[Wikimedia-SF] South Bay meetup June 3 (was Fwd: Register Now: PLATO at 50- Seeing the Future Through the Past)

[James Salsman]

Phoebe sent the event below months ago. They've made some adjustments
to their program and made it more specific at
http://www.computerhistory.org/events/listing/plato-at-50/

I'm most interested in Program 4 on June 3 at 1:30 (Online Education &
Courseware) but I expect Program 6 at 4pm on online communities will
be more interesting to most Wikimedians.  The number of really smart
people in the bay area who think the WELL was the first online
community is surprising, and the information they will be presenting
about PLATO in the early 1960s should be fascinating.

Do we want to make a meet-up out of it afterward, next door at
http://www.mvpizzeriaventi.com/ ?  If so, would 6:00 or 6:30 be
better?


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Computer History Museum <event at computerhistory.org>
Date: Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Subject: Register Now: PLATO at 50- Seeing the Future Through the Past


Perhaps the greatest untold story in the history of computing is the
development of the PLATO system at the University of Illinois and
later also at Control Data Corporation. Largely unknown today to the
general public, PLATO's list of innovations and seminal influences is
considerable. For the first time ever, this event will assemble many
of the key people involved with the creation of the PLATO phenomenon.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet and learn from an
amazing variety of technology innovators, including Don Bitzer,
creator of PLATO and co-inventor of the flat-panel gas plasma display,
Microsoft's Ray Ozzie (who got his start on PLATO at the University of
Illinois), and many others.

Event Conference Details

Where: Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043

Directions http://www.computerhistory.org/directions/
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1401+N+Shoreline+Blvd,+Mountain+View&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.325633,56.513672

When:

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
PLATO at 50: Seeing the Future Through The Past
6p.m. Reception
7p.m. Program

Thursday, June 3, 2010
All Day Programing
Please visit our website for program details.

Registration: http://www.computerhistory.org/events/listing/plato-at-50/

Free Admission

To register or for more information on the event, please visit the
Museum’s website.

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