Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Doug's 1968 Demo

December 9, 2008
"Engelbart and the Dawn of Interactive Computing" was the name given this special com­mem­o­ra­tive event hosted by SRI Inter­national at Stanford Uni­ver­sity to cele­brate the 40th anniver­sary of Doug Engelbart's now famous 1968 demo – also known as "The Mother of All Demos." It was there at the 1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference that Doug and his team at SRI first presented their seminal work in personal and interactive computing to the world – including the world debut of the mouse, interactive online knowledge work, hypermedia, online collaboration, and more.

This event brought together key members of Engelbart's original team, along with notable visionaries Alan Kay, Andy van Dam, Bob Taylor, John Markoff, Chuck House, Curt Carlson (then President, SRI International), and Master of Ceremonies Robert Sproull (then VP and Fellow, Sun Labs) who along with Alan Kay and Andy van Dam had also attended the 1968 demo.

Experience the Event 2

Browse the video gallery of Speeches and Panel Discussions. See Printed Program, Event Photos, More Event Photos and Press (below), as well as SRI's original event homepage. For background visit our 1968 Demo page or watch the 1968 Demo trailer.

Watch excerpts below from the panel discussion of Engelbart's original team sharing their behind-the-scenes experiences, take aways, and analysis of the original 1968 demo.