The following is a report of the formal and informal organizational meetings since January.
PEOPLE:
The organization committee consists of:
Steven Ericsson-Zenith - Interim General Chair (We'd like to find a Stanford luminary to take this role)
Dennis Allison
Eugene Miya
Whitfield Diffie
Vaughan Pratt
Paul Borrill
S Barry Cooper
Carl Hewitt
Todd Davies
Meetings have been attended by representatives from:
Stanford University Conference Services
ACM (John White ACM CEO)
The Computer History Museum (Dag Spicer)
ITEMS:
1. The Structure of the Conference.
The proposal that has evolved through these meetings is that the conference will be a linear format over three days running from the 5th to the 7th of September 2012, with 4 to 8 slots for formal papers during each day possibly preceded by tutorial presentations providing important background for the following papers. We will invite papers from key researchers and also issue a general Call For Papers. All papers, including invited papers, will be reviewed and formally accepted by the program committee.
Two evening sessions on the 5th and 7th will be held for brief presentations of current advanced research. These will be compressed sessions consisting of up to ten slots each.
A banquet will be held on the evening of the 6th, followed by a keynote speaker and/or a panel discussion.
There may also be a showing of a new documentary about Alan Turing's life.
2. Media proposal.
We propose to record the informal discussions that surround the event both at the conference itself and in the various meetings that lead up to it. This recording will be conducted only with the recorded permission of the individuals involved (the wording of this permission TBD).
Steven Ericsson-Zenith and Dennis Allison have signed up to complete the post-production of this material in a form for presentation on the web and more formal publication elsewhere.
3. Funding.
The ACM, through John White, has expressed a strong interest in supporting the conference and in publishing the proceedings of the conference. This agreement needs to be closed.
Steven Ericsson-Zenith and Dennis Allison have had informal discussions with several interested parties and generally feel that the event will gain the support it needs to execute the stated plans.
The financial structure of the event has been discussed and we need to identify a Conference Financial Officer.
Funding is required for logistical support.
4. Logistics
Stanford University Conference Services are developing a proposal for our consideration. We have asked them to consider the Turing Hall, the site of the original Computer Science Department at Stanford University. They will report in due course.
5. Additional notes:
The Computer History Museum is collaborating and is going to do something. CHM is potentially the site of the conference Banquet: agreement to be closed.
