A Conference Control Management System for the Internet: Confman 2.0

Abstract This paper presents the functionality and architecture of a new conference-control management system called Confman 2.0. It enables the user to initiate and participate in online conferences based on current Internet standards. Supported system platforms include Unix workstations and Microsoft operating systems as well. Starting with a short description of current Internet conferencing technology the paper describes Confman's conference-control functionality and gives a brief overview of Confman's distributed software architecture.