FW: Reminder: English + Innovation showcase at The Tannery, June 2

[Margaret Ulbrick]

From: Fraser Easton
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 11:55 AM
To: Margaret Ulbrick <mulbrick at uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Reminder: English + Innovation showcase at The Tannery, June 2

Dear Arts Colleagues--
Just a quick reminder that the Department of English Language and Literature will be hosting a unique showcase of imagination, creativity, and projects for high-technology sectors featuring the work of students and the insights of alumni.
Date: Thursday, June 2, 2016
Time: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm (programme begins at 6 pm)
Location: The Tannery Event Centre, 151 Charles Street, Kitchener
Cost: $20 per person or $160 for a table of eight
Tickets: Reserve tickets on the event website<https://events.attend.com/f/1383773976#/reg/0/>.
(NB this event is not a fundraiser; the ticket cost is to cover food and drink costs only.)  Student displays will showcase their work on the technological frontiers of gaming, smart cities, creative media, and user documentation. Meet the students and see such projects as:
* Places, Please!: Capturing Theatricality at the Stratford Festival in Video Games
* Around the Clock: Robot Autonomy, Robotic Labour, and the Time of Work
* Everybody's Everybody's Autobiography: Radio, Gertrude Stein, and the Modernist Soundscape
* Alice and Schrodinger's Excellent Adventure
* Gendered or Neutral? Considering the Language of HCI (Human Computer Interaction)
* The Female Voice: .NET and .NET Core Documentation in Light of Gender
* February 23, 2016: Specimens from the Kitchener Public Library Makerbot
* Mind/Control: Neurofeedback, Gameification, Mindfulness
https://uwaterloo.ca/english/english-innovation-project-presentations

A moderated panel of English alumni and employers from the tech sector will speak, including:
* Iain Klugman (President and CEO of Communitech)
* Elizabeth Chesney Hanson (Manager of Strategic Communications at OpenText)
* Patrick Hofmann (User Experience Designer, Google Australia)
* Richard Lander (Principle Program Manager Lead on the .NET Team, Microsoft)
* Gian Mancuso (Product Designer, D2L Corporation)
* Sherry McMenemy (Director Global Intranet at Volaris Group)
* Scott Wahl (Director of Software Projects at Dematic)
High-tech firms need good communicators as much as they need engineers and computer scientists. For evidence, follow us on twitter @uw_englishPlus
Come join us to celebrate the success of UWaterloo English's outstanding students, their presence in the local community, and the insight and imagination they bring to the fields of writing, media, and communication.

Dr. Fraser Easton
Associate Professor
Department of English Language and Literature
University of Waterloo
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