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The `!Joint Computer Conferences`! were a series of computer conferences in the United States held under various names between 1951 and 1987.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f] The conferences were the venue for presentations and papers representing "cumulative work in the [computer] field."`:cite-ref-cw1968-2-0[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-cw1968-2]`_`f]

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 `*`F33f`_`[National Joint Computer Committee`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=National_Joint_Computer_Committee]`_`f`* (NJCC), composed of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the `F33f`_`[American Institute of Electrical Engineers`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=American_Institute_of_Electrical_Engineers]`_`f (AIEE) Committee on Computing Devices, and the `F33f`_`[Institute of Radio Engineers`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Institute_of_Radio_Engineers]`_`f (IRE) Professional Group on Electronic Computers.`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f]

In 1962 the `F33f`_`[American Federation of Information Processing Societies`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=American_Federation_of_Information_Processing_Societies]`_`f (AFIPS) took over sponsorship and renamed them `!Fall Joint Computer Conference`! (`!FJCC`!) and `!Spring Joint Computer Conference`! (`!SJCC`!).

In 1973 AFIPS merged the two conferences into a single annual `!National Computer Conference`! (`!NCC`!) which ran until discontinued in 1987.

The 1967 FJCC in `F33f`_`[Anaheim, California`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Anaheim,_California]`_`f attracted 15,000 attendees.`:cite-ref-cw1968-2-1[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-cw1968-2]`_`f] In 1968 in `F33f`_`[San Francisco, California`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=San_Francisco,_California]`_`f `F33f`_`[Douglas Engelbart`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Douglas_Engelbart]`_`f presented "`F33f`_`[The Mother of All Demos`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Mother_of_All_Demos]`_`f" presenting such then-new technologies as the `F33f`_`[computer mouse`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Computer_mouse]`_`f, `F33f`_`[video conferencing`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Video_conference]`_`f, `F33f`_`[teleconferencing`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Teleconference]`_`f, and `F33f`_`[hypertext`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Hypertext]`_`f.

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[Conference dates`#conference-dates]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Eastern Joint Computer Conference`#eastern-joint-computer-conference]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Western Joint Computer Conference`#western-joint-computer-conference]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Spring Joint Computer Conference`#spring-joint-computer-conference]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Fall Joint Computer Conference`#fall-joint-computer-conference]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[National Computer Conference`#national-computer-conference]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[See also`#see-also]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Notes`#notes]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f

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>>Conference dates

Source:`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f]

>>>Eastern Joint Computer Conference

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| Year | Location | Dates | Comments |

|---|---|---|---|

| 1951 | Philadelphia, PA | December 10–12 | Presented papers published with the title "Review of Electronic Digital Computers" [ 5 ] [ 6 ] |

| 1952 | New York, NY | December 10–12 | "Review of Input and Output Equipment used in Computing Systems" [ 7 ] [ 8 ] |

| 1953 | Washington, DC | December 8–10 | Theme: "Information Processing Systems – Reliability and Requirements" [ 9 ] [ 8 ] |

| 1954 | Philadelphia, PA | December 10–12 | "The Design and Application of Small Digital Computers" [ note 1 ] [ 10 ] |

| 1955 | Boston, MA | November 7–9 | "Computers in Business and Industrial Systems" [ 11 ] [ 12 ] |

| 1956 | New York, NY | December 10–12 | "New Developments in Computers" [ 13 ] [ 14 ] |

| 1957 | Washington, DC | December 9–13 | |

| 1958 | Philadelphia, PA | December 3–5 | |

| 1959 | Boston, MA | December 1–3 | UNIVAC LARC [ 15 ] |

| 1960 | New York, NY | December 13–15 | |

| 1961 | Washington, DC | December 12–14 | |

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>>>Western Joint Computer Conference

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| Year | Location | Dates | Comments |

|---|---|---|---|

| 1953 | Los Angeles, CA | February 1–6 | Subjects: "evaluation of digital and analog computers, commercial applications of computers, airplane problems, etc." [ 7 ] [ 16 ] |

| 1954 | Los Angeles, CA | February 11–12 | "Trends in Computers: Automatic Control and Data Processing." [ 17 ] [ 18 ] |

| 1955 | Los Angeles, CA | March 1–3 | "Functions and Techniques in Analog and Digital Computers" [ 10 ] [ 19 ] |

| 1956 | San Francisco, CA | February 7–9 | [ 20 ] [ 21 ] |

| 1957 | Los Angeles, CA | February 26–28 | "Techniques For Reliability" [ 13 ] |

| 1958 | Los Angeles, CA | May 6–8 | |

| 1959 | San Francisco, CA | March 3–5 | |

| 1960 | San Francisco, CA | May 3–5 | |

| 1961 | Los Angeles, CA | May 9–11 | |

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>>>Spring Joint Computer Conference

