Events

The Society organises a regular programme of talks and seminars between September and May each year. Our meetings are held in Manchester and in London.

• Manchester meetings are organised by the North West Group of the CCS, and are usually held in the Conference room at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, starting at 17.30. (Room open from 17.00)
• London meetings are usually held in the Director’s Suite of the Science Museum, starting at 14:30. (Room open from 14.00)

A list of previous events can be viewed - includes summaries of some of the more recent events.

Date/Location			Event Title		Speakers
			Click on links for more details
Tue 15th Sep 2009 17:30			Iconic Machines: Exhibiting a History of Computing		Doron Swade
Thu 17th Sep 2009 14:30			The History of Communications		David Parsons
Tue 22nd Sep 2009 14:00			JANET - The first 25 years		Bob Day, Roland Rosner, and Shirley Wood
EDINBURGH					Joint CCS /Edinburgh Branch meeting
Thu 15th Oct 2009 14:00			CCS Extraordinary General Meeting		Precedes the seminar
Thu 15th Oct 2009 14:30			The 1301 Computer		Rod Brown
Tue 20th Oct 2009 17:30			The Evolution of Hard Disk Drives		Neil Macphail
Wed 4th Nov 2009 18:30			Computer Gems		Jim Austin
			This event is organised by the BCS West Yorkshire Branch, and is about a collection of historic computers.
Tue 17th Nov 2009 17:30			The Sierra Leone National Railway Museum		Steve Davies MBE Director of the Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI)
Thu 17th Dec 2009 14:30			Historic Computer Films		Panel of CCS Speakers
Thu 14th Jan 2010 14:30			50 years of Advanced Programming – an Anniversary Seminar on Algol 60		Panel of speakers from the BCS Advanced Programming Specialist Group and the CCS
Tue 16th Feb 2010 17:30			An Overview of Some CCS Projects		Chris Burton
Thu 18th Feb 2010 14:30			The CDC 6600		Dik Leatherdale & John Fernbank
Tue 16th Mar 2010 17:30			The LEO Story		Gordon Foulger
Thu 18th Mar 2010 14:30			The Harwell Dekatron Computer		Kevin Murrell & Tony Frazer
Thu 15th Apr 2010 14:30			The Evolution and History of the CICS System		Geoffrey Sharman and Andy Krasun
Thu 20th May 2010 14:30			Pegasus @ 50		Panel of speakers from the CCS