Agenda for World Computer Day "Zoom" speakers for February 15th, 2023 with the focus on Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, the world's first computer company utilizing all electronics. See the organizing web site here https://worldcomputerday.org/. And social media outreach platform here: https://linktr.ee/
5PM-7PM (Eastern USA) Zoom platform on Wednesday, February 15th.
Event Link: https://venturecafeglobal-org.
5PM-7PM (Eastern USA) Zoom platform on Wednesday, February 15th.
Event Link: https://venturecafeglobal-org.
World Computer Day, February 15, 2023
Agenda for World Computer Day "Zoom" speakers for February 15th, 2023 with the focus on Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, the world's first computer company utilizing all electronics. See the organizing web site here https://worldcomputerday.org/. And social media outreach platform here: https://linktr.ee/
5PM-7PM (Eastern USA) Zoom platform on Wednesday, February 15th.
Event Link: https://venturecafeglobal-org.
Speakers and TOPICS
Jim Scherrer, Compuseum, brief kickoff remarks
o World's First Computer Company - Eckert Mauchly Computer Corporation, EMCC: Dr. Tom Haigh, Co-Author "A New History of Modern Computing" with Dr. Paul Ceruzzi, 2021.
o Shipping the First Computer of the First Line of Commercial Computers, the Univac 1: Dr. Paul Ceruzzi, Author book "Computing: A Concise History" (MIT Press).
o People of Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation: Kathy Kleiman, Author "Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer".
o Funding EMCC, the Sad State of Venture Capital in the Computer Age: Dr. Margaret O'Mara, author of "The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America."
o "Scenes from a Technical Camelot" - Original Footage from the Eckert & Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) plant during the making of BINAC and UNIVAC. Vintage videos presented by Mr. Bill Mauchly (son of John Mauchly) narration.
o Stories from My Father - Walking Down Memory Lane with Mr. Chris Eckert (son of Presper Eckert) regarding the building in which the first all-electronic, programmable computers were created.
o The Census Bureau- Project 1951- Counting the US Population with Computers for the First Time: Dr. Sharon Tosi Lacey, Ph.D, Chief Historian, US Census Bureau.
o How Computers Changed Election Night Forever, starting in 1952 with the UNIVAC; Speaker Dr. Ira Chinoy, Professor, University of Maryland, Author of "Battle of the Brains: Election-Night Forecasting at the Dawn of the Computer Age." Prior director of computer-assisted reporting at The Washington Post.
Backgrounder on Wikipedia of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Please share information in your networks using this Social Media Hashtag: #WorldComputerDay
Event Team- University City Science Center, Philly
Jake Ritzheimer, Zoom Technology, UCSC
Jen Rajchel, Experience Director, UCSC
Selena Lopez McKenzie, Program Manager, UCSC, Venture Cafe 
5PM-7PM (Eastern USA) Zoom platform on Wednesday, February 15th.
Event Link: https://venturecafeglobal-org.
Speakers and TOPICS
Jim Scherrer, Compuseum, brief kickoff remarks
o World's First Computer Company - Eckert Mauchly Computer Corporation, EMCC: Dr. Tom Haigh, Co-Author "A New History of Modern Computing" with Dr. Paul Ceruzzi, 2021.
o Shipping the First Computer of the First Line of Commercial Computers, the Univac 1: Dr. Paul Ceruzzi, Author book "Computing: A Concise History" (MIT Press).
o People of Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation: Kathy Kleiman, Author "Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer".
o Funding EMCC, the Sad State of Venture Capital in the Computer Age: Dr. Margaret O'Mara, author of "The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America."
o "Scenes from a Technical Camelot" - Original Footage from the Eckert & Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) plant during the making of BINAC and UNIVAC. Vintage videos presented by Mr. Bill Mauchly (son of John Mauchly) narration.
o Stories from My Father - Walking Down Memory Lane with Mr. Chris Eckert (son of Presper Eckert) regarding the building in which the first all-electronic, programmable computers were created.
o The Census Bureau- Project 1951- Counting the US Population with Computers for the First Time: Dr. Sharon Tosi Lacey, Ph.D, Chief Historian, US Census Bureau.
o How Computers Changed Election Night Forever, starting in 1952 with the UNIVAC; Speaker Dr. Ira Chinoy, Professor, University of Maryland, Author of "Battle of the Brains: Election-Night Forecasting at the Dawn of the Computer Age." Prior director of computer-assisted reporting at The Washington Post.
Backgrounder on Wikipedia of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Please share information in your networks using this Social Media Hashtag: #WorldComputerDay
Event Team- University City Science Center, Philly
Jake Ritzheimer, Zoom Technology, UCSC
Jen Rajchel, Experience Director, UCSC
Selena Lopez McKenzie, Program Manager, UCSC, Venture Cafe
Speakers/Presenters
Jim Scherrer
Tom Haigh
Paul Ceruzzi
Kathy Kleiman
Margaret O'Mara
Bill Mauchly
Chris Eckert
Sharon Tosi Lacey
Ira Chinoy
Tom Haigh
Paul Ceruzzi
Kathy Kleiman
Margaret O'Mara
Bill Mauchly
Chris Eckert
Sharon Tosi Lacey
Ira Chinoy