From douglas at publicsphereproject.org Tue Sep 7 13:46:36 2021 From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org (Doug Schuler) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 13:46:36 -0700 Subject: [Ci4cg-announce] The SIGCAS Showcase is imminent.... Help shape the future! Message-ID: 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) 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, PDT (west coast US) (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=QJSIG&offering=007&form_type=SIG 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! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: SIGCAS_Showcase.png Type: image/png Size: 141586 bytes Desc: not available URL: