Events

Purpose

One of the goals of the Alumni Association is to provide a medium to help members stay in touch with each other and to share information.  To achieve this goal, the Association holds periodic social events in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Events Committee has the responsibility of organizing these annual events. These events include a Spring Fling (a day trip to a local location such as a museum, company, or luncheon) and an Alumni Reunion held at SRI International.

Spring Flings

Recent Spring Fling events have included day trips to the Computer History Museum, a tour of the NASA Ames Research Center, a highly charged visit to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a long visit to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and a historical walk through aviation history at the Hiller Aviation Museum. Read more and see pictures of these events here.

Annual Reunions

Each year, the Alumni Association holds an annual reunion dinner meeting at the SRI International International Building.  All alumni, family, and guests are welcome. The meeting consists of a social hour with buffet dinner, followed by a short alumni meeting with one or more speakers from SRI.  The President of SRI (or his representative) typically gives an overview of SRI's recent accomplishments, who is then  followed by member of the technical staff who  gives a talk/demonstration on a current SRI project.  Past subjects have included talks on robotics, cancer research, and material failure analysis.