BCS - Northampton Branch
The Northampton branch membership has grown steadily from our start in 2004 and we now have over 820 members, mainly from Northampton, Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas. Our aim is to hold 5 committee meetings a year, with 4 or 5 events covering a variety of areas to provide interest for as many of our members as we can. Look at our forthcoming events page to obtain the details of our events planned for the 2008/9 season. Our AGM is held in June where we announce the winners of the Student Prizes and where you as a member are able to both stand as a committee member and vote for your choice of representative.
This years Students Prize winners are:
Best Student
Business - Ms. Larissa Mann
Technical - Mr Dinesh Ramoo
Most Promising Student
Business - Mr Ben Humpage
Technical - Ms. Aine Poole
The committee is a relaxed group, made up of Business, Technical and Academic interests. We welcome new faces, both members and none members at our meetings & events. We see these not just as valuable opportunities to impart knowledge and understanding but as a valuable networking opportunity for likeminded individuals that have a career in our industry.
Synopsis: Dr Mark Baldwin, a publisher and bookseller in Cleobury Mortimer, was one day cataloguing a book entitled 'Very Special Intelligence'. Needing to know a little about its content, he was obliged to dip into its pages, and was amazed by what he found. The book told the story of the success of our WW2 codebreakers at Bletchley Park, who read several million German, Italian and Japanese secret messages, and thus hastened Allied victory. This chance encounter stimulated Dr Baldwin into further research, and eventually into acquiring a genuine Enigma machine. He is now recognised as one of the country's leading speakers on 'The Codebreakers' and frequently gives illustrated presentations in theatres, arts centres, and festivals all round the country.
19:00 - 19:30 Registration and light refreshments
19:30 - 21:00 The Enigma Machine Presentation
21:00 - 21:30 Questions & Answers
This will consider upcoming technologies, using lessons from the past to predict potential outcomes for the future.
Speaker: Stewart Fraser. Stewart worked as a professional archaeologist before joining Unisys, so the historical content of his talk can be trusted, but he takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the predictions!
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Email: malcolm.collins@bcs.org
Fax: 08707062488
Letter PO Box 6416, Daventry, Northants. NN11 4XL
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