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| Year | Location | Dates | Comments |

|---|---|---|---|

| 1962 | San Francisco. CA | May 1–3 | Exception to East Coast siting, FJCC was on East Coast. Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) |

| 1963 | Detroit, MI | May 21–23 | |

| 1964 | Washington, DC | April 21–23 | |

| 1965 | | | |

| 1966 | Boston, MA | April 26–28 | |

| 1967 | Atlantic City, NJ | April 18–20 | |

| 1968 | Atlantic City, NJ | April 30-May 2 | |

| 1969 | Boston, MA | May 14–16 | |

| 1970 | Atlantic City, NJ | May 5–7 | PDP-11 |

| 1971 | Atlantic City, NJ | May 18–20 | |

| 1972 | Atlantic City, NJ | May 16–18 | |

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>>>Fall Joint Computer Conference

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| Year | Location | Dates | Comments |

|---|---|---|---|

| 1962 | Philadelphia, PA | December 4–6 | Exception to West Coast siting, SJCC was on West Coast. |

| 1963 | Las Vegas, NV | November 12–14 | |

| 1964 | San Francisco, CA | October 27–29 | General Motors DAC-1 CAD system |

| 1965 | Las Vegas, NV | November 30-December 1 | Multics Operating System |

| 1966 | San Francisco, CA | November 7–10 | |

| 1967 | Anaheim, CA | November 14–16 | |

| 1968 | San Francisco, CA | December 9–11 | XPL , " The Mother of All Demos " |

| 1969 | Las Vegas, NV | November 18–20 | |

| 1970 | Houston, TX | November 17–19 | Four-Phase IV/70 |

| 1971 | Las Vegas, NV | November 16–18 | |

| 1972 | Anaheim, CA | December 5–17 | |

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>>>National Computer Conference

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| Year | Location | Dates | Comments |

|---|---|---|---|

| 1973 | New York, NY | June 4–8 | |

| 1974 | Chicago, IL | May 6–10 | |

| 1975 | Anaheim, CA [ 22 ] | May 19–22 | ADM-3 |

| 1976 | New York, NY | June 7–10 | |

| 1977 | Dallas, TX | June 13–16 | |

| 1978 | Anaheim, CA | June 5–8 | |

| 1979 | New York, NY | June 4–7 | |

| 1980 | Anaheim, CA | May 19–22 | |

| 1981 | Chicago, IL | May 4–7 | Xerox Star |

| 1982 | Houston, TX | June 7–10 | Microcomputers prominent for first time [ 23 ] |

| 1983 | Anaheim, CA | May 16–19 | |

| 1984 | Las Vegas, NV | July 9–12 | |

| 1985 | Chicago, IL | July 15–18 | |

| 1986 | Dallas, TX | November 2–6 | |

| 1987 | Chicago, IL | June 15–18 | |

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>>See also

• `F33f`_`[American Federation of Information Processing Societies`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=American_Federation_of_Information_Processing_Societies]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[COMDEX`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=COMDEX]`_`f

>>Notes

`:cite-note-10`!1.`! Small Digital Computers "being defined roughly as automatic digital computers costing less than $150,000 or using less than 20 kilowatts of power."

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "Five Years Ago, Nov.24, 1971". `*Computerworld`*. November 15, 1976. Retrieved Feb 2, 2013.

`:cite-note-cw1968-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-cw1968-2-0]`_`f "Fall Joint Computer Conference Expected to Draw Record Crowds". `*Computerworld`*. Dec 11, 1968. Retrieved Feb 2, 2013.

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f `:citerefkentlancour1969`aKent, Allen; Lancour, Harold (1969). `*Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 2 - Association`*. CRC Press. `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 9780824720025.

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f "AFIPS Conference Dates". Retrieved Feb 2, 2013.

`:cite-note-5`!2.`! "Office of Naval Research, Mathematical Sciences Division, Digital Computer Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 4. Unclassified. - NOTICE". `*National Security Archive`*. 1952-10-01. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-06-14.

