<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear SIGCIS community,</div><div><br></div><div>We're excited to share the program for this year's virtual edition of <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nKvXJt8ZKmzuQTLliKKHGFFE1ygINuUkOJKp_i-OC_w/edit?usp=sharing">SIGCIS 2025: Power Surge</a></b>!</div><div><br></div><div>We have a fantastic lineup of presenters and we're excited to feature our keynote speaker, Lily Geismer (History, Claremont McKenna College) and launch our new works-in-progress mentorship program, with 4 senior mentors and 6 graduate students workshopping their manuscripts.</div><div><br></div><div>The conference will take place virtually, across multiple time zones on <b>9/25-27</b>. Those who register will receive a Zoom link in the days leading up to the conference.</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration to the conference is now open (pay-what-you-can model). See more details and register here: </span><a href="https://meetings.sigcis.org/registration.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://meetings.sigcis.org/registration.html</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please see the SIGCIS website (</span><a href="http://meetings.sigcis.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">meetings.sigcis.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) and follow </span><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/sigcisconf.bsky.social" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SIGCIS on bsky</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for general conference announcements and details in the coming weeks.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The SIGCIS Meetings Organizing Committee: </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Morgan Ames (SIGCIS Vice-Chair of Meetings), Katya Babintseva, Xiaochang Li, Colette Perold, and Gili Vidan</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>---<br></div><div>Gili Vidan</div><div>Assistant Professor | Information Science | Cornell University</div><div>Pronouns: she/her<br></div></div></div></div></div>