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The IT History Society Announces 2nd Conference
"Leveraging
Yesterday: Using History to Create Value Today and Tomorrow in
the High-Tech Company."
San Francisco, CA, August 28, 2008 – The
IT History Society (www.IThistory.org) announces its second annual
conference, entitled "Leveraging Yesterday: Using History
to Create Value Today and Tomorrow in the High-Tech Company.” The
Conference will be held at the Applied Materials Facilities in
Santa Clara, California on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The emphasis
of this half-day conference is a presentation on how three technology
companies (Agilent, IBM, and Symantec) have derived benefit from
having an on-going active curator and archival activity.
“The board and our advisors are very excited about this
forthcoming 2nd annual meeting,” said Jeffery Stein, Chairman
of the IT History Society. “Now we have an upcoming venue
to hear real stories on the bottom line benefits and more of
IT corporations preserving their great heritage and history.”
A major goal of the IT History Society is to communicate to
IT corporations the many benefits of an active historical and
archive function. Too many companies toss out their history and
lose the many benefits that can be accrued over time.
The meeting is being held at Applied Materials, 3050 Bowers
Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95054; and attendees will have a chance
to view the Applied Materials Heritage Exhibit. Registration
is free, but we ask that attendees register in advance since
seating is limited. One can register at http://ithistory.org/events/conference2008.php
About ITHS
The growing rooster of the IT History Society of nearly 500
members includes the ACM History Committee, Applied Materials,
Computer Conservation Society, Deutsches Museum, Hewlett Packard,
IBM, INPUT, INTEL, The Internet Archive, Microsoft, the Smithsonian
Institution, Symantec, Center for Technology Innovation, Charles
Babbage Institute, Computer History Museum, IEEE History Center,
Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists, and the U.K. National
Archive for the History of Computing.
The IT History Society assists in the collaboration of like-minded
institutions and individuals to expand the reach of historical
and archival activities while at the same time communicating
to the private sector the value of preserving their history and
heritage for generations to come.
The IT History Society exists to enhance and expand works concerning
the history of Information Technology and demonstrate the value
of IT history to the understanding and improvement of our present
and future world.
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Online: http://www.IThistory.org
For more information, please contact Jeffery Stein |
