The Symposium on Principles of Self-Organization was held at Allerton House on 8–9 June 1960.
it was organised by Heinz von Foerster through the Biological Computer Laboratory based at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
[1] It was sponsored by the Information Systems Branch of the U.S. Office of Naval Research.
[2] There were 38 male participants:[1] This was the host organisation.
Two women participated, Kathy Forbes providing secretarial services and Cornelia Schaeffer of Athenium Publishers providing assistance in preparing the subsequent publication of the transactions of the symposium.