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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Colleagues,</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please see the announcement and call for input for the 2016 GGBN International Conference on Biodiversity Biobanking below. This conference will be held in parallel with SPNHC’s annual meeting at the andel’s
Hotel in Berlin from 21-24 June 2016. We encourage people to cross-pollinate!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Eileen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Barker, Katharine B. <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 16, 2015 12:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Barker, Katharine B.<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Gabriele Droege (<a href="mailto:g.droege@bgbm.org">g.droege@bgbm.org</a>); Rintelen, Thomas von (<a href="mailto:Thomas.vonRintelen@mfn-berlin.de">Thomas.vonRintelen@mfn-berlin.de</a>); Ole Seberg<br>
<b>Subject:</b> GGBN 2016 Conference: 21-24 June in Berlin, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please join us for the 2016 GGBN International Conference on Biodiversity Biobanking, to be held at the andel’s Hotel from 21-24 June in Berlin, Germany. The theme for this program will be
<i>Meeting the Challenge: How to Preserve a Cross-Section of the Tree of Life. </i>
Please see our Conference Flyer attached for your reference. <i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, please visit our new meeting webpage at:<i>
</i><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__meetings.ggbn.org_site_ggbn2016&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=ph0dpTdgzpSRQS_ZehKXLJ-ACFQOVWG05RKOj8wOEgw&s=JnoRLzVlcW6AMAc8OgsO8q8R-Km3Nw_OS8WCGWuQ8tU&e="><i>http://meetings.ggbn.org/site/ggbn2016</i></a><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Conference Committee welcomes your ideas for sessions and speakers. Suggestions for sessions and speakers can be submitted to
<a href="mailto:ggbn@si.edu">ggbn@si.edu</a> through July 14<sup>th</sup> 2015.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to seeing you next year in Berlin!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Katie Barker<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Global Genome Initiative and Global Genome Biodiversity Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">MRC-106, P.O. Box 37012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Office Phone: 202.633.2460<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:barkerk@si.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:blue">barkerk@si.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">
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