SIGCIS Workshop 2012: Schedule

SIGCIS Workshop 2012: Information Identities: Historical Perspectives on Technological and Social Change
October 7, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Society for the History of Technology's Special Interest Group for Computers, Information and Society (SIGCIS –www.sigcis.org) announces its 2012 workshop with the theme Materiality and Immateriality in the History of Computing. The workshop will be held in Copenhagen all day on Sunday, October 7, 2012. This is the final day of the annual SHOT meeting. SHOT has reserved that day for SIG events and therefore the symposium will not overlap scheduled sessions in the main program. For details on the main SHOT meeting see http://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual_meeting.html

Registration: Registration for the workshop should be made through the registration procedure for the main SHOT meeting at http://www.historyoftechnology.org/copenhagen/copenhagen_registration.html. There is no separate charge for the SIGCIS workshop (though we will be seeking donations to cover the cost of the coffee breaks!). The deadline for SHOT registration is September 1, after which a late fee will apply. When you register be sure to check the box for "Sunday Workshop on History of Computing" -- that's the SIGCIS workshop. We've been told that there is a special one day registration option for those not attending the full conference -- contact shot2012@virginia.edu if you are interested in this option.

Workshop Meals: Lunch will be available for purchase at the Solbjerg Plads cafeteria. Please bring cash for payment.

Precirculation of Materials: Some of the workshop sessions follow the traditional format for SHOT and other history conferences, with a commentator but no publication or precirculation of materials. However the conference features two round table sessions devoted to discussion of precirculated items (syllabi and papers), a works in progress session, and a dissertations in progress session. Full text for the items to be discussed in these sessions will be available from this site by September 15th. Please make an effort to read these papers prior to attending the sessions as their authors will be making only very short presentations to highlight key points and frame questions for discussion.

Schedule: All sessions will occur in Solbjerg Plads, the main building at the Copenhagen Business School.