My impression is that having ENIAC running made this event the place to be for anyone interested in computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore_School_Lectu

My impression is that having ENIAC running made this event the place to be for anyone interested in computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore_School_Lectures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore_School_Lectures This had a major impact in how computers evolved in the next few years.