1. CEPIS Council Meeting 20/11/2008 40th Anniversary of John von Neumann Computer Society

2. Activities, scope and mission of JvNCS Relations with international organizations CEPIS IFIP ECDL Foundation IEEE CS EFMI ECCAI IOI CEOI HITM AALIANCE IT STAR EMT CEPIS Council Meeting 20/11/2008 John von Neumann Computer Society

3. Activities, scope and mission of JvNCS Set-up of outstanding professional awards Neumann-award Kalmár-award Tarján-medal Kemény János-award CEPIS Council Meeting 20/11/2008 John von Neumann Computer Society

4. Activities, scope and mission of JvNCS CEPIS Council Meeting 20/11/2008 Licensee of ECDL in Hungary John von Neumann Computer Society

5. Activities, scope and mission of JvNCS ECDL, ECDL Select e-government services training of e-administration Digital literacy „háLÓRA magyar!” eVITA National Technologic Platform TITAN CEPIS Council Meeting 20/11/2008 Taking prominent part in building digital Equal-opportunities John von Neumann Computer Society

6. Activities, scope and mission of JvNCS Assisting talented youth „Nemes Tihamér” National Secondary School Academic Competition „Logo” National Computer Technology Academic Competition International Olympiad in Informatics Central-European Olympiad in Informatics Regional talent-scouting in study groups CEPIS Council Meeting 20/11/2008 John von Neumann Computer Society

7. Activities, scope and mission of JvNCS Organizing programmes Professional conferences Workshops Shows Exhibitions Congresses CEPIS Council Meeting 20/11/2008 John von Neumann Computer Society

8. Activities, scope and mission of JvNCS Maintaining the history of Hungarian informatics A unique historical collection and museum-project in Europe CEPIS Council Meeting 20/11/2008 John von Neumann Computer Society

9. „Saving traditions, fitting in with the present and influencing the future” 40 years of Neumann Society CEPIS Council Meeting 20/11/2008 John von Neumann Computer Society

10. IN THE ’70s: Establishing territorial organizations in all the 19 counties; establishing 10 professional communities; 1979: 1st Congress (Szeged); Conference on Medical and Biological applications (Szeged); Computer Science ‘73 Conference (Székesfehérvár); Programming Systems ‘75 Conference (Szeged); 1975: IFIP TC2 Softwares for minicomputers (Keszthely); 1977: 1st COMNET (IFIP TC6) IN THE ’80s: Mass movements: Home Computer Club, Mikromagazin, TV-Basic; Set-out of Nemes Tihamér Academic Competition (1984); Establishing 4 new professional communities; 3 congresses: Székesfehérvár (1983), Szolnok (1986), Pécs(1989); COMNET Conferences (1981, 1985, 1990); ÖCG-NJSzT Conferences (Sopron, Graz, Budapest); COLING: New directions in Machine Translation (1988); IFIP General Assembly BP (1987); IN THE ’90s: 3 congresses: Debrecen (1992), Siófok (1995), Eger (1999); CEOI Szeged (1994), IOI Veszprém (1995); ECAI’92, IIFIP WG8.3 Decision support, Logic Programming.Conference; 6 ÖCG-NJSzT Conference: Salzburg (1990), Veszprém (1991), Klagenfurt (1992), Szombathely (1993), Linz (1995), Eger (1996); IFIP World Congress Wien – Budapest (1998); Six new professional communities; start of ECDL (1997); CEPIS Council Meeting 20/11/2008 IN THE YEARS OF MILLENNIUM: Two congresses: Neumann Centenary 2003 Budapest, 2006 Győr; CEOI: Zalaegerszeg (2001), Sárospatak (2005); Eight new professional communities; Software Technological Forum since 2004; „háLóra Magyar!”, ECDL Start, ECDL Select; EUROSPI (2005); ETAPS (2008); EVITA, AAL; Digital Equal-opportunities (DE!) John von Neumann Computer Society

11. The 40th Anniversary Gala Dinner CEPIS Council Meeting 20/11/2008 John von Neumann Computer Society

12. Thank you for your attention. Alföldi István CEO istvan.alfoldi@njszt.hu istvan.alfoldi@njszt.hu …before saying goodbye, a few more photos of the Gala Dinner… John von Neumann Computer Society