Individuals and groups interested in finding others to develop a session together can submit an open session proposal to be posted on the SHOT website. Submit a 150-250 word abstract describing the proposed session, the type of papers/collaborators you are looking for, and contact information (name, affiliation, email address) for the session organizer(s).
SHOT will post the proposals in the open sessions list on the SHOT website. The open sessions list will be updated daily until August 19, 2026, after which we will close the portal. So make sure to submit your proposal in time.
Those interested in participating in a session listed on the open sessions list should contact the organizer(s) of that session directly.
Submit an Open Session proposal to be posted on the SHOT websiteBased on the abstracts received open session organizers have to create and submit a fully assembled session proposal to the program committee. If needed, it is possible to submit a “thread” consisting of two and at most three connected sessions.
Below you will find a list of current Open Session Proposals that you can join. We will update this page daily with latest open sessions. If you would like to join an Open Session, please reach out to the organiser of the relevant session.
– Updated 23 July, 2026
Alternative Historiographies of Technology
Organizers: Cain, F. (U. Wien), Mody, C. (U. Maastricht), Teboul, E. (Indep. Scholar)
Contact the organizers: [email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected]
Download proposal here.
Technologies of Care under Scarcity: Public Health Infrastructure, Policy, and the Politics of Survival
Organizers: Fóscolo, M. (Federal U. of Minas Gerais)
Contact the organizer: [email protected]
Download proposal here.
Engineers and Policy: Historical Perspectives on Authority, Regulation, and the Engineering Profession (Sponsored by the The Prometheans SIG)
Organizers: Hearty, R. (John Hopkins U.), Spero, E. (MIT)
Contact the organizer: [email protected] | [email protected]
Download proposal here.
Research Methods in the History of Engineering (Sponsored by the The Prometheans SIG)
Organizers: Hearty, R. (John Hopkins U.), Spero, E. (MIT)
Contact the organizer: [email protected] | [email protected]
Download proposal here.
One Object, Many Stories: An Object Session in the History of Engineering (Sponsored by the The Prometheans SIG)
Organizers: Hearty, R. (John Hopkins U.), Spero, E. (MIT)
Contact the organizer: [email protected] | [email protected]
Download proposal here.
Unpacking the Edible: Food Science and Technology in Shaping the Modern World
Organizers: Elena Kochetkova (U. Bergen)
Contact the organizer: [email protected]
Download proposal here.
Technology in National Parks
Organizers: Jeremy Vetter (U. Arizona)
Contact the organizer: [email protected]
Download proposal here.
Scaling-up: Chemical engineering and large-scale industrial chemical production (nineteenth century-present)
Organizers: Joris Mercelis (Heinrich Heine U. Düsseldorf)
Contact the organizer: [email protected]
Download proposal here.
The Environments of Technology
Organizers: Pinkus, M. (U. Zurich), Fóscolo Gomes, M. (Fed. U. of Minas Gerais)
Contact the organizers: [email protected] | [email protected]
Download proposal here.
Supercomputers and the History of Technology
Organizers: Petrutiu, A. (Cornell), Freiburger, D. (Ind. Scholar)
Contact the organizers: [email protected] | [email protected]
Download proposal here.
Automation and Environment in Historical Perspective
Organizer: Quinn, A. (UT Dallas)
Contact the organizer: [email protected]
Download proposal here.
Policy and Objects: Embedded Values and Oscillating Politics
Organizer: Wallace, H. (National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution)
Contact the organizer: [email protected]
Download proposal here.
Technologies of Governance: Infrastructure and Empire
Organizer: Escalante, R. (U. West Indies)
Contact the organizer: [email protected]
Download proposal here.
Technology, Politics, and Policy in Global Historical Perspectives
Organizer: Wang, J. (Beihang University)
Contact the organizer: [email protected]
Download proposal here.