This email offers logistic info for those of you on the list attending SIGCIS 2017, Measure, Model, Mix: Computer as Instrument. All details can additionally be found on our website meetings.sigcis.org (the website menu dropdown is in the upper left hand corner).

Program

A PDF of our finalized program can be found here: http://meetings.sigcis.org/uploads/6/3/6/8/6368912/program_redacted.pdf(winners of the Mahoney and CHM prizes have been redacted from this digital version, so not to spoil the excitement Sunday morning)

Registration

Sunday morning, you will find our registration desk available on the lobby level of the SHOT conference venue, the Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill Hotel. All events will happen on the lobby level. Registration runs from 8-8:45AM. Light breakfast will be available. The conference will start on time with our Welcome and Awards at 8:45AM. Online registration is currently closed, but day-of registration will be available onsite for $80.

Keynote

Our keynote this year is Joanna Radin, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Yale University. Her keynote is titled:

‘DIGITAL NATIVES’: Why Indigenous and Medical Histories Matter for the History of Computing

Keynote begins promptly at 9AM.

Lunch
Lunch will be provided in the Hamilton Room from 12:30PM-2PM.

Conference After Party
Conference presenter Theodora J. Dryer (Panel C.1 in program) generously invites local and visiting historians for autumnal hors d’oeuvres and drinks from 6:00 - 9:00PM just south of the conference venue (address can be found in the printed conference program). After 9:00PM there is a bar downstairs where guests can continue to convene. RSVPs appreciated: tdryer@ucsd.edu.

Let us know if you have any other questions! We look forward to seeing many of you this weekend.

~SIGCIS Conference Committee (aka Laine Nooney, Andy Russell, Con Diaz, Joy Rankin, Steph Dick, Kera Allen and Nabeel Siddiqui)