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Joint Computer Conference
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<p>The Joint Computer Conferences were a series of computer conferences in the United States held under various names between 1951 and 1987. The conferences were the venue for presentations and papers representing "cumulative work in the [computer] field." </p><p>Originally a semi-annual pair, the Western Joint Computer Conference (WJCC) was held annually in the western United States, and a counterpart, the Eastern Joint Computer Conference (EJCC), was held annually in the eastern US. Both conferences were sponsored by an organization known as the <i><a href="/facts/National_Joint_Computer_Committee/XahsA7Ln">National Joint Computer Committee</a></i> (NJCC), composed of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the <a href="/facts/American_Institute_of_Electrical_Engineers/j4DpqULH">American Institute of Electrical Engineers</a> (AIEE) Committee on Computing Devices, and the <a href="/facts/Institute_of_Radio_Engineers/qgsGpGNc">Institute of Radio Engineers</a> (IRE) Professional Group on Electronic Computers.: p.47 </p><p>In 1962 the <a href="/facts/American_Federation_of_Information_Processing_Societies/XahsA7Ln">American Federation of Information Processing Societies</a> (AFIPS) took over sponsorship and renamed them Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) and Spring Joint Computer Conference (SJCC). </p><p>In 1973 AFIPS merged the two conferences into a single annual National Computer Conference (NCC) which ran until discontinued in 1987. </p><p>The 1967 FJCC in <a href="/facts/Anaheim%2c_California/nIGWAJWY">Anaheim, California</a> attracted 15,000 attendees. In 1968 in <a href="/facts/San_Francisco%2c_California/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco, California</a> <a href="/facts/Douglas_Engelbart/gHT4dFLS">Douglas Engelbart</a> presented "<a href="/facts/The_Mother_of_All_Demos/ymJNMHv1">The Mother of All Demos</a>" presenting such then-new technologies as the <a href="/facts/Computer_mouse/fJpa1tUE">computer mouse</a>, <a href="/facts/Video_conference/Ya9TMFQD">video conferencing</a>, <a href="/facts/Teleconference/faNY3Amu">teleconferencing</a>, and <a href="/facts/Hypertext/qD8ozxSb">hypertext</a>. </p>