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<span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Abstracts for individual contributions to the </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tdwg.us9.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6-26id-3D70018fb163-26e-3D4523b1ca7e&d=DwMF-g&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=d7DlhoNdMobfCC9PPxzSosQXYHPbsEfmt0pQ5pcpIAE&s=o6JCoq9W8vV7uSpoWCGgEKd6nqRPyXRZcTIdR4GJKDU&e=" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">SPNHC+TDWG
Annual Conference (2018)</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> are due on or before 12 March. Abstracts are required for all oral presentations, computer demonstrations, and
posters. Please see the </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tdwg.us9.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6-26id-3D5351575f1e-26e-3D4523b1ca7e&d=DwMF-g&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=d7DlhoNdMobfCC9PPxzSosQXYHPbsEfmt0pQ5pcpIAE&s=6yIAQU16uWm9lFVBXpALDrM2X5FWLfJKeXYBB47cnlE&e=" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Call
for Abstracts</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tdwg.us9.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6-26id-3Da3fefb8374-26e-3D4523b1ca7e&d=DwMF-g&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=d7DlhoNdMobfCC9PPxzSosQXYHPbsEfmt0pQ5pcpIAE&s=ulKyrABA1n-_8isPLFBp0f_ZQxcGOFn5zJVIn-n0CM0&e=" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Instructions
for Authors</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Abstracts will be published in "</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tdwg.us9.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6-26id-3Dfcabadbb8d-26e-3D4523b1ca7e&d=DwMF-g&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=d7DlhoNdMobfCC9PPxzSosQXYHPbsEfmt0pQ5pcpIAE&s=uVkyzs441XR4M0pY9YzjBBq4-ou_2q0gS_hlGpMkc0w&e=" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Biodiversity
Information Science and Standards</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">" (BISS). See the list of </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tdwg.us9.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6-26id-3Df087e5b962-26e-3D4523b1ca7e&d=DwMF-g&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=d7DlhoNdMobfCC9PPxzSosQXYHPbsEfmt0pQ5pcpIAE&s=DS_p20RAAe8Big7R01mH5kjYQxtgAqJZ5RHJaYtmQlA&e=" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">symposia
and workshops</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> at this year's conference.</span><br style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Please note the conference's other </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tdwg.us9.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6-26id-3D0b9dc5d1bd-26e-3D4523b1ca7e&d=DwMF-g&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=d7DlhoNdMobfCC9PPxzSosQXYHPbsEfmt0pQ5pcpIAE&s=AgyXirvOwDR9S6M8P9rOzun64NCEqDA1x68ynzXw5Tw&e=" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">key
dates and deadlines</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span>
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Conference Registration</h2>
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Conference registration will open 12 March and the early bird discount will be available until 13 May. Early bird registration is $500 (or
$425 if membership has already been paid). Normal registration will be $550, and late registration will be $600. (All amounts in </span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$USD</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">,
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<div style="font-size:13.600000381469727px">Vice President</div>
<div style="font-size:13.600000381469727px">Patricia K. Holmgren Director</div>
<div style="font-size:13.600000381469727px">William and Lynda Steere Herbarium</div>
<div style="font-size:13.600000381469727px">The New York Botanical Garden</div>
<div style="font-size:13.600000381469727px">President-Elect, SPNHC</div>
<div style="font-size:13.600000381469727px">Editor, <i>Index Herbariorum</i></div>
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