Computer Conservation Society

 

Past Events

Previous events held by the society are listed here. Links are given where there were event description pages with more about the topic and about the speakers. This list is by year, and starts from September 2007

2009
Date/Location     Event Title   Speakers
           
Thu 14th May 2009 14:30
The BBC Domesday Book Project and its Legacy   George Auckland, Peter Armstrong, Andy Finney, and David Holdsworth

Thu 23rd Apr 2009 14:30
JANET - The first 25 years   Bob Day, Tim Marshall, Roland Rosner, and Shirley Wood

Tue 17th Mar 2009
NW Group visit to Jodrell Bank   Visit includes talk Professor Ian Morrison and starts 2.00pm till 5.00pm.

Thu 12th Mar 2009 14:30
The Archaeology of Very Early Algorithms, 1948-58. Christopher Strachey's Love Letter Generator   David Link

Thu 19th Feb 2009 14:30
Seminar on EMI Computers - A Reminder   Keith Crook, Michael Knight, David Robinson, and Alan Thomson

Tue 17th Feb 2009 17:30
Computers in Telephony   David Parsons and Nigel Linge

Tue 20th Jan 2009 17:30
Some CAFS Applications   Hamish Carmichael and Martin Wright

Thu 15th Jan 2009 14:30
The ICL - Fujitsu Technology Collaboration   Tom Hinchliffe and John Vernon

 
2008      
       
Tue 18th Nov 2008 Manchester
Elliott's Contribution to Computers   Lawrence Clarke

Thu 13th Nov 2008 London Iconic Machines: Exhibiting a History of Computing   Doron Swade

Tue 21st Oct 2008 Manchester Computing before Computers
  Jane Wess

Thu 16th Oct 2008 London

A Life with Databases
  Charles Bachman

Thu 16th Sep 2008 Manchester

The BBC Micro and its legacy   Dave Allen, George Auckland, and I McNaught Davis

Thu 11th Sep 2008 London

The Legacy of LEO in Business Applications - a tribute to David Caminer   Colleagues from the Computer Business World

15th May 2008 London

Early days of Programming at Elliotts
  Sir Tony Hoare, Jeff Hillmore and others

17th Apr 2008 London
The NAG Library - The Continuing Story
  Brian Ford and Steve Hague

20th March 2008 London A Special CCS Seminar on the BBC Micro and its Legacy
  John Radcliffe, Steve Furber,  George Auckland, Mike Bostock and others

18th March 2008 Manchester
The I.C.L. Fujitsu Technology Collaboration
  Tom Hinchliffe and John Vernon

21st Feb 2008 London
BEACON Transaction Processing System
- a design ahead of its time?

  Michael Knight

12th Feb 2008 Manchester Development of the Metrovick 950 and 1010
  Ron Foulkes

17th Jan 2008 London

Computers in Publishing - 40 eventful years   David Brailsford, David Penfold and Conrad Taylor

2007
   
       
20 Nov 2007 Manchester
Articifical Intelligence   Max Bramer

18th Oct 2007 London Some CAFS applications   Hamish Carmichael and Martin Wright

16th Oct 2007 Manchester The English Electric Deuce   Mike Wetherfield

20th Sep 2007 London Titan: The Poor Man's ATLAS?   David Hartley