The schedule of events for HHC 2019 will not be finalized until a few days before the conference. Check back here at that time.Meanwhile, the following is what actually happened last year at HHC 2018; this should suffice for giving you a good idea of how HHC conferences flow.
Time | Event/Person | Description and Notes |
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7:30 am | Registration | Register with Bob Prosperi and pick up Conference materials, "Proceedings" (32 GB USB Drive), Programming Contest, etc. |
8:15 am | Conference starts, announcements. |
Your registration materials are numbered. Save the blue ticket to put into the pot for the Sunday door prize drawing. Place any door prizes you donate on the door prize table. See Bob for Trading Corner details. |
8:35 am | Attendee Introductions |
Keep short – Name, where from, Machines used, etc. <60 seconds. |
9:20 am | Thomas Chrapkiewicz |
History and Pictorial Presentation of Silicon Valley |
9:50 am | Break | Introduce yourself to a new person. |
10:20 am | Tim Wessman | News from HP Asia. Cyrille might join us via Skype. |
11:40 am | Group Photo | Quickly assemble in the meeting room. Tall people in the back. Please be extra that sure the camera sees your WHOLE face, not just your eyes. |
12:00 pm | Lunch | You are on your own for lunch. Options TBA. |
1:40 pm | Namir Shammas | Polynomial Roots by Optimization |
2:00 pm | Sylvain Cote | Presenting the HP-IL Compendium (copy on thumb drive) |
2:30 pm | Monte Dalrymple | 41C Flexible Hardware Module |
3.14 pm | Break | Introduce yourself to a second new person. |
3:45 pm | Gene Wright | Old Calculator Ads & Unisonic Calculators (via Skype) |
4:35 pm | Dave Cochran | HP Calculations from Desktop to Pocket |
5:40 pm | Dinner | Dinner locations and carpooling TBD (to be disorganized) |
7:45 pm | Felix Gross & David Hayden |
Recreating the 15C Advanced Functions Handbook |
8:15 pm | Thomas Chrapkiewicz |
Plotter [RS232/HPGL] control with HP48 Series with Applications |
8:40 pm | Jim Johnson | What Was the First Personal Computer? (Careful, trick question) |
9:05 pm | Richard Nelson | Add SIG to FIX, SCI, & ENG? |
9:35 pm | End of First Day | Drag off to bed; we don't start as early on Sunday. A Roman Catholic Mass for HHC attendees will be said early Sunday morning in the hotel for the faithful and the curious; all are welcome. Ask Richard or Joseph for details. |
Time | Event/Person | Description and Notes |
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10:05 am | Conference reconvenes | Announcements, schedule changes, etc. |
10:15 am | Richard Schwartz | Naive Testing of the 997X Random Number Generator |
10:45 am | Thomas Chrapkiewicz |
Audio & Acoustic Performance of HP48 Series with Applications |
11:20 am | Namir Shammas | New Algorithm for Numerical Integration |
11:50 pm | Lunch | Same as yesterday. |
1:20 pm | Benoit Maag | Repurposing Old TI Calculators |
1:50 pm | HP Panel | Informal Q&A for HP designers past and present |
3:45 pm | Best Speaker Award | Attendees vote. |
4:00 pm | Other Contests Concluded |
Results judged, winners announced. |
4:15 pm | Door Prize Drawing | Submit your blue ticket and keep your registration number on your proceedings handy. Each person will win at least one prize. |
4:50 pm | User's Forum | General HPUC Q&A. Suggestions for HHC 2019. Are Committee members getting tired? Is this the penultimate HHC? |
5:30 pm | Conference Concludes | After helping clean up the room, have a safe trip home! Join us for breakfast tomorrow morning (usually the next conference is discussed). |
6:30 pm | Informal post- conference dinner |
Location TBA. Note: We have the conference room available after dinner if needed. |