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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 04:39:31 +0200
From: "SPT 2019" <spt2019@easychair.org>
To: Augustine Farinola <farinola@dominicaninstitute.org>
Subject: SPT 2019 Reminder: registration & hotel deadlines next week + Durbin panel
Sender: spt2019@easychair.org

Dear Augustine Farinola,

We look forward to seeing all of you in College Station in a little more than a month!

Please register for the conference before April 15. Registration after April 15 will cost $50 more for faculty, professionals, and students. 
 
To register as faculty or a professional, visit 
 
     https://secure.touchnet.com/C21490_ustores/web/classic/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=150&FROMQRCODE=true 
 
To register a student, visit 
 
     https://secure.touchnet.com/C21490_ustores/web/classic/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=151&FROMQRCODE=true 
 
If you plan to stay in the conference hotel, please remember to make your reservation no later than April 18 to take advantage of the group rate, which is a considerable discount from standard pricing. To do so, visit 
 
     https://reservations.travelclick.com/103525?groupID=2452548#/guestsandrooms 

A draft copy of the program is available at 

     https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/334b5c_b081551d27dc48d491b9381f2d753240.pdf

Also, we would like to draw your attention to the panel titled "Paul Durbin and the SPT Legacy," which will be held Wednesday afternoon (May 22), and is being organized by Carl Mitcham. The description of the panel is as follows:

Durbin, who died on February 26th in Valencia, Spain, was the unacknowledged founder of SPT. His book, _Philosophy of Technology: In Search of Discourse Synthesis_ (2005, as special issue of Techne, vol. 10, no. 2 at https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/v10n2/index.html), focuses on contributions of the 12 presidents during that time, but highlights as well most other significant contributors. It is in typical Paul fashion, a somewhat personal, quirky volume, but nonetheless a valuable document, and probably the best history of ideas and arguments in SPT over a 30 year period. 

This panel is intended as something like a posthumous author meets critics session. *** All SPT presidents (former and current), anyone referenced by Durbin in the book, and former students and collaborators are invited to participate in the panel or offer written comments. ***

Those currently confirmed for the panel are Carl Mitcham, chair, Alex Michelos (2nd president), Joe Pitt (5th president), Larry Hickman (7th president), Paul Thompson (12th president), and Don Ihde (who promises comments "Since 2005"). Ana Cuevas, Albert Borgmann, and Langdon Winner have promised written comments.

If you are able to participate in the panel or contribute written comments, please contact Carl Mitcham at cmitcham@mines.edu.

All the best,

Glen Miller, Martin Peterson, and the local organizing committee