Dear Colleagues, The next SHOT conference will be held 22-26 June 2016 in Singapore. This is an earlier date than is typical. As usual, SIGCIS will have a themed workshop after the conference proper, but we also like to bring our work on computers, information and society to the main SHOT program. With this in mind, the SIGCIS executive committee notes that any conference-goer may organize an “Open Session.” I am writing to you today because we thought it would be a good idea to forward this information to the membership and encourage any effort to participate in regular panels as well as the SIGCIS workshop. As noted on SHOT’s website, anyone interested in organizing a panel should notify the Secretary’s office by email (shotsec@auburn.edu) before December 1. The email should include the session title, a 500-word description, and a contact email. This information will then be publicized on the SHOT website, and the organizer could/should seek other panelists (using this email list, H-NET, etc.). The ultimate composition of the panel will be up to the organizer. Organizers have until Dec. 15 to submit their finished panel as a traditional session for consideration by the program committee. The criteria for inclusion in the SHOT program are “quality and adherence to SHOT standards of gender, geographic, and institutional diversity.” The guidelines for a traditional panel require a short proposal and brief CVs from each participant. More information is available on the SHOT website ( http://www.historyoftechnology.org/call_for_papers/). The CFP for the SIGCIS workshop will be coming in due course. Sincerely, Chris Leslie -- Christopher S. Leslie, Ph.D. Co-Director and Lecturer, Science and Technology Studies Faculty Fellow in Residence for Othmer Hall and Clark Street Vice Chair, IFIP History of Computing Working Group 9.7 NYU Tandon School of Engineering 5 MetroTech Center, LC 131 Brooklyn, NY 11201 (646) 997-3130