---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Doug Schuler <douglas@publicsphereproject.org> Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 12:49 PM Subject: [liberationtech] The SIGCAS Showcase is Imminent! Two half-day sessions Thursday & Friday *this week* To: LT <lt@lists.liberationtech.org> Please share the news with your friends and colleagues! The SIGCAS Showcase is imminent.... Help shape the future! SIGCAS (Virtual) Showcase September 9-10 (program takes place over two half-days) (Free, but registration is required) Registration: https://eventbrite.com/e/sigcas-showcase-tickets-167021914041 More info: https://www.sigcas.org/events/sigcas_showcase/ SIGCAS, ACM's Special Interest Group on Computers & Society, is honoring two award-winners and convening panels on a variety of topics. Diana Kosaraju, the winner of SIGCAS's Making a Difference has been involved in innovative projects involving women in computing around the world. She has a degree in Gender and Women’s Studies U.C. Berkeley and is currently pursuing a Masters in Information Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Deanna was awarded the Women of Influence Award by the Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2010. Plus! Hear leaders in Climate Change and Computing, Social Issues in Computing Education, two panels on social issues and the computing industry including Computing after COVID & more! [image: SIGCAS_Showcase.png] We're also having a special Town Hall at the event. Please help us establish our agenda for SIGCAS as we move into the Cybercene. I and the other board members are eager to discuss issues and interests and possible events and projects with SIGCAS members and other attendees. There's no obligation to join SIGCAS to attend the Showcase, nor is there any obligation to join ACM to join SIGCAS — but we'd love to have you join us. You can join SIGCAS here: https://services.acm.org/public/qj/gensigqj/login_gensigqj.cfm?rdr=promo=QJS... What are the issues brought about by computerization and what should be done about them? How do we understand the opportunities and challenges? We welcome your voice and your ideas and membership in SIGCAS is a bargain! -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, change to digest mode, or change password by emailing lt-owner@lists.liberationtech.org. -- Website: https://kurti.sh/ Public Key: https://flowcrypt.com/pub/kheimerl@cs.washington.edu