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>
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>>Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution:
>>Stanford Symposium
>>Wednesday, December 9, 1998
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>>http://unrev.stanford.edu
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>>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.
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>>How did that historic event affect us and what
>>does the future hold for man's interaction with
>>the computer?
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Tickets: $20 general admission ($10 students
>>--Limit of two tickets per valid ID)
>>Price includes Symposium, parking and lunch.
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>>Stanford Ticket Office
>>650-723-ARTS
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>>Information and Background
>>http://unrev.stanford.edu
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