Hello all, Below you can find information of a forthcoming meeting and related network in what used to be called Eastern Europe (by the West at least), so probably something not too well known. I haven't been to the previous conferences (this one is 8th!) but the venue in Szeged, Hungary is their relatively new IT history museum there. Best wishes, Petri Subject: [IT STAR-WS 8] History of Computing IT STAR Information Release The Program Committee of the forthcoming 8th WS on History of Computing (19 September 2014 in Szeged, Hungary) is pleased to announce its advanced program at http://www.starbus.org/ws8 with accepted presentations and links to abstracts and profiles of the authors and speakers. We look forward to an exceptional event focusing on ICT developments in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, starting in the 1940s. Among our speakers are computer pioneers who will share personal remembrances of the early days of computing. The function of ICT museums will be considered and an overview of IBM's role in Central and Eastern Europe will be discussed. The post-conference book will be published within the IT STAR Series. Check http://www.starbus.org/ws8 for details and for our regular updates. In this vein, the Summer issue of IT STAR's Newsletter is coming up shortly at http://nl.starbus.org<http://nl.starbus.org/> with an article on ICT developments in the Soviet Union, and references to the accomplishment of such iconic personalities as Bruk, Lebedev, Rameev, Keldysh, Kitov and Dorodnitsyn! Keep this on your radar screen, and join us for this Journey! Plamen Nedkov Moderator of the 8th WS on History of Computing & Chief Executive, IT STAR - http://www.itstar.eu <http://www.itstar.eu/>Email: nedkov@utanet.at<mailto:nedkov@utanet.at> Tel. +43 2252 254004