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January 3rd, 2013

Tacoma program

Program Overview
"Now that I’ve gone to a SHOT conference I feel silly that I haven’t gone before."
-Attendee of the 2009 SHOT Annual Meeting
A PDF version of the Program is available here.

Thursday, 30 September

8.00 am-5.00 pm
Executive Council Meeting, open to all members

Tours��������
9.45 am-4.00 pm Mount Ranier National Park
1.30-4.00 pm Port of Tacoma

5.30 pm
TEMSIG meeting over cocktails

6.30-7.30 pm
Opening Plenary Session: "The Past, Present, and Future of Technology & Culture: The View of Three Editors," Tacoma Art Museum

7.30-10.00 pm
Opening Reception, Tacoma Art Museum

Friday, 1 October

7.00-8.30 am
Graduate Students Breakfast (please register in advance)
International Scholars Breakfast

8.30 am-5.00 pm
Book Exhibit

8.30-10.00 am
Sessions 1-7

10.00-10.30 am
Coffee Break

10.30 am-12.30 pm
Sessions 8-14

 
Historical Walking Tour of Downtown Tacoma

12.30-2.00 pm
Lunch: Overview of Funding Opportunities with the National Science Foundation, Mike Gorman
Lunch: SIG on Computers, Information, and Society
Lunch: Women in Technological History

2-3.30 pm
Sessions 15-21
Sidney Edelstein Book Prize Roundtable

2.00-4.00 pm
Tacoma’s Industrial History Tour

3.30-4.00 pm
Coffee Break

4-5.30 pm
Plenary Honoring Winner of 2010 Leonardo da Vinci Medal

6.00-9.00 pm
Salmon Bake,Fort Defiance Park

9.00-12.00 pm
Hospitality Suite with Beer Tasting

Saturday, 2 October

7.00-8.30 am
Envirotech SIG Breakfast
Technology & CUlture Editorial Board Breakfast (by invitation only)

8.30 am-5.00 pm
Book Exhibit

8.30-10.00 am
Sessions 22-27

10.00-10.30 am
Coffee Break

10.30 am-12.30 pm
Sessions 28-33

 
Historical Walking Tour of Downtown Tacoma

12.30-2.00 pm
Lunch: Members Meeting (all welcome)
Lunch: Mercurians and Jovians SIG
Lunch: Prometheans SIG

2.00-3.30 pm
Sessions 34-40

 
Maritime History Tour at Foss Seaport

3.00-4.00 pm
Coffee Break

4.00-5.30 pm
Sessions 41-46

5.30-6.30 pm
Presidential Address, Arne Kaijser

6.30-7.30 pm
Cocktail Reception with Wine Tasting

7.30-9.30 pm
Awards Banquet

9.00 pm-12.00 am
Hospitality Suite

Sunday, 3 October

9.00 am-12.00 pm
Asia Network Breakfast

8 am-9.00 am
Albatrosses: Informal breakfast, followed by a roundtable highlighting current research of grad students and young scholars
Prometheans: Event TBA
SMiTIng, the SHOT Military Technology Interest Group

9.00 am-6.00 pm
Computers, Information and Society: Workshop on “Materiality and Immateriality in the History of Computing”