With apologies for crossposting and for the late notice.


Dear colleague,

We have the pleasure to invite you to the "Computing History" Day and Workshop of these coming 18-19/5/2009, to be held at the Informatics Faculty, at the University of Namur, Belgium.

On the 18th of May, we will have:
- A presentation by Gerard Alberts, Professor at the University of Amsterdam on the history of programming and software
- A presentation on the Machine Mathématique IRSIA-FNRS, electronic computer built in Belgium (1951-1962), in the Antwerp offices of the Bell Telephone Mfg Cy
- And a round table and discussions with Belgian informatics pioneers.
The  working language of this day will mostly be French.

On May 19th the programme includes talks on Belgian science and technology and computing history and time for discussions on computing history in Belgium and the Netherlands and its issues and future perspectives. Working languages for this day will be French and English

Further information on these events can be found as attachement and at the following web address: http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~smo/BCHDays/Alberts&Soft-EU_18052009_v.7_0518+19.pdf

Registration for these events is free of charge.


With best wishes,


Sandra Mols