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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Dear SIGCIS,</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="color:black">On behalf of the SIGCIS organizing committee -- Morgan Ames,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span class="contentpasted3"><span style="color:black;background:white">Xiaochang
Li, </span></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="color:black">Colette Perold, Gili Vidan, and myself -- I am happy to announce that
<b>the preliminary schedule</b> for the 15</span></span><span class="xxgrame"><sup><span style="color:black">th</span></sup></span><span class="xxgrame"><span style="color:black"> Annual</span></span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="color:black"> Meeting
of SIGCIS is now live and can be found here: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2mvv8kcu">https://tinyurl.com/2mvv8kcu</a></span></span><span style="color:#242424">
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="color:black">Our
<b>keynote </b>for the event is Anita Say Chan (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), the author of </span></span><i><span style="color:#252525;background:white">Networking Peripheries: Technological Futures and the Myth of Digital Universalism</span></i><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="color:black"> (2014)<i>.
<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin:0in;background:white"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">This year, the conference will take place</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">
on the </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">Viña del Mar campus of Universidad Adolfo
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#202124;font-weight:normal">Ibáñez, on July 14, right
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;font-weight:normal">after the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) meeting. There is an option to attend SIGCIS virtually, and one of our hotel conference rooms will be hybrid-enabled.
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#212121">Below, you will find some key information about registration, transportation, lodging, and SIGCIS events, including our legendary book raffle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:#212121">Registration:
</span></b><span style="color:#212121">Please </span><a href="https://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeting/2024-joint-icohtec-shot-annual-meeting/registration-information-for-the-joint-meeting-in-chile/" target="_blank" title="Original URL:
https://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeting/2024-joint-icohtec-shot-annual-meeting/registration-information-for-the-joint-meeting-in-chile/
Click to follow link."><span style="color:#0078D7">register here</span></a>.
<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121">If you are only attending SIGCIS and not SHOT,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> use the promo code "SIGCISSUNDAY." You will have the option
to add the code when selecting the registration fee. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:#212121">SIGCIS Friday Lunch:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color:#212121">SIGCIS will have a Friday luncheon, catered by SHOT, at the conference venue. This
is open to the wider SHOT community, so please get the word out for those who may be SIGCIS-curious!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:#212121">Book raffle:
<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color:#212121">Following the precedent set in New Orleans in 2022, the raffle drawing for books will take place<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>on Sunday at the SIGCIS lunch</u><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(NOT
at the Friday lunch!). We will have raffle tickets available at the SIGCIS Friday lunch and from SIGCIS officers throughout SHOT. We’d like to encourage you to bring books for the SIGCIS raffle, or get them to a colleague who will be attending SIGCIS in person<span class="apple-converted-space">.
</span>The raffle is an important fundraiser for SIGCIS, and we hope you contribute books and participate! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:#212121">Lodging:
</span></b><span style="color:#212121">As the conference will take place on the </span>
Viña del Mar campus of Universidad Adolfo <span style="color:#202124">Ibáñez, there will be no official conference hotel. Please refer to SHOT’s lodging recommendations posted
<a href="https://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeting/2024-joint-icohtec-shot-annual-meeting/">
here.</a></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Viña del Mar transportation:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SHOT will be providing shuttles
from four locations around Viña del Mar to the conference venue in the morning, and back to the four locations around Viña del Mar after conference sessions end in the afternoon. SIGCIS will also have access to these shuttles, with the same pick-up and drop-off
locations, on Sunday. We will send more details about the locations when we get them. Note that public transit does not otherwise serve the conference venue directly (it is a 20+ minute walk from the nearest stops). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Self-Organizing Santiago Shuttle Share:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If
you would like to share taxis or shuttles from Santiago to Viña del Mar with other SIGCIS members, please reach out to someone listed on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wr_tzgM_QmxD8YDujhfpC_xpZbTEIEie3pasxSE5Iyo/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" title="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1wr_tzgM_QmxD8YDujhfpC_xpZbTEIEie3pasxSE5Iyo%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=05%7C02%7Cebabints%40purdue.edu%7Cada68f6d94f84d431ad508dc748ed8ef%7C4130bd397c"><span style="color:#0078D7">this
spreadsheet</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>who is arriving or leaving around the same time as you, or enter your flight details and contact information if there is nobody arriving or leaving around the same time. Note that it's up to
you to check back and self-organize - we're providing a point of coordination but will not be booking the shuttles or putting people in touch with each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">We can’t wait for the event and hope to see many of you at SIGCIS, in-person or virtually.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">With best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Katya Babintseva<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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