# Celebrating 70 years of Fortran **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [September 22, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/celebrating-70-years-of-fortran/11114 "2026-09-22T11:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jwallwork23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@jwallwork23](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/jwallwork23)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/celebrating-70-years-of-fortran/11114/1 "2026-09-22T11:37:01Z")
On 1st December this year, the Institute of Computing for Climate Change (ICCS) will be hosting a **70th birthday party for Fortran** at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, UK! [https://fortran-index.github.io/fortran-index/page/fortran\_birthday.html](https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffortran-index.github.io%2Ffortran-index%2Fpage%2Ffortran_birthday.html&data=05%7C02%7Cjw2423%40cam.ac.uk%7C09c67ac2d1184bbf975708df149866d7%7C49a50445bdfa4b79ade3547b4f3986e9%7C1%7C0%7C639252316974079984%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=D7zWVEEgI7nAR1jKlqQsgWQ4HiiFjHcb%2FI47m%2Bcu27Q%3D&reserved=0 "Original URL: https://fortran-index.github.io/fortran-index/page/fortran\_birthday.html. Click or tap if you trust this link.") The event will include a keynote address from **Damian Rouson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory** , lightning talks on exciting developments and community initiatives, and an open discussion in which attendees will be able to share their perspective on the next 70 years. There will also be small community meetings in the morning and a drinks reception in the evening. The event is free to attend, thanks to our platinum sponsors, AMD and Dell Technologies, as well as our bronze sponsors, CAKE, OpenMP, and ICCS. Registration is open until **9th November** via the registration form [https://forms.gle/NjXfManJWmwLX7sc7](https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FNjXfManJWmwLX7sc7&data=05%7C02%7Cjw2423%40cam.ac.uk%7C09c67ac2d1184bbf975708df149866d7%7C49a50445bdfa4b79ade3547b4f3986e9%7C1%7C0%7C639252316974134806%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=X1hudBxSuXg%2B%2FMm1%2BT6Jl%2B3Bwe1E%2B4vRkmjw7UFELtU%3D&reserved=0 "Original URL: https://forms.gle/NjXfManJWmwLX7sc7. Click or tap if you trust this link."). You can also submit lightning talks and posters through the form until 6th November. Iā€™d be grateful if you could share this with any colleagues who work with and/or have an interest in Fortran. Hope to see you there! ---
**Author:** ![msz59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@msz59](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/msz59)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/celebrating-70-years-of-fortran/11114/2 "2026-09-26T18:03:00Z")
[Workshop programme](https://fortran-index.github.io/fortran-index/sourcefile/fortran_birthday.f90.html) is great! šŸ‘ ---
**Author:** ![jacobwilliams](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/jacobwilliams/32/10_2.png) [@jacobwilliams](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/jacobwilliams)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/celebrating-70-years-of-fortran/11114/3 "2026-10-15T23:52:23Z")
Hacker News thread: [Celebrating 70 Years of Fortran | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50104726)