<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;">Dear colleagues - </div><div class="" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;">SHOT has informed us that they are extending the submission deadline for the 2018 meeting to April 20 for a particular type of submission, panels that are sponsored by one of the SHOT SIGs. We have one paper that could form the beginnings of a compelling panel: the paper is by Elisabetta Mori from Middlesex University, and the title is “Early Olivetti Computer Design: Sottsass, Maldonado, and the Sign System for ELEA.” Elisabetta suggests the following keywords for other papers that might fit well in a session: design, early systems, sign systems, human-machine interaction, ergonomics, interdisciplinarity.</div><div class="" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;">If you have a paper that touches on one of these keywords, and you’re interested in joining a panel submission, please get in touch with Elisabetta or me. (Her address is <a href="mailto:bettygorf@gmail.com" class="">bettygorf@gmail.com</a>.) Even if your idea doesn’t touch one of these keywords, odds are good we can find *some* way to connect the papers in a coherent way. Since SHOT has reached out to us asking for this type of submission, I’m optimistic that the chances of it being accepted are quite high.</div><div class="" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;">Many thanks,</div><div class="" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: Lato-Regular;">Andy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>