# Pinkerton Lecture

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The '''Pinkerton lecture''' series is held by the [Institution of Engineering and Technology](/source/Institution_of_Engineering_and_Technology) in commemoration and honour of [John Pinkerton](/source/John_Pinkerton_(computer_designer)), the pivotal engineer who was involved with designing the UK's first business computer in 1951. The first lecture was held in 2000 and the event has taken place every year since then.

==The Lecturers==

*2000 [Maurice Wilkes](/source/Maurice_Wilkes)
*2001 [David Caminer](/source/David_Caminer)<ref>is2.lse.ac.uk/leo/archive/caminer2.pdf{{dead link|date=November 2020}}</ref>
*2002 [David Cleevely](/source/David_Cleevely)
*2004 [Hermann Hauser](/source/Hermann_Hauser)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1331775 |title=IEEE Xplore - Calendar |publisher=[IEEE](/source/IEEE) |date=2011-09-27 |access-date=2012-09-14}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
*2005 Subhash Bhatnagar
*2006 [Tony Hey](/source/Tony_Hey)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tv.theiet.org/technology/communications/1053.cfm |title=Pinkerton Lecture 2006 |publisher=Tv.theiet.org |date=2006-06-13 |access-date=2012-09-14}}</ref>
*2007 [Tim Berners-Lee](/source/Tim_Berners-Lee)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/Talks.html |title=Talks by Tim Berners-Lee |publisher=W3.org |date= |access-date=2012-09-14}}</ref>
*2008 Alex Balfour<ref>{{cite web|author=Alex Balfour |url=http://www.slideshare.net/balf/pinkerton-lecture-2008-presentation |title=Social Media and the Olympics: Change, Social Media and London 2012 |publisher=Slideshare.net |date= |access-date=2012-09-14}}</ref>
*2009 John Carey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tv.theiet.org/technology/infopro/1000.cfm |title=IT - is it on the money? - John Carey - 2009 Pinkerton Lecture |publisher=Tv.theiet.org |date=2009-11-25 |access-date=2012-09-14}}</ref>
*2010 [Steve Furber](/source/Steve_Furber)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Pinkerton Lecture:The relentless march of the microchip |url=https://tv.theiet.org/technology/infopro/9982.cfm |website=Tv.thiet.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828100841/https://tv.theiet.org/technology/infopro/9982.cfm |archive-date=28 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2011 Mike Short<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conferences.theiet.org/pinkerton/index.cfm |title=The Pinkerton lecture - IET Conferences |publisher=Conferences.theiet.org |date= |access-date=2012-09-14}}</ref>
*2012 [Kevin Warwick](/source/Kevin_Warwick)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theiet.org/pinkerton |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113070923/http://www.theiet.org/pinkerton |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2013 |title=The Pinkerton lecture - IET Conferences |publisher=Theiet.org |date= |access-date=2012-09-14 }}</ref>
*2013 [Robin Saxby](/source/Sir_Robin_Saxby)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theiet.in/events/pinkerton.html |title=The IET Pinkerton Lecture 2013 |website=www.theiet.in |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104022116/http://www.theiet.in/events/pinkerton.html |archive-date=4 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2014 Jim Morrish<ref>{{cite web |url=http://events.theiet.in/Pinkerton2014/ |title=The IET Pinkerton Lecture 2014 |website=events.theiet.in |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108160816/http://events.theiet.in/Pinkerton2014/ |archive-date=8 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2015 [Robert Pepper](/source/Robert_Pepper)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://events.theiet.in/Pinkerton2015/ |title=The IET Pinkerton Lecture 2015 |website=events.theiet.in |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122030330/http://events.theiet.in/Pinkerton2015/ |archive-date=22 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also == 
* [Turing Talk](/source/Turing_Talk)

== References ==
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Category:2000 establishments in the United Kingdom

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