`:cite-note-6`!3.`! "Automatic Computing Machinery - Bibliography Z - 1054. Joint AIEE-IRE Computer Conference". `*Mathematics of Computation`*. `!7`! (44): 258–264. 1953. `F33f`_`[doi`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Doi_(identifier)]`_`f:10.1090/S0025-5718-53-99352-1. `F33f`_`[ISSN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISSN_(identifier)]`_`f 0025-5718.

`:cite-note-0-7`!4.`! "4 & 11. Joint AIEE-IRE-ACM Computer Conference ...". `*Computers and Automation 1953-07: Vol 2 Iss 5`*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1953-07-01. pp. 15–16.

`:cite-note-1-8`!5.`! "NOTICES - JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE". `*National Security Archive`*. Digital Computer Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 4. pp. 15–18. Retrieved 2023-06-21.

`:cite-note-9`!6.`! "ARTICLES - The End of an Epoch: The Joint Computer Conference, Washington, D. C., December, 1953". `*Computers and Automation 1954-01: Vol 3 Iss 1`*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1954-01-01. pp. 6–7.

`:cite-note-2-11`!7.`! "THE EDITOR'S NOTES - WESTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE, March, 1955; Eastern Joint Computer Conference, Philadelphia, Dec. 8-10, 1954". `*Computers and Automation 1955-01: Vol 4 Iss 1`*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-01-01. pp. 4, 14–17.

`:cite-note-12`!8.`! "Forum: EASTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE, BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1955". `*Computers and Automation 1955-09: Vol 4 Iss 9`*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-09-01. p. 30.

`:cite-note-13`!9.`! "Forum: EASTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE". `*Computers and Automation 1955-11: Vol 4 Iss 11`*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-11-01. pp. 12–13.

`:cite-note-3-14`!10.`! "Dec. 10-12: Eastern Joint Computer Conference; Feb. 26-28: Western Joint Computer Conference". `*Electronic Design: Vol 4 Iss 20`*. Penton Media. 1956-10-15. pp. 20–21.

`:cite-note-15`!11.`! "Eastern Joint Computer Conference". `*Computers and Automation: Vol 5 Iss 12`*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1956-12-01. pp. 20–23, 26, 31.

`:cite-note-16`!12.`! `:citerefeckert1959`aEckert, J.P.; et al. (1959). "Design of the Univac - LARC System: I" (PDF). `*Proceedings of the Eastern Joint Computer Conference`*. Vol. 16. pp. 59–65. Retrieved Nov 4, 2022.

`:cite-note-17`!13.`! "Automatic Computing Machinery - News - IEE-IRE-ACM". `*Mathematics of Computation`*. `!7`! (43): 202–205. 1953. `F33f`_`[doi`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Doi_(identifier)]`_`f:10.1090/S0025-5718-53-99360-0. `F33f`_`[ISSN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISSN_(identifier)]`_`f 0025-5718.

`:cite-note-18`!14.`! `*Proceedings of the February 11-12, 1954, western computer conference: Trends in computers: automatic control and data processing on - AIEE-IRE '53 (Western)`*. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press. 1954. `F33f`_`[doi`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Doi_(identifier)]`_`f:10.1145/1455200.

`:cite-note-19`!15.`! "FORUM - 1. Western Computer Conference and Exhibit". `*Computers and Automation 1954-01: Vol 3 Iss 1`*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1954-01-01. p. 14.

`:cite-note-20`!16.`! "Western Computer Conference and Exhibit, Los Angeles; March 1–3, 1955. Titles of Papers and Abstracts". `*Computers and Automation 1955-04: Vol 4 Iss 4`*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1955-04-01. pp. 38–40.

`:cite-note-21`!17.`! "Forum - WESTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE AND EXHIBIT". `*Computers and Automation: Vol 5 Iss 1`*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1956-01-01. p. 42.

`:cite-note-22`!18.`! "WESTERN JOINT COMPUTER CONFERENCE". `*Computers and Automation: Vol 5 Iss 5`*. Berkeley Enterprises. 1956-05-01. pp. 26–30.

`:cite-note-23`!19.`! "Computerworld". 1975-05-14.

`:cite-note-morgan198209-24`!20.`! `:citerefmorgan1982`aMorgan, Chris (September 1982). "NCC Report". `*BYTE`*. pp. 58–61. Retrieved 2024-12-29.

>>External links

• AFIPS conference bibliography, 1951-1987

• "AFIPS Conference - Proceedings [1951-1984; Conference proceedings / Browse all Workshops alphabetically]". `*ACM Digital Library`*. Retrieved 2023-06-14.

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