Society for Industrial Archeology 2008 National Conference, May 29 - June 1, 2008, San Jose, CA http://knightsia.org/sia2008 en-us Thu, 10 Apr 2008 1609 GMT With great reluctance, we have been forced to cancel Thursday Tour 2 - Rediscovering Industrial Santa Clara, Friday Tour D - Valley of Heart's Delight, and Friday Tour F - How Green IS my Valley. For a variety of reasons outside of our control, attendance is quite low so far, and there were too few people to stage these tours. Since much of the research for these tours is already complete, notes about them will be placed on the Conference web site shortly, for you to see your own favorites. http://knightsia.org/sia2008/index.html We are pleased to announce that Eric DeLony has been able to organize an excellent panel of West Coast historic bridge experts for a session on Saturday, 30 May. Final details are being worked out, watch this feed or check on the web site. http://knightsia.org/sia2008/index.html Charles Babbage's Difference Engine #2 has arrived at the Computer History Museum, site of the Conference Banquet on Saturday, May, 31. It's worth coming to SIA 2008 just to see this remarkable object! http://knightsia.org/sia2008/index.html A very early draft of the Paper Abstracts book is now on-line. Thanks to all the authors who submitted an abstract. http://knightsia.org/sia2008/paper_book.pdf You may now register for SIA 2008 on-line, and use your credit card for the payment. http://www.siahq.org/conference/sanjose/registration.html The program for the Saturday, May 31 Paper Sessions has been published. Our thanks to the authors who submitted papers! http://knightsia.org/sia2008/papers.html There has been some confusion about what is included in full Conference registration (regular and student). Registration includes: tours on Thursday, Friday and Sunday, the Opening Reception on Thursday, the Paper Sessions and Annual General Meeting, including the luncheon, on Saturday. The Saturday Banquet is optional and is not included. A low cost option for those who want to attend only the Paper Sessions and the luncheon has been provided. This does not include any other activities. The on-line version of the brochure and registration form have been updated. We regret any confusion. The printed registration form recently distributed to SIA members has an error in that Tours C and D were interchanged. This has been corrected in the on-line version of the form and the brochure. To make things clear please include a note in your mail in registration indicating for which of these tours you are signing up. The on-line registration page will be correct. Also, the Sunday tour, The Beautiful Way was incorrectly noted as Cannery Life on the form. http://knightsia.org/sia2008/index.html