Forthcoming on 15 October is the seventieth anniversary of the first Fortran manual, and the Institute of Computing for Climate Science is marking seven decades of Fortran’s central role in scientific computing with a celebratory event on 1 December 2026 at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. Fortran’s sustained impact across nuclear engineering, weather and climate forecasting, materials science and other domains is highlighted as the reason for the celebration, emphasizing that the language remains a primary tool for high-performance scientific work. The event frames this milestone as both a retrospective on past achievements and a forum for shaping Fortran’s future.
The afternoon workshop runs 14:30-18:15 and will be followed by an evening drinks reception featuring a demonstration of the 1940s experimental computer “Baby.” Programming-language researcher Damian Rouson of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will deliver the keynote, followed by lightning talks, poster sessions and open breakout discussions; submissions for short talks, posters and topics are invited. Sponsors include AMD and Dell Technologies (platinum) and CAKE, OpenMP and ICCS (bronze). Attendance is free, available in person or via Zoom, and registration closes on 9 November 2026. The announcement is from Joe Wallwork of ICCS.
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