Making the History of Computing Relevant
Monday 17th June
9:30-10:00 – Welcome + objectives for conference, housekeeping (etc.)
10:00-11:20
Theme: 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 ——
11:50-12:30
In 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 ——
1:30-3:20
Theme: 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]
3:20-3:50 —– Afternoon Tea ——
3:50-5:00
Theme: 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 Discussion
5:30-6:00 IFIP Working Group 9.7 meeting for members and others interested
7:00-9:00 Reception in Codebreaker: Alan Turing’s Life and Legacy
Making the History of Computing Relevant
Tuesday 18th June
9:30-10:40
Theme: 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 ——
11:10-12:00
Theme: 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 —–
1:00-2:40
Theme: 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]
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]
4:30-5:00
Conclusion, discussion and wrap up
