some reading and listening thats interesting Niklaus Wirth celebrated his 80th birthday. The Niklaus Wirth Birthday Symposium, organised by the computer science department of ETH Zürich, was a celebration of the life and work of Niklaus Wirth on the occasion of his birthday. Details about the talks and speakers are available here. The talk of Niklaus Wirth himself is also available (complete programme).
http://wirth-symposium.ethz.ch/programme.html
