central and Eastern
Europe.   

For further information, please contact:  Dr. M. Cole,
University of California, San Diego, tel: int'l
1-619-534-4006, fax: int'l 1-619-534-7746, or Dr. S.T.
Belyaev, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow,
tel: int'l 7-095-196-4546, fax: int'l 7-095-196-9206.