IP: The world's most famous demo...

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Organizer is Paul Saffo of the Institute for the Future, <psaffo () iftf org>
> > Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution:
> > Stanford Symposium
> > Wednesday, December 9, 1998
> >
> > http://unrev.stanford.edu
> >
> > Thirty years ago at a San Francisco computer
> > conference Doug Engelbart and a small team of
> > researchers from the Stanford Research Institute
> > revolutionized the computing world with an
> > extraordinary demonstration of how we could work
> > with computers. That presentation brought together
> > for the first time: the computer mouse, graphical
> > user interface, display editing and integrated
> > text and graphics, hyper-documents, and two-way
> > video-conferencing with shared workspaces.
> >
> > How did that historic event affect us and what
> > does the future hold for man's interaction with
> > the computer?
> >
> > Stanford University Libraries and the Institute
> > for the Future will present a day-long,  public
> > symposium that will bring together Engelbart and
> > members of his historic team, along with other
> > computer visionaries, to consider the impact of
> > Engelbartís work, examine the challenges facing us
> > today, and to speculate about what the next three
> > decades will reveal. The event will also introduce
> > the work of the Silicon Valley Archives at
> > Stanford University Library.
> >
> > Confirmed speakers include: Doug Engelbart,
> > Stewart Brand, Eric Drexler, Alan Kay, Jaron
> > Lanier, John Markoff,Ted Nelson, Howard Rheingold,
> > Paul Saffo, Terry Winograd, Andy van Dam.
> >
> > Tickets: $20 general admission ($10 students
> > --Limit of two tickets per valid ID)
> > Price includes Symposium, parking and lunch.
> >
> > Stanford Ticket Office
> > 650-723-ARTS
> >
> > Information and Background
> > http://unrev.stanford.edu