The Society for Industrial Archaeology's 47th annual conference will be held in Richmond, Va. at the Omni Richmond Hotel, Thursday, May 31st through Sunday, June 3rd, 2018. Early bird tours and a reception will be offered Thursday; process tours Friday; paper sessions, business luncheon, and banquet on Saturday; and optional tours available Sunday. Guided tours will explore a mix of antebellum and post-Civil War Richmond and Virginia industry, transportation, and military sites. Different from most archaeology conferences, SIA focuses on tours of modern or historic industrial process locations, in addition to papers on industrial archaeology topics. Their Call for Papers has been extended (not totally sure of revised date so get them in ASAP!) so please consider submitting one if you have a Virginia or elsewhere industrial archaeology paper idea! Website: http://www.sia-web.org/47th-annual-conference-call-for-papers/ Submission form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWbe0dm7oVxSxvB7UULoOcfSMg6IJEfGRpf3k4t5UlAFffXA/viewform Ellen ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).