<html><head></head><body lang="en-US" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; line-height: initial;">‎Dear colleagues,</span></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; line-height: initial;"><br></span></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: initial;">We are excited to announce two additions to the TDWG 2017 program:</span></div><div id="_originalContent" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">i. A pre-conference data carpentry workshop will be held at the Museum of Nature on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Details can be found at </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tdwg.us9.list-2Dmanage1.com_track_click-3Fu-3D50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6-26id-3Da486da4600-26e-3D1e05ff82c4&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=EV0rzTDXsalnHWAI3ePCZ6xlwwMmDE3SPcWtW8G7Te8&s=NfHMYQUD-B0Xf8aT0UOmz8MKyj2eJyka9owXxCkG5qk&e=" style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(43,170,223)">https://idigbio.github.io/2<wbr>017-09-30-TDWG-Ottawa/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">, and registration for the workshop will be available shortly on the </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tdwg.us9.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6-26id-3D4575bf9448-26e-3D1e05ff82c4&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=EV0rzTDXsalnHWAI3ePCZ6xlwwMmDE3SPcWtW8G7Te8&s=iRJPbXEmdmyqDPcdIMdc4m6WUS2jvBQe43l0NWo3TJw&e=" style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(43,170,223)">conference registration site</span></a><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">. (If you have already registered for the conference, you can amend your registration to include the workshop.) These data carpentry workshops are excellent and popular; we will restrict registration to TDWG attendees until the early-bird registration deadline (Aug. 1), after which we will open it up to local students and the general public, until the course capacity is reached.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">ii. We have added a keynote address from Javier de la Torre, founder and CEO of CartoDB. Many of you know Javier from his many years of involvement with TDWG, and for his visionary leadership in visualization and location intelligence. He will be speaking Tuesday or Wednesday </span><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><wbr>morning. Recall that we have two other outstanding keynotes - Rod Page on Monday morning, and Pam Soltis on Thursday.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">We'd also like to remind everyone that the deadline for abstract submissions is this </span><strong style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><u>Friday, July 14</u></strong><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">. Please see the </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tdwg.us9.list-2Dmanage1.com_track_click-3Fu-3D50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6-26id-3D0fc7dda6d5-26e-3D1e05ff82c4&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=EV0rzTDXsalnHWAI3ePCZ6xlwwMmDE3SPcWtW8G7Te8&s=-oW0NNiAy77G09_wX82uRYVE4vWMZTCZpEbOAbLrBnc&e=" style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(43,170,223)">call for abstracts</span></a><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> for details, and </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(43,170,223)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tdwg.us9.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6-26id-3Da4d8193f00-26e-3D1e05ff82c4&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=EV0rzTDXsalnHWAI3ePCZ6xlwwMmDE3SPcWtW8G7Te8&s=H1zhelA10VjxzprqtT06rizku0JlRuub-pEwc-z7N0A&e=" style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" target="_blank">instructions</a> </span><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">on submitting an abstract. </span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">We look forward to seeing you in Ottawa!</span><br><div><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">James Macklin, Chair of Local Organizing Committee</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Joel Sachs, Chair of the Program Committee</span></div></div>
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