Computer Conservation Society

 

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
Meeting Cancelled   The planned meeting has been rescheduled to Oct 2010
         

Thu 18th Mar 2010 14:30
The Harwell Dekatron Computer   Kevin Murrell & Tony Frazer
         

Thu 15th Apr 2010 14:30
Software Development at Hursley: the first 35 Years and beyond   Geoffrey Sharman and Andy Krasun
         

Thu 20th May 2010 14:30
Pegasus @ 50   Panel of speakers from the CCS