Other Events
The web pages of the History
of Science Society and the Society
for History of Technology both keep calendars of events
of their own meetings and those sponsored by others in the
history of science and history of technology, respectively.
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California has
events almost every month. For information about their events,
see their online
calendar of events. Below are some additional meetings
and events of particular relevance to IT history.
To submit events for listing on this site, click
here.
Jack Copeland and Mark Sprevak
Turing's 100th Birthday Party at King's College
June 15, 2012 - June 16, 2012
King's College, Cambridge
Turing's 100th Birthday Party, celebrating his life and work, will be held at King's College, Cambridge--Turing's beloved intellectual home. All welcome!
The speakers include a team of experts on Turing and leading scientists and science broadcasters such as Daniel Dennett, Simon Singh and Stephen Wolfram. Four members of Turing's immediate family and others who knew him personally will share their recollections of him.
Pioneers of computing who worked alongside him, building and programming the first computers, as well as investigating his mathematical theory of how living matter grows, will explain his ideas and achievements.
Codebreaker Jerry Roberts, one of Turing's last surviving wartime colleagues from Station X, will give the King's College Turing Centenary Lecture.
There will be lectures on Turing's contributions to: the Second World War, the development of our technological society, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life, the theory and practice of computing, and the understanding of the human mind.
Music: the premier performance of Piano Suite for Turing.
For more information about the event, please go to: http://sites.google.com/site/turingace2012/
Speakers
� Sir John Dermot Turing
� Turing's three nieces Inagh, Janet and Shuna
� Jon Agar
� Margaret Boden, OBE
� Martin Campbell-Kelly
� Brian Carpenter
� Jack Copeland
� Daniel Dennett
� Robert Doran
� William Newman
� Teresa Numerico
� Brian Oakley
� Brian Randell
� Bernard Richards
� Jerry Roberts
� Simon Singh
� Doron Swade
� Stephen Wolfram
� Michael Woodger
Registration
Please register early, places are limited. To register, visit: http://sites.google.com/site/turingace2012/registration
Transport and accommodation
For information about how to arrive in King's College, and places to stay, visit: http://sites.google.com/site/turingace2012/hotels
Organizers
Turing's 100th Birthday Party is being organized by Jack Copeland (jack.copeland@canterbury.ac.nz) and Mark Sprevak (mark.sprevak@ed.ac.uk).
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Society of American Archivists
Business Archives: Establishing and Managing an Archives
October 03, 2012 - October 05, 2012
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Are you charged with starting, managing, or overseeing a business archives? Are you wondering how you can garner support from management to establish an archival program? This workshop gives you an overview of what it takes! During the course of three days you will have the opportunity to tour General Mills, Cargill, and Target Corporation, address interrelationships among archives, corporate libraries, records management, and information centers.
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http://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual_meeting.html
Shot Annual Meeting
October 04, 2012 - October 07, 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
A Look at "Green" Copenhagen
For a look at how Copenhageners use green technology, watch the video below.
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Society for Social Studies of Science
Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
October 17, 2012 - October 20, 2012
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
The quadrennial joint conference of The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) and European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) will take place October 17-20, 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark. For the conference we invite papers that address the dynamics and interrelationships between science, technology and society. Papers which address the conference’s theme ‘Design and Displacement’ are especially relevant, but papers on any topic in STS are welcome.
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WCIT
2012 World Congress of Information Technology (WCIT)
October 22, 2012 - October 24, 2012
Montreal, Canada
Over the years, WCIT has become the world’s leading information technology gathering, featuring prominent speakers, leading thinkers, and business leaders from all over the world. Convened under the theme of ONE Vision for a Global Digital Society, the Congress will feature, in a fast-paced 3-day conference, more than 100 high-profile speakers and attract up to 3,000 delegates from more than 80 countries.
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SSLPS and ETH Zurich
Turing under Discussion
October 26, 2012 - October 27, 2012
ETH Zurich
The meeting is a contribution to the Turing Centenary celebrations.
Confirmed speakers:
Barry Cooper (Leeds)
Jack Copeland (Canterbury)
Martin Davis (Berkeley)
Juraj Hromkovic (Zürich)
Ueli Maurer (Zürich)
Stewart Shapiro (Ohio)
Christof Teuscher (Portland)
Wolfgang Thomas (Aachen)
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Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
Shot Annual Meeting
October 10, 2013 - October 13, 2013
Portland, Maine
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Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
Shot Annual Meeting
November 06, 2014 - November 09, 2014
Dearborn. Michigan
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