The following information may be useful to those who want to attend this event.
(Taken from the BCS website http://www1.bcs.org.uk/ events diary for November.)
NB. It would appear that registration is necessary.
Roland Backhouse
BCS Advanced Programming Specialist Group with the Computer Conservation
Society, 14 November. 'A Tribute to the Late Edsger
Dijkstra' Sun Microsystems office, Regis House, 45 King William Street,
London EC4. Admission: Free, but please ask Dr Frank Martin to
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> 'A TRIBUTE to the Late Edsger W. Dijkstra'
> 14th November 2002, London
>
> Main speakers: Professor Sir Tony Hoare, Microsoft Research and Oxford
> University will speak on -
> 'Dijkstra's Life and Achievements'
> and show a video made on Dijkstra's retirement by Netherlands television
>
> Professor Brian Randell, University of Newcastle will speak on -
> 'From Algol 60 to Software Engineering'
> and show a video
> 'Lecture at the 25th International Seminar of Computing Science,
> University of Newcastle, 10 Sept 1992'
>
> Other speakers will include Mike Woodger, retd. National Physical
> Laboratory
>
> Organisers: The British Computer Society - 2002-3 President, John Ivinson
>
> The Advanced Programming Specialist Group of the British Computer
> Society -
> 2002-3 Committee, John Florentin, Frank Martin, Roger Johnson, Brian
> Shearing, Tim Corringham
>
> The Computer Conservation Society - Chairman, Ernest Morris
>
> Guest of Honour:
> Mrs Maria C. Dijkstra-Debets
>
> Announcement:
> During the evening the establishment of BCS Awards in the name of Edsger
> W. Dijkstra will be announced.
>
> Acknowledgements:
> The organisers would like to thank Sun Microsystems for generously
> donating the use of their Customer Briefing Centre Auditorium for this
> event.
> We also wish to thank the staff of of BCS Headquarters, under the
> Corporate Events Manager, Anna Duckworth, for producing this programme
> brochure, and also BCS CEO David Clarke for general help.
> We would like especially, to thank Dr Martin Campbell-Kelly, for
> assembling the material in this programme brochure.
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