Past Events
CHM Live is our premier event series. It offers original productions exploring historical and current issues in technology, entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as the ongoing transformation of computing and its impact on society.
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From the UNIVAC to Web 2.0: Politics, Computers and the Making of a 21st Century Presidency
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 6:00 PM
This event is part of our 2012 lecture series celebrating Revolutionaries, featuring conversations with and about some of the most distinguished thinkers in the computing field. The Revolutionaries lecture series complements the launch of the Computer History Museum’s permanent exhibition, Revolution: The First 2000 Ye
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation. Author Jon Gertner in conversation with KQED’s Dave Iverson
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 6:00 PM
This event is part of our 2012 Revolutionaries series, featuring conversations with some of the most distinguished minds in the computing field. Join author Jon Gertner for a fascinating conversation with KQED's Dave Iverson about the people and history of Bell Labs, and the ways it fostered a culture of innovation and
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Turing’s Cathedral. Author George Dyson in Conversation with John Hollar
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 6:00 PM
Legendary historian George Dyson vividly re-creates the scenes of focused experimentation, incredible mathematical insight, and pure creative genius that gave us computers, digital television, modern genetics, models of stellar evolution—in other words, computer code. Join John Hollar for a captivating conversation wi
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Woven on the Loom of Sorrow: The Co-Evolution of Computing and Conflict, presented by Grady Booch
Friday, February 24, 2012 12:00 PM
Did you use the Internet today? Did you find your way using GPS? Have you used a credit card, or made a call on your mobile phone, or flown on an airplane? The very fabric of our lives, – from semiconductors to Silly Putty™, from work to play - has in many ways been shaped by war and woven on the loom of sorrow The
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Beyond the Obvious: Killer Questions that Spark Game-Changing Innovation. Author Phil McKinney in conversation with CHM’s John C. Hollar
Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:00 PM
Join innovation expert Phil McKinney for a conversation with the Computer History Museum’s John Hollar about killer questions and some of the ways we can all learn to harness the power of innovation.
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An Evening with Google’s Marissa Mayer
Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:00 PM
This event kicks off our 2012 Revolutionaries series, featuring conversations with some of the most distinguished minds in the computing field. Join NPR Correspondent Laura Sydell for a wide-ranging conversation about the educational choices Marissa made, her early role models and mentors, and her continuing role as a
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Steve Jobs: The Authorized Biography. An Evening with Walter Isaacson
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:00 PM
We are proud to welcome Isaacson for a conversation about Jobs' life, inspiration and legacy with Museum CEO John Hollar.
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A Computer Called Watson: IBM Research’s David Ferrucci in Conversation with the Financial Times’ Richard Waters
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:00 PM
This event is part of our 2011 lecture series celebrating Revolutionaries, featuring conversations with and about some of the most distinguished thinkers in the computing field. The Revolutionaries lecture series complements the launch of the Computer History Museum’s permanent exhibition, Revolution: The First 2000 Y
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Speaker Series
The Technology of Animation
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 6:00 PM
The Computer History Museum is proud to announce that DreamWorks Animation Jeffrey Katzenberg and Ed Leonard will kick off this series, in a conversation moderated by HP's Phil McKinney. Over the course of the evening they will discuss the history, techniques, challenges and future possibilities of digital animation.
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The Challenge and Promise of Artificial Intelligence, a Bay Area Science Festival Wonder Dialog
Saturday, November 5, 2011 2:00 PM
Join leading researchers Dr. Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research and Dr. Peter Norvig of Google for an intriguing discussion about the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence, moderated by KQED's Tim Olson.