Complementary Events

There were many events associated with the Celebrations in the summer, apart from those reported elsewhere on this page. These included :

ISEA98 The City of Manchester had a programme of events for its "digital summer 98". A highlight of this was ISEA98, the International Symposium on Electronic Art, staged jointly by Liverpool John Moores University (Sep 2 - 4), Manchester Metropolitan University (Sep 5 - 7) and the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology.
Hallé Concert On the evening of June 17th the Hallé Orchestra gave a concert to mark the birthday celebrations, as part of its 1998 Proms season. The opening work was the winning piece written specially for the occasion in a competition organised for students of the University of Manchester Department of Music. After the interval the conductor, Owain Arwel Hughes addressed the audience briefly to explain the occasion, and pointed out Tom Kilburn in the audience, who was given a generous round of applause. Over 500 tickets were sold by the 1998 Conference Office for the concert.
YEDA The Young Electronic Designer Awards for 1998 were held at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester on Sunday/Monday June 28th/29th (they are usually held in London). The finalists' entries were on public display for both days, with the main judging on the Sunday and the awards being presented on Monday evening by HRH the Duke of York at the Awards Presentation Dinner at Granada Studios. With one of the judges becoming unavailable at short notice, Professor Hilary Kahn was invited to join the panel.
Amateur Radio Station An amateur radio station was on the air in the Department of Computer Science between 3rd June and 1st July 1998, with callsign GB50MKI.