Computer-related events and awards Computer-related events and awards In response to criticism of FOO camp, BAR Camp was created as an open, welcoming, once-a-year event for geeks to camp out for a couple days with wifi and smash their brains together. ...more on Wikipedia about "BAR Camp"
CeBIT is the world's biggest, and one of the world's most important, computer expos. It is held in Hanover, Germany, each spring and is a barometer of information technology. With an exhibition area of 400,000 m² and 700,000 visitors, it is bigger than COMDEX. ...more on Wikipedia about "CeBIT"
COMDEX (Computer Dealer's Exhibition) was a computer expo held in Las Vegas, Nevada, each November from 1979 to 2003. It was one of the largest computer trade shows in the world. The first COMDEX was held in 1979 at the MGM Grand, with 150 exhibitors and 4000 attendees. In 1981, the first COMDEX/Spring was held in New York City. ...more on Wikipedia about "COMDEX"
Computex Taipei (formal name: Taipei International Information Technology Show) is a computer expo held annually at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan. The first Computex expo held in 1981 started out as a place where small and medium sized businesses in Taiwan's nascent computer industry could display their products. As Taiwan's IT industry took off in the early 1990's Computex has since become the second largest computer expo in the world (after CeBIT) and the largest in Asia, with participation from major manufacturers such as Intel, AMD, NVidia and others. ...more on Wikipedia about "Computex"
The Dvorak Awards was created by the well known columnist on computing, John C. Dvorak for "excellence in telecommunications". The awards were sponsored primarily by Ascend Communications but also by a host of other co-sponsors. The awards ran from 1992 - 1997 and ended for questionable circumstances (?). ...more on Wikipedia about "Dvorak Awards"
The European Computer Trade Show, commonly known as ECTS, was an annual trade show for the European computer and video game industry, which first ran in 1988, with the last event occurring in 2004. The exposition was only open to industry professionals and journalists. ...more on Wikipedia about "European Computer Trade Show"
Foo camp is the annual exclusive, invitation only, no-structure, no plan, tent on the lawns, hacker event hosted by publisher Tim O'Reilly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Foo Camp"
The Mac Design Conference and Expo is a three-day computer expo that was held in Tampa, Florida starting June 21, 2005. It was sponsored by Layers Magazine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mac Design Conference"
The annual Museums and the Web international conference has been organized by Archives & Museums Informatics each Spring in North America since 1997: ...more on Wikipedia about "Museums and the Web"
Pop!Tech is an annual mass media and technology conference. It began in 1997 as "The Camden Technology Conference". The conference takes place during the Fall in Camden, Maine, United States. It focusses on the impact of technology on people and takes place at the Camden Opera House. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pop!Tech"
SIMO TCI is an International Data Processing, Multimedia and Communications Show held every autumn in Madrid, Spain. It name stands for Salón Internacional de Mobiliario de Oficina / Tecnologías de la Comunicación e Información (International Show of Office Furniture / Information and Communication Technologies), due to its origin. Its first edition was held in 1961. ...more on Wikipedia about "SIMO TCI"
The A.M. Turing Award is given annually by the Association for Computing Machinery to ...more on Wikipedia about "Turing Award"
Presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the Webby Awards are a set of awards presented to the "world's best websites". The awards have been given out since 1996. There is also a second set of awards called the People's Voice Awards for the same categories which are given by popular vote. ...more on Wikipedia about "Webby Awards"
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