Pinkerton Lecture facts for kids
The Pinkerton Lecture is a special event that happens every year. It's organized by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. This lecture series honors a very important engineer named John Pinkerton. He helped design the United Kingdom's first business computer way back in 1951! The first Pinkerton Lecture happened in the year 2000, and it has been held every year since then.
Who Gives the Pinkerton Lectures?
Each year, different experts and leaders in technology are invited to give the Pinkerton Lecture. These people share their knowledge and ideas about engineering and computers. Here are some of the past lecturers:
- 2000 Maurice Wilkes
- 2001 David Caminer
- 2002 David Cleevely
- 2004 Hermann Hauser
- 2005 Subhash Bhatnagar
- 2006 Tony Hey
- 2007 Tim Berners-Lee
- 2008 Alex Balfour
- 2009 John Carey
- 2010 Steve Furber
- 2011 Mike Short
- 2012 Kevin Warwick
- 2013 Robin Saxby
- 2014 Jim Morrish
- 2015 Robert Pepper
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