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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear colleagues –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">I wanted to invite you to all join the
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/global-engagement-program/">Global Engagement Program</a> and ARTS 490 this week for our “Socio-Cultural and Political Implications of Artificial Intelligence Summit.” It is being held at the Balsillie School of International Affairs
in uptown Waterloo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">We’ve got a roundtable on AI on Wednesday, April 3<sup>rd</sup> at 6:30pm; keynotes on Thursday, April 4<sup>th</sup> at 12:00pm (by David Jones of Microsoft’s Envisioning Centre) and 2pm (by
new media artist Mimi Onuoha); and then student presentations on Thursday, April 4<sup>th</sup> at 6:30pm. Student projects are also available to check out throughout the day on Thursday, details below in the registration link.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">I’d like to make a special plug for the student presentations (<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/global-engagement-program/summit-2019-interactive-exhibitions">abstracts here</a>) if you do have some
time on Thursday: the course has brought together a truly special array of interdisciplinary students, from programs as varied as history, nanotechnology engineering, knowledge integration, and computer science. The final projects are, speaking as one of the
two course instructors alongside Marcel O’Gorman in English, really inspiring and I think showcase what true interdisciplinarity can accomplish.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">You can register for free at
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/socio-cultural-and-political-implications-of-artificial-intelligence-summit-tickets-58325583390">
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/socio-cultural-and-political-implications-of-artificial-intelligence-summit-tickets-58325583390</a>. Please do pass along to any of your students, colleagues, friends, etc. who might be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">All the best (and enjoy what is surely our last hurrah of winter, right??),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Ian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Ian Milligan</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br>
Associate Professor<br>
Department of History, Faculty of Arts<br>
University of Waterloo<br>
200 University Avenue West<br>
Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada<br>
519-888-4567, ext. 32775<br>
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://ianmilligan.ca"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">http://ianmilligan.ca</span></a></span></p>
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