Once a year the computer industry comes together to celebrate these amazing machines!
Global Events and Celebrations on World Computer Day 2026
Featured Event: Sunday, February 15th, 1PM - 5PM eastern USA time at Helicopter Museum and Virtually on line
Welcome to World Computer Day 2026
This event is organized by Compuseum and hosted at the American Helicopter Museum and Education center, West Chester Pennsylvania.
Sunday, February 15th, 2026 is World Computer Day
Celebrate computing and the people who make IT happen, worldwide
The theme this year is the 80th Anniversary of the ENIAC, the world's first all electronic, programmable computer.
Re: 80th Anniversary Celebration of ENIAC
American Helicopter Museum, West Chester, PA
February 15th, 2026 (Sunday)
Starting at museum open at 1PM.
VIP Video Presentation goes two hours from 2PM-4PM in the museum
Auditorium
Afterwards is 1 hour duration meet and greet.
Museum closes at 5PM.
This is also a virtual/online/hybrid event on the Zoom Platform.
Invitations via Helicopter Museum and Compuseum
Event Title: ENIAC Founders, Families and Futures - 80 Years On
Special Note: This event is Coincident with Americas Semiquincentennial! (250th) Watch Here: https://www.britannica.com/video/how-to-pronounce-semiquincentennial-and-what-it-means/-326853
Speakers and Moderator
Kathy Kleiman - Author- Proving Grounds; Purchase Book here: https://a.co/d/52qkpvl
Brian Stuart - Virtual model of ENIAC- A Digital Walk Through Time
Tom Burick - PS Academy, Arizona
How Today's High School Students built a full sized replica of ENIAC, from scratch!
Bill Mauchly, First Family of Computing, on the 80th. - Son of John Mauchly and Kathleen "Kay" McNulty Mauchly
Chris Eckert: First Family of Computing - Son of J. Presper Eckert
Gini Mauchly; First Family of Computing - Daughter of John Mauchly and Kathleen "Kay" McNulty Mauchly
Naomi Most - Granddaughter of Kay McNulty
Paul Shaffer- ENIAC Curator at PENN- "How the ENIAC made quadrotor drones possible; From Vacuum Tubes to Vertical Flight"
Betty supercomputer at PENN (Computer Named after Betty Holberton)
https://parcc.upenn.edu/systems/betty/
Show & Tell- "Audience Participation" Q&A session where audience members can show off their ENIAC equipment or memorabilia using the screen share option. If you have ENIAC equipment or memorabilia you'd like to "show off", please let us know in advance.
Wrap Up
Where are we going with computing?
Thank you from:
Jim Scherrer (Compuseum); Paul Kahan (Helicopter Museum)
REFERENCES & SUGGESTED READING
A New History of Modern Computing: Co-Author Dr. Thomas Haigh
Purchase book here: https://a.co/d/esgXbCS.
Proving Grounds; Author: Kathy Kleiman
Purchase Book here: https://a.co/d/52qkpvl
Join on social media at: https://linktr.ee/worldcomputerday
The Social Media post is Hashtag #WorldComputerDay #ENIAC80th
Featured on World Computer Day 2026
Location Map of ENIAC as Presented on World Computer Day 2026
Here's a little location map to keep you oriented.
ENIAC Invention, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Burroughs Corporation, Great Valley area, Pennsylvania
RCA Selectron Memory tube, Lancaster, PA
Philco Transac, Lansdale, PA
Illiav IV, Paoli, PA
The System Source Computer Museum displays technology from the inception of computing in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
National Geographic Publishes on World Computer Day: How Supercomputers Changed the World. National Geographic - 2025
How supercomputers paved the way for laptops and chatbots
Enormous dimensions, complicated military calculations, and thousands of vacuum tubes—this was the early supercomputer.
Engineer Thomas Kite Sharpless gives a demonstration of the EDVAC at the University of Pennsylvania.
Getty Images
By Editors of National Geographic
February 13, 2025
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/worlds-first-supercomputers-photos
Events Around the Globe on World Computer Day!
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Events and celebrations are held around the globe on World Computer Day. Feel free to send us news of your event and we'll publish it here. Small, medium and large sized events are all special; so send them in!
- Seminars
- Lunch Meetings
- Webinars
- Parties
- Staff Promotions
- Fun Events
Social Media Posts for World Computer Day 2026 - Use Hashtag #WorldComputerDay and #ENIAC80th
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