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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">A friendly reminder on the GGBN 2018 Conference early bird registration deadline of February 26th. &nbsp;&nbsp;Please see below for additional information.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">With Warm Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Katie Barker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Program Manager, Global Genome Initiative and Global Genome Biodiversity Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">National Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Smithsonian Institution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">MRC 106, PO Box 37012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Washington DC 20013-7012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Tel: 202-633-2460<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Barker, Katharine B. <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 06, 2018 10:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu' &lt;nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu&gt;<br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Eva-Maria Sehr' &lt;Eva-Maria.Sehr@ait.ac.at&gt;; 'GGBN 2018 Conference Office' &lt;ggbn2018@oegmbt-events.at&gt;<br>
<b>Subject:</b> GGBN 2018 Conference: Important Dates and Deadlines Extended<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:21.55pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#0096DC">Last chance to secure your EARLY BIRD TICKET!
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</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__oegmbt-2Devents.at_ggbn2018_&d=DwMFAw&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=vbp0w0jrJ13jSCLEqaee0Vq524oag_xQ6HelI1B9iqQ&s=vLAiX4yENw7yqAAtSkotB-zi3vTQs3foqLIFSBJUFk8&e="><b>here</b></a><b><span style="color:#0096DC"> before February 26<sup>th</sup>!</span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">GGBN 2018</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">,
 the 3<sup>rd</sup> Conference of the Global Genome Biodiversity Network </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">will take place in
<b>Vienna, Austria </b>from<b> May 22 - 25, 2018 </b></span><b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Biodiversity &#8211; current challenges, future chances<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Forest biological diversity &#8211; losses and gains<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">The hidden biodiversity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Genebank management: sampling &amp; preservation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Beate Berger:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Gene bank for rare livestock breeds, HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, AT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Andreas Börner:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Conservation Management and Evaluation of the Genebank, IPK Gatersleben, DE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Michael Bruford:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;"> The Frozen Ark, Cardiff University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Philippe Desmeth:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">BCCM, Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms, BE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Fulvio Ducci:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;"> Forest Genetic Resources Management, CREA, IT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Kathryn Garforth:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">CBD Secretariat, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Jan Habel:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Ecology and Ecosystem management, TU München, DE<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Maria Holzmann:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Foraminifera biodiversity, Université de Genève, CH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Marlys Houck:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Frozen Zoo, San Diego Zoo, US<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Sandy Knapp:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">NHM London, UK<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">James Macklin:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Biodiversity informatics, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Birgit Mitter:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Holobiont hypothesis, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Anne Willems:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Bacterial diversity, BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Gent University, BE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Breda M. Zimkus:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Biodiversity and conservation of amphibians and reptiles, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, US<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Satellite Event:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Workshop on
<b>Access and Benefit Sharing &amp; Nagoya protocol</b> &#8211; more information to come soon!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">The first day of the conference will be held at the Natural History Museum Vienna with additional sessions open to the public. Be part of the diverse
<b>social events</b> like guided tours through Zoo Schönbrunn, the oldest zoo in the world, or through Vienna&#8217;s Museum of Natural History, or the city center and don&#8217;t miss the
<b>conference dinner at Town Hall</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">We are looking forward to welcome you in Vienna,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span lang="DE" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Eva, Gabi, Angela, Harald, Katie &amp; Alexandra<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__meetings.ggbn.org_conference_ggbn_2018_&d=DwMFAw&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=vbp0w0jrJ13jSCLEqaee0Vq524oag_xQ6HelI1B9iqQ&s=smPRNh3DUxzYHjGX0UeMahcgfm0D608xklDKTTU-Jyc&e="><span lang="DE">https://meetings.ggbn.org/conference/ggbn/2018/</span></a></span><span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">International Scientific Committee:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;">Jonas Astrin (ZFMK, DE)
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Berthold Heinze (BFW, AT)<br>
Michal Vinkler (CUNI, CZ) <br>
Elisabeth Haring (NHM Vienna, AT)<br>
Alexandra Ribarits (AGES, AT)<br>
Annick Wilmotte (BCCM, BE)<br>
Manuela Da Silva (Fiocruz, BR)<br>
Marlys Houck (Sandiego Zoo, US)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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