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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The local organizing committee, a partnership between the Otago Museum and the University of Otago, is honored to host the 33rd annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, August
25 – September 1,<sup> </sup>2018. </span>For the first time the meeting will be held in the Southern Hemisphere in Dunedin, New Zealand. It will also be the first time that the meeting will be jointly held with the Biodiversity Information Standards community,
TDWG.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">TDWG was formed to establish international collaboration among biological database projects and promote the wider and more effective dissemination of information about the World's heritage of biological organisms for the benefit of the
world at large. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) now focuses on the development of standards for the exchange of biological/biodiversity data.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The theme of the meeting is <b>“Collections and Data in an Uncertain World”</b> and we hope to explore strategies and practices that may mitigate risks to both the physical collections and the data derived from them. We invite both TDWG
and SPNHC members to submit proposals for workshops and symposia, which can be organized around already established themes or emerging topics of interest. Priority will be given to proposals addressing this year’s theme and cross-cutting the goals and activities
of both SPNHC and TDWG. Symposia are typically a series of talks (this year, 10 or 20 minutes in length in 80 minute sessions) and may culminate in a discussion. Workshops may have formal presentations but typically encourage more active engagement through
training activities or facilitating a consensus around a key issue. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SPNHC members may also submit proposals for abstracts and posters etc.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Key Dates and Deadlines<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The call for abstracts, workshops, posters etc. for SPNHC will begin Wednesday 20 December 2017<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The deadline for all abstracts and travel grant submissions is close of business, your local time, Monday 12 March 2018<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Speakers and travel grant recipients will be notified by 2 April 2018<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please <b>submit your proposals </b>via the conference website:
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__spnhc-2Dtdwg2018.nz_abstract-2Dsubmission_&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=FVKOEghoXGQPzBlbBPGikWOjbQSQjv4ojKX_fCCWRDI&s=5NTFNfXRNq4Zjs-2z2xqx_n1iU8DAKFwmmulOVfWohM&e=">http://spnhc-tdwg2018.nz/abstract-submission/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">SPNHC will be awarding <b>Christine Allen, Jean de Mouthe,
</b>and<b> Fitzgerald Travel grants</b> for the 2018 meeting. Please find eligibility requirements and application instructions on the SPNHC 2018 website:</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__spnhc-2Dtdwg2018.nz_&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=FVKOEghoXGQPzBlbBPGikWOjbQSQjv4ojKX_fCCWRDI&s=a7IQjXf9Hjetv5dJpoj8A8C1cVCNqAZ2yjVIOeEMqXY&e="><span lang="EN-US"> spnhc-tdwg2018.nz</span></a><span lang="EN-US">.
Please note that successful recipients are paid in US dollars by check or via PayPal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The <b>deadline </b>for abstract and travel grant application submissions is your local time,
<b>12 March 2018</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">See you in Dunedin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Robert Morris, Local Organizing Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Shelley James, TDWG Program Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Robert Morris
</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Director, Collections, Research<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">& Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Otago Museum</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">419 Great King Street, Dunedin 9016,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">New Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_events_391295014641890_&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=FVKOEghoXGQPzBlbBPGikWOjbQSQjv4ojKX_fCCWRDI&s=Rr84Kg7z8Y4QTlU0L0zyBaNk_PzvNdtxmh-awTcnhGE&e="><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="26" height="26" id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3798B.D5515A90" alt="cid:image015.jpg@01D37298.0661E230"></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_spnhc-3Flang-3Den&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=FVKOEghoXGQPzBlbBPGikWOjbQSQjv4ojKX_fCCWRDI&s=F3VKDKpysUGYAdzOPKEIttUcS-ZysE7IjUDBKvUyKBI&e="><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="26" height="26" id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D3798B.D5515A90" alt="cid:image016.jpg@01D37298.0661E230"></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.otagomuseum.nz_&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=FVKOEghoXGQPzBlbBPGikWOjbQSQjv4ojKX_fCCWRDI&s=bkvOYOqFyPugS7tIuSqzmyF-k6G8MmBFIujg3iAw_Ow&e="><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="125" height="53" id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D3798B.D5515A90" alt="cid:image004.jpg@01D375B0.47BD2B70"></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">SPNHC.TDWG Joint Conference<br>
25 August to 1 September</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) and the Taxonomic Database Working Group (TDWG)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">More info:
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__spnhc-2Dtdwg2018.nz_&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=FVKOEghoXGQPzBlbBPGikWOjbQSQjv4ojKX_fCCWRDI&s=a7IQjXf9Hjetv5dJpoj8A8C1cVCNqAZ2yjVIOeEMqXY&e="><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">http://spnhc-tdwg2018.nz/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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#</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">SPNHC2018 #TDWG2018</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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