From Punched Cards to Information Society

Honorary guest: Marina von Neumann Whitman, 'the Martian's daughter'
Main endorser: József Pálinkás, president, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Planned programme of the conference:

9:30? Registration
10:30? Opening address by Ferenc Friedler, president, John von Neumann Computer Society (NJSZT)
10:40? Marina von Neumann Whitman, professor, University of Michigan
11:10? Norbert Kro?, advisor to the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences::

Genius loci
11:35? L?szl? Kutor, associate professor, ?buda University:
NJSZT?s data repository of Forum of Information Technology History (iTF)
12:00? L?szl? Z. Karvalics, associate professor, University of Szeged:
The power of interconnectivity: technological, intellectual and societal intersections in information history
12:25? Lunch break
13:25? Zsolt Veres, director, IBM Hungary:
The liberation of knowledge ? IBM innovation in Hungary and all over the world
13:50? Round table discussion:
4 G + touchscreen = touchdown in world economy
How has the development of IT tools influenced world economy?
Contributors to the discussion: Gy?rgy Barcza, senior analyst (Sz?zadv?g Foundation), Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy, former chairman of Budapest Stock Exchange, Korn?l Sarkadi-Szab?, strategic director (Hung?ria Equities)
Discussion moderated by: Zolt?n Alf?ldi
14:50-16:00?? Presenting the exhibition on ICT history

Date: 25 June, 2013

Venue: Szeged, K?lv?ria sgt. 23. (Agora of Szeged)

Marina von Neumann Whitman will sign her book ?The Martian?s Daughter? at the conference. John von Neumann?s daughter, Marina von Neumann Whitman, born in 1935, professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Ross School of Business, both at the University of Michigan, and a former member of Richard Nixon?s Council of Economic Advisors from 1973-74.

Further information and registration:

http://njszt.hu/en/neumann/esemeny/20130605/the-past-of-the-future-%E2%80%93-conference