Research Updates in Kidney and Urologic Health

Take In NIH Conferences Without Leaving Your Desk

Can't fly to the NIH campus to attend a conference or workshop that looks particularly interesting? You can still get all the information you need by logging on to www.videocast.nih.gov. A complete schedule of current and future events, plus an archive of past events, is available on this website. Most of the conferences are available to anyone who accesses the website.

A few of the available presentations that may be of interest to readers of Research Updates in Kidney and Urologic Health are

• Altruistic Kidney Donation
  Thursday, March 4, 2004
  
  
• NIH Roadmap for Medical Research
  Briefing by NIH Director
  Friday, February 27, 2004

The Center for Information Technology (CIT) makes special NIH events, seminars, and lectures available to viewers on the NIH network and the Internet from the VideoCast website. VideoCasting is the method of electronically streaming digitally encoded video and audio data from a server to a client. Streaming video is best viewed with a high-speed network connection and high color or better color setting. At a minimum, your computer will need VGA graphics with at least 256 colors, a sound card with speakers or headphones, and a network connection or high-speed modem. VideoCasts can be viewed using RealOne or RealPlayer software, which can be downloaded and installed for free from Real Networks.

NIH Publication No. 04–4531
May 2004