STS as a field continues to grow and this is reflected in the interest people have to attend our annual conference. In order to accommodate the large number of accepted papers and sessions for the conference, we have modified the schedule slightly from previous years. Sessions will still be Wednesday through Saturday. However, we added another session block each day and will start earlier in the morning at 8AM. In addition, for those who arrive early, we will have a Tuesday evening registration reception. If you want to avoid the morning rush to register Wednesday morning, you can do so Tuesday evening while enjoying some snacks and beverages.
You may also notice that unlike previous years, we will have multiple receptions, one each evening after the sessions and plenaries! We wanted to give folks several opportunities to socialize and network with other conference attendees. And not to worry: Friday’s reception will still be special. Prizes will be announced and we will be regaled by a New Orleans-based jazz band in the beautiful Louis Armstrong Ballroom overlooking the Mississippi River. In past conferences, Friday’s reception has required the purchase of tickets. This year, all receptions will be open to all conference participants without the burden of an additional fee.
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Official print program. (8/19/19. Download pdf)
Program with abstracts. (8/28/19. Download 4MB pdf)
The 2019 Making & Doing gallery is now online.
Preview the Innovating STS Catalog. (Click View Essay)
Please direct any inquiries about the program to 4s2019nola@gmail.com.
Tuesday, September 3
| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | 4S Council Meeting Rex |
| 5:00 - 8:00 PM | Welcome Reception & Early Check-in Grand Ballroom Foyer |
Wednesday, September 4
| 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Innovating STS Exhibits and Book Exhibits Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:00 - 9:30 AM | Concurrent Sessions |
| 9:45 - 11:15 AM | Concurrent Sessions |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Ethnografilm 2019 - I Oral History Booth: The Origins of STS - I 6S Business Meeting Workshop: Collective Editing and Writing Practices of Feminist STS Meet-Up Film Screening - Petrochemical Control Special Disaster STS Meet-Up Press |
| 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions |
| 2:45 - 4:15 PM | Concurrent Sessions Daily Decompression and Check-in - I STS at the National Science Foundation: Meet and |
| 4:30 - 6:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions |
| 6:15 - 7:15 PM | Presidential Plenary: On Beyond STS Grand Ballroom C |
| 7:30 - 9:30 PM | Opening Reception The Marché. 914 N. Peters St (7 block walk from Sheraton, just past historic Jackson Square) |
Thursday, September 5
| 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Innovating STS Exhibits and Book Exhibits Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:00 - 9:30 AM | Concurrent Sessions 4S Council Publications Committee Meeting |
| 9:45 - 11:15 AM | Concurrent Sessions Presidential Roundtable: 4S Affiliations and Ecologies |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Ethnografilm 2019 - II Oral History Booth: The Origins of STS - II Undergraduate Program Welcome Session ST&HV Journal Meeting Academic Mobility and Immobility Network Journal of Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology, Limn Magazine Meeting EASTS Journal Meeting STS in Translation Crip Technoscience Meet-Up |
| 1:00 - 6:00 PM | Making and Doing Armstrong Ballroom & Foyer |
| 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions Presidential Roundtable: Honoring STS Mentoring STS at the National Science Foundation: Meet and |
| 2:45 - 4:15 PM | Concurrent Sessions Daily Decompression and Check-in - II Presidential Roundtable: STS Publishing Futures |
| 3:15 - 6:00 PM | "What does it take to get a drink here? Delivering potable water in New Orleans" Housing for Health Incubator and Civic Studio (Field Trip) TBA (Off-Site) - RSVP http://tinyurl.com/yycjfyds |
| 4:30 - 6:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions Presidential Roundtable: Futuring STS and 4S |
| 6:15 - 7:15 PM | Plenary I: Innovations |
| 7:15 - 8:30 PM | Reception Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:30 - 9:30 PM | Queer/STS Meet-Up Good Friends Bar, 740 Dauphine Street |
Friday, September 6
| 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Innovating STS Exhibits and Book Exhibits Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:00 - 9:30 AM | Concurrent Sessions Journal of Science and Technology Studies Meeting ESTS Journal Meeting |
| 9:45 - 11:15 AM | Concurrent Sessions Author Meets Critics: Carson Prize Undergraduate Program Forum |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Ethnografilm 2019 - III Oral History Booth: The Origins of STS - III Journal of Social Epistemology Meeting Transnational STS Working Group Meeting Social Studies of Science (3S) Journal Meeting Trans STS Interest Group Meeting Data Ethics, Data Sovereignty, Data Justice Workshop Film Screening - Underground Explosion: STS at the National Science Foundation: |
| 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions Making and Doing Roundtable |
| 2:45 - 4:15 PM | Concurrent Sessions Daily Decompression and Check-in - III |
| 4:30 - 6:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions |
| 6:15 - 7:15 PM | Plenary II: Interruptions Grand Ballroom C |
| 7:15 - 9:30 PM | Award Ceremony & Reception STS-CH Meet-Up |
Saturday, September 7
| 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Innovating STS Exhibits and Book Exhibits Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:00 - 9:30 AM | Concurrent Sessions |
| 9:45 - 11:15 AM | Concurrent Sessions Author Meets Critics: Fleck Prize |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Ethnografilm 2019 - IV Oral History Booth: The Origins of STS - IV 4S Business Meeting Undergraduate Program Debrief Session Working Group Meeting for Taboo-Transgression- International Network of Engineering Studies (INES) |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | Making and Doing with Microbes: A |
| 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions Presidential Roundtable: STS Archiving and Community Led Event: Survivor's Birth and |
| 2:45 - 4:15 PM | Concurrent Sessions Daily Decompression and Check-in - IV |
| 4:30 - 6:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions John Desmond Bernal Prize |
| 6:15 - 7:15 PM | Plenary III: Regenerations |
| 7:15 - 8:30 PM | Closing Reception Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:15 - 9:45 PM | 6S: Evening Social Black Penny Bar: 700 N Rampart Street |