I got a couple of replies to this noting contradictory information on timing. To clarify: times for the event are EASTERN US (as stated in bold), not central as I confusingly wrote in the first sentence.

Apologies for sending email when too tired.

Tom

From: thomas.haigh@gmail.com <thomas.haigh@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2026 6:06 AM
To: members@lists.sigcis.org
Subject: IEEE online panel on AI history - Wednesday, free registration

Hello everyone,

I’ll be part of an IEEE history week event on AI history on Wednesday, on behalf of the Computer Society History Committee, as will Ksenia Tatarchenko. Details below. All times central US. There’s a link to register at https://ieee.webex.com/weblink/register/r03802f784dc929fec22dc84d10ce1bff

Thematic Study Day: Artificial Intelligence

Agenda (all times Eastern US)

11:00am-11:05am - Introduction to the event

11:05am-11:35am - IEEE Computer Society
Artificial Intelligence: The History of a Brand
Presenter: Thomas Haigh

11:35am-12:05pm - IEEE Computer Society
Soviet AI and Its Engineering Cultures
Presenter: Ksenia Tatarchenko

12:05-12:35pm - IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Tracing the History of Robotics and Automation Through Narratives and Networks
Presenter: Selma Sabanovic

12:35-1:05pm - IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
AI and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society: Partners for 39 Years
Presenter: James Bezdek

Best wishes,

Tom

Thomas Haigh

Profess, UWM History Department

Chair, IEEE Computer Society History Committee

Director, ACM History Committee Turing Awards Project

See more at www.tomandmaria.com/Tom