Wow, thanks for the memories.
-Craig
On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 09:16:57 AM PDT, Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hello HP3000-L,
40 years ago today, on March 24, 1989, I opened the 1983 HP3000 IUG
Conference in Montréal, Canada. The conference was held at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel and the adjoining Sheraton Center and ran from the 24 to the
29th.
The opening get together was held at the QE hotel on Sunday, 24th April and
was hosted by Hewlett Packard.
On Tuesday evening, we bused the participants to a sugaring-off party in a
nearby sugar shack.
On Wednesday, the keynote address was delivered by Dr. Isaac Asimov.
On Thursday evening, the conference banquet was held at the Olympic Stadium.
The participants went by Metra to the stadium using tickets that we printed
for the occasion. I believe this was the first time the Metro system
accepted tickets that were printed for the occasion by the event itself.
The vendor Exhibit was in the QE hotel. It was MUCH smaller in those early
days.
We produced a swap type on site, in the hastily assembled computer room in
one of the conference rooms of the hotel, in which we rolled in an HP3000
Series 33, with printer and tape drive.
The technical sessions were held at QE convention level, with overflow
sessions at the adjoining Sheraton.
The conference committee:
Myself as conference chair.
Myer Kwavnick as vice-chair.
Jim “Fairch” Fairchild as conference manager.
Hank Van Leeuwen – Technical papers chair
Helene Quimper – Vendors Exhibits
Linda Black – Computer System Manager
Sandi Kwavnick – Publications
Eric Billington – Audio-Visual
Henri Koelblen – Special Events
Madeleine Paradis – Special Events
Anscar Mantel – Security
Gerry Johnson – Swap tape
Lana Farmery – IUG BoD liaison
After decades of moves and storage, all I have left of this event are a
cube, a few badges, and a copy of the conference guide.
Denys
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