HPCC 43rd Anniversary Mini-Conference
Saturday 11th October 2025
Our 43rd Anniversary Mini-Conference will be held in the Physics Common Room at Imperial College, London. Doors open at 11:00, with talks starting around 12:00.
If you would like to give a talk or demonstration at the conference, please email mark at hpcc dot uk. Slides, photos and videos of the conference talks will appear below after the conference.
Please note that Transport for London (TfL) are reporting that the Picadilly Line will be closed on 11th October. Please check before travelling at: TfL Status. Protests may be happening around Westminster / Embankment.
Details of earlier conferences, back to 1997, are available by following the links at the bottom of this page.Provisional Timetable
| Saturday 11th October 2025 | ||||||
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| Start | Finish | Duration | Presenter | Title | Slides | Video |
| 11:00 | Doors open | |||||
| 11:30 | 12:00 | 00:30 | Presenter 1 | Talk 1 | ||
| 12:00 | 12:15 | 00:15 | Break | |||
| 12:15 | 13:00 | 00:45 | Nigel Rumble | Slide Rule to the Moon | ||
| 13:00 | 13:30 | 00:30 | Lunch | |||
| 13:30 | 14:15 | 00:45 | Jo Vandale | HP-41 Keyboard Controller Speed-Up | ||
| 14:15 | 14:45 | 00:30 | Presenter 4 | Talk 4 | ||
| 14:45 | 15:00 | 00:15 | Break | |||
| 15:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | HPCC | Annual General Meeting (also online) | ||
| 16:00 | 16:15 | 00:15 | Break | |||
| 16:15 | 16:45 | 00:30 | Włodek Mier-Jędrzejowicz | Talk 5 | ||
| 16:45 | 18:00 | Club meeting | ||||
| 18:00 | Finish | |||||
Location
The conference is in our usual meeting location: Physics Common Room, Blackett Building, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ.
The nearest underground station is South Kensington. Transport for London website is at: www.tfl.gov.uk. Follow the signposts in the station to the museums or walk north along Exhibition Road. Turn left along Prince Consort Road. The building is at the end of the road on the corner of Prince Consort Road and Queen's Gate - building 6.
Once in the building go up to level 8. The Physics Common Room is on your left as you get out of the lift. Should you get lost, ask someone for the directions to the Physics Common Room.
If you are unable to get into the building, call the number shown on the HPCC Notice on the door and ask for someone to come down and let you in. There are public payphones near to the building entrance.