Making the History of Computing Relevant
Monday 17th June
9:30-10:00 – Welcome + objectives for conference, housekeeping (etc.)10:00-11:20Theme: The importance of storytelling in museums
– Marc Weber – Exhibiting the Online World (US) [draft paper] [presentation]
– Tilly Blyth – Narrative in the History of Computing (UK) [draft paper]
– Arthur Tatnall – Making History Relevant Through Education and Experience (Australia) [draft paper] [presentation]11:20-11:50 —– Morning Tea ——11:50-12:30In brief: Spotlight on some key collections and their future plans
-Jochen Viehoff – Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (Germany) [draft paper] [presentation]
-Marina Smolevitskaya – The Computers’ Collection at the Polytechnic Museum (Russia)[draft paper] [presentation]12:30-1:30 ——- Lunch ——1:30-3:20Theme: Thoughts on expanding the audience for computing history
-Gauthier van den Hove – The Case of Computing (Netherlands) [draft paper]
-Delphine Jenart – The Mundaneum (Belgium) [draft paper] [presentation]
-Lynette Webb/Marina Tarasova – Resurrecting Ukraine’s computing heritage (Ukraine) [presentation]In brief: Spotlight on some research projects
-Julian Röder/Christian Burchard – The Konrad Zuse Internet Archive Project (Germany)[draft paper] [presentation]
-Chris Avram – The Monads project (Australia) [draft paper] [presentation + part2]3:20-3:50 —– Afternoon Tea ——3:50-5:00Theme: Integrating history with computer science education
-Giovanni Cignoni – Using Old Computers for Teaching Computer Science (Italy) [draft paper]-Chris Monk – Is there a future in the past: TNMOC’s learning program + plans (UK)[draft paper] [presentation]
-John Impagliazzo – Bringing Relevance to Computing Courses through History (US)[draft paper] [presentation]
-Martha Crosby – Adapting, Rather than Re-inventing the Wheel (US) [draft paper]5:00-5:30 Discussion5:30-6:00 IFIP Working Group 9.7 meeting for members and others interested7:00-9:00 Reception in Codebreaker: Alan Turing’s Life and Legacy
Making the History of Computing Relevant
Tuesday 18th June
9:30-10:40Theme: Putting the history of computing into different contexts-Tom Lean – The Voice of the Machine (UK)-Marie d’Udekem-Gevers – Telling the long and beautiful (hi)story of automation [draft paper]-Christopher Leslie – Competing histories of the Internet [draft paper]10:40-11:10 —– Morning Tea ——11:10-12:00Theme: Celebrating nostalgia for games – and its potential as Trojan horse
-Helen Stuckey – The Popular Memory Archive [draft paper] [presentation]
-Tiia Naskali – Introduction of Computer and Video Games in Museums [draft paper]12:00-1:00 —- Lunch —–1:00-2:40Theme: The importance and challenges of working installations
-Roger Johnson – CCS Its Story and Experience [draft paper] [presentation]-Charles Lindsey – Museums – what they Can and Should be doing [draft paper]
-David Holdsworth – History, nostalgia and software [draft paper]-Chris Burton – The Teenage Baby [draft paper]2:40-3:10 —– Afternoon Tea ——3:10-4:30:Theme: Reconstruction stories
-Horst Zuse – Reconstruction of Konrad Zuse’s Z3 [draft paper]-David Hartley – EDSAC Replica Project [draft paper]
-Kevin Murrell – The Harwell Dekatron Computer [draft paper]-Ben Trethowan – Capturing, restoring and presenting IRIS [draft paper]4:30-5:00Conclusion, discussion and wrap up
History of Computing Conference June 2013
Making the History of Computing Relevant
