Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doug's 1968 Demo
December 9, 1998
Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution
– a day-long, public symposium produced by Stanford University Libraries and the Institute for the Future that brought together Engelbart and members of his historic team, along with other computer visionaries, to consider the impact of Engelbart's work on the last three decades of the computer revolution, to explore the greater portion of his seminal vision that has to be played out (hence the title), and to speculate about the next three decades. This celebration marked the 30th anniversary of Doug's now famous 1968 demo where he and his team at SRI first introduced their seminal work to the world.
While many were dazzled by the array of tools represented in that demo, most missed his core message about the paramount importance of raising our collective intellect exponentially rather than incrementally, using a strategic bootstrapping approach to maximize results in the shortest possible timeframe. Watch Doug discussing this Unfinished Revolution with Jeff Rulifson at the event (pictured below).
See
event website
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press,
view the speeches and panel discussions, watch the original 1968 demo, and visit our 1968 demo page, see Stanford's Event Description.
Click here for Doug's slides used selectively during his special session with Jeff Rulifson.
Watch the Sessions
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watch the speeches and panel discussions from all four sessions. Below are the two panel discussions on the program with Doug and his original research team.
Press
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Announcing the event:
Press Release - Stanford University
Announcement - Stanford MouseSite
The Mouse Turns 30
CBS News with Dan Rather. December 10, 1998.
Logitech Celebrates 30th Anniversary of the Mouse,
Salutes Doug Engelbart's "Unfinished Revolution"
Business Wire. December 7, 1998.
Upgrading the Human OS
Steve Silberman, Wired News. December 10, 1998. [News Archive]
Program Details
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Session 1: 9:00-10:40 Morning  watch Session 1 |
| 9:00 |
Greeting and Introductions: Condoleezza Rice, Michael A. Keller, Paul Saffo (Moderator) |
| 9:15 |
Panel Discussion on the 1968 Demo: Engelbart, Brand, English, Irby, Rulifson |
| 10:15 |
Tim Lenoir |
Session 2: 11:00-12:40 Morning watch Session 2 |
| 11:00 |
Panel Discussion on the Last 30 Years: Andreessen, Caruso, Nielson, Rheingold, Zappacosta |
| 11:40 |
Alan Kay |
| 12:10 |
Panel Discussion on New Horizons: Card, Drexler, Evans, Horn, Markoff |
Session 3: 2:00-3:30 Afternoon
watch Session 3A |
| 2:00 |
Unfinished Revolution Conversation: Engelbart, Rulifson |
| 2:30 |
Ted Nelson |
| 3:00 |
Andy van Dam
watch Session 3B |
Session 4: 3:50-5:30 Afternoon
watch Session 4 |
| 3:50 |
Terry Winograd |
| 4:20 |
Stewart Brand |
| 4:50 |
Jaron Lanier |
| 5:20 |
Closing Remarks |
| 5:30 |
Adjourn |
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See also 40th Anniversary Event
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Doug is celebrated on 30th anniversary
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Panel discussion with (left to right) moderator Paul Saffo, original research team members Doug Engelbart, Charles Irby, and Jeff Rulifson, and guest Stewart Brand
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