GE Computer Department Reunion 2004
"Our legacy lives on..."

March 19 - 21
Embassy Suites Paradise Valley at Stonecreek Golf Club

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Committee:
Joe McGoldrick, Chairman
Bill Duster, President, GECDA
Vic Casebolt 602-840-3498
Phil Howard 602-216-9100
Nate Norris 602-957-3502, nbnoris@aol.com
George Snively 602-992-0294

Program:
Friday, March 19
2-3pm
Registration
3-5pm
Meeting, Frontiers of On-line Communications. Chair: Bill Bridge. 
Speakers include:
Bill Bridge on the "Genesis of the Datanet 30", which will track the evolution of D-30 technology from torn tape switching to computer front ends to early packet switching;
Zigi Quastler on the "History of GE Information Services";
Gunther Willibald on the "Evolution of Data Networks"; and
Laura Bridge on the : "Innovation and Business Models for the Explosive Growth of WiFi".
6:15pm
Buses leave hotel for Rawhide
7-9:30pm
Desert cookout at Rawhide with music
9:45pm
Busses return to hotel. 
Saturday, March 20
8:30-9:30am
Registration
9:30-11:30am
Meeting, Evolution of banking from ERMA to present and future. Chair: Dr. Bob Johnson.  Highlights will be reported from two important papers:
A Harvard Business Review paper by Prof. Jim McKenna which cites the BofA/ERMA project as the breakthrough product that opened business worlswide to computerization; and a presentation entitled "Using the Computer: Episodes Across the Years", by David Allison, Chairman of Information Technology for the National Museum of American History, at an annual meeting of the Association for Computing Machinery. 
Dr. Bob Johnson will of discuss the the development by GE of the ERMA system, including contract negotiations as well as problems and successful breakthrough developments.  A film of the closed-circuit BofA - GE Press conference announcing the installation of the ERMA system of the BofA Los Angeles center, moderated by Ronald Regan will be shown.  A speaker from BofA's Corporate Communications and Technology will discuss present banking systems, how far the industry has come, and where it is going. 
12-1pm
Lunch
2-6pm
Free time for shopping, sight seeing, golf, tennis, etc.
6-7pm
No host cocktail reception
7pm-??
Banquet
Sunday, March 21
Conference concludes. Last chance to get together with old friends for brunch, gof, tennis, shopping, or other activities.


Hotel:
Embasy Suites Paradise Valley at Stonecreek Golf Club
4415 E. Paradise Village Parkway So.
Paradise Valley, AZ  85032
602-765-5800 
Special rates were available for reservations made through February 18th for a limited block of rooms.

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