Opening Remarks

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
September 18, 1995

The conference opened with welcoming remarks from Dr. Amos Tropper, the director of CBPF and Dr. Thomas Nash, representing Dr. John Peoples, the director of Fermilab, followed by Dr. Eloy Fernandez y Fernandez, the secretary of State for Science and Technology, representing the Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

For the first time at a Computing in High Energy Physics conference live two-way videoconferencing with High Energy Physics institutions was attempted. Speaking directly from CERN and from Fermilab, messages of congratulations and wishes for a productive and successful conference were received.

Transcripts and summaries of the videoconference sessions follow:

David O. Williams, leader of Computing & Networks Division, CERN

Remarks from the D0 Collaboration at Fermilab

Eugene Fisk, deputy spokesman

Paul Grannis and Hugh Montgomery, co-spokespersons

Arthur Maciel, senior Brazilian collaborator

Remarks from the CDF Collaboration

Giorgio Bellettini, co-spokesperson

Bill Carithers, co-spokesperson

Opening Remarks

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 18, 1995

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
September 18, 1995