The Flyer for the Original 1968 Event On December 9, 1968, at 3:45PM PST, Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart and the Augmentation Research Center (ARC) staged a 90-minute public multimedia demonstration at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco. It was the worldwide debut of personal and interactive computing. For the first time in history, the public saw a computer mouse, which controlled a networked computer system to demonstrate hypertext linking, real-time text editing, multiple windows with flexible view control, cathode display tubes, shared-screen teleconferencing, email and hypertext. “…frontier whizzed before their eyes. It was the mother of all demos." "The Mother of All Demos" changed everything. The 1968 demo presaged many of the technologies we use today, from personal computing and knowledge management to the World Wide Web and social media. ‘The Mother’ embodied Doug Engelbart's vision of solving humanity's most important problems by using computers to improve communication and collaboration. 
Tickets Available Online On December 9, 2008 at Stanford University's Memorial Auditorium, SRI International will present a commemorative 40th Anniversary celebration of this historic event. Hear original participants recount what led up to the 1968 demo, the drama of the demonstration itself, and its impact — which no one could have imagined at the time. Learn about Doug Engelbart's vision to use computing to augment society’s collective intellect and ability to solve the complex issues of our time. Much of Doug's vision and passion is embodied in value networks and vice versa. He has engaged in many conversations with people in the value networks community over the last several years. Doug is an ethusiastic supporter and feels value networks hold enormous promise for realizing his vision of augmentation, collective intellect and solving difficult, complex problems. | 
