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The article reports that at the invitation of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Association for Computing Machinery has recently cosponsored a three-and-one-half day technical conference in Tokyo, in conjunction with Commerce's six-day exhibition of U.S. computer equipment. Computer '70 and the Computer '70 Colloquium, as the show and conference were called, were held at Tokyo's Harumi Pier, from October 12-14, 1970. Over 19,000 members of Japan's data processing community queued up to view at the open admission exhibition the products of 65 U.S. manufacturers. In addition, over 350 persons, most in key managerial and research positions, attended the Colloquium where, to defray expenses, attendance was on a fee basis--about $100 for the full conference and $25 for one day. Also participating in the seven half-day sessions were 27 U.S. computing experts and 10 leading Japanese professionals, whose papers were presented simultaneously in English and Japanese. The timeliness of the topics and the caliber of the participants can be recognized from the program.

The article provides information on the upcoming symposiums related to the computer engineering in 1966. A one-day symposium will be sponsored by ACM, SIAM and Florida State University on March 14 on "The Recommended Impact of Computer Applications on the Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum." The four New York Metropolitan Area chapters will hold a one-day symposium in New York City on March 18. A session of invited papers will be devoted to "The Application of Computers to the Problems of a Metropolitan Society." In addition, a session of contributed papers on any topics in the computer field is now in the process of being organized . Automatic Data Processing exhibits and workshops headline the Federal Government Accountants Association 15th National Symposium, in Minneapolis, June 15-17. Topics include "Case Studies in ADP," "Programming: The Modern Budget Officer's Tool," and "The Future of Computers in the Federal Government." The Instrument Society of America (ISA) has invited papers for presentation at the 21st Annual ISA Conference and Exhibit, to be conducted October 24-27 in New York City. Theme of the meeting is "Instrumentation for an Urban Society."

The article presents information on congresses related to the computer and information processing industry in the U.S. The first annual IEEE Computer Conference will be held at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago on September 6-8. The conference will be sponsored by the IEEE Computer Group in cooperation with Northwestern University and the IEEE Chicago section. GUIDE International, an organization for large-scale IBM computer users, will hold its next regular session at the Americana Hotel in New York City, May 23-26. The Instrument Society of America (ISA) has invited papers for presentation at the 22nd Annual ISA Conference and Exhibit, to be conducted in Chicago, Illinois, during September 11-14, 1967. The four-day conference will highlight "Instrumentation in the Service of Man." The Eighth International Electronic Circuit Packaging Symposium will be held concurrently with WESCON 67 in San Francisco, during August 21-22, 1967, one week before ACM's National Conference in Washington D.C.