John Vig, president and CEO of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) worldwide,speaking at UCLA’s 40th Anniversary of the Internet celebration, hosted by Prof. Leonard Kleinrock, October 29, 2009. IEEE is the world’s largest scientific, educational and professional society with over 370000 members in more than 160 countries. Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. Forty years ago, the first Internet message was sent from the UCLA School of Engineering to the Stanford Research Institute. Captured Live on Ustream.tv at www.ustream.tv