Lectures & other Events

 

CCS lectures

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.

During the Covid-19 emergency we introduced Zoom meetings. These have been outstandingly successful in bringing our lecture series to a very much wider audience. Consquently we now hold our meetings on a face to face basis as we have traditionally done, but also using Zoom for members and others who are unable to attend in person or who prefer not to do so.

It will be necessary to pre-register your intention to attend events in London and it will also be necessary to register to attend Zoom meetings so that we can email you the information you will need to attend. Manchester events do not require pre-booking for in-person attendance.

When you book one of our lectures on the Eventbrite system, you will be asked to decide whether you would like to attend in person or whether you would rather attend using Zoom. In the event that face-to-face meetings are not possible, anybody who has booked will, of course, be given details of the Zoom meeting.

  • Manchester meetings are organised by the North West Group of the CCS. The lectures are normally held at The Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD - Room E0.05 in the John Dalton East Building (subject to possible change). Lectures will start at 18:00
  • London CCS London meetings are at the BCS location – 25 Copthall Avenue, Moorgate EC2R 7BP. The venue is near the corner of Copthall Avenue and London Wall, a ten minute walk from Bank Station (connection from Waterloo) and three from Moorgate (connections from all the other major London rail terminii except Marylebone)

    Lectures start at 14:30 but many members are in the delightful habit of coming early from 14:00 for informal discussions beforehand.

    You may pre-register using the booking links below.

    will be the Zoom link for remote attendees.

    There are some notes for prospective lecturers at our events here.

London Events
Date     Event Title   Speaker(s)

Thu 24th Sep 2026
The Conservation of Computer Art: Past, Present, and Future   Sean Clark

Tue 29th Sep 2026
Tony Sale Award
(held at TNMoC)
  Presentation by the winner

Thu 15th Oct 2026
Light Years Ahead: The Apollo Guidance Computer   Robert Wills

Thu 19th Nov 2026
Lisp Machines : Hardware and Software Architecture Influence   Stephen Kaisler

Thu 17th Dec 2026
Film Show   Dan Hayton

Thu 21st Jan 2027
Don Estridge and the IBM PC   Gareth Edwards

Thu 18th Feb 2027
Digitising philatelic collections at BL *   Richard Morel

Thu 18th Mar 2027
Railways & Computers: From Babbage to ERTMS *   Bob Gwynne

Thu 15th Apr 2027
TREAC   Ed Smith

Thu 20th May 2027
Enigma Traitors *   Dermot Turing

* Titles and dates may be subject to change and hence are not yet available for booking
Manchester Events
Date     Event Title   Speaker(s)

Nothing arranged yet.

 

Past CCS lectures

There is a consolidated, searchable list of past lectures here many of which link to video recordings of the event.

 

TNMoC Events

Our good friends at the National Museum of Computing also run a series of lectures which can be viewed online or in person. A small fee is payable and prior booking is essential.

Here is a list of forthcoming TNMoC lectures. More detail can be found by clicking the “TICKET” button

Date & time in person online Event Title Speaker(s)

16th – 18th Sep 2026 Turing’s Legacy and the Future of Computing
Jointly organised with the London Mathematical Society.
Various speakers