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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As the Local Organizing Committee for SPNHC and TDWG extended the closing date for abstract submissions, we will now extend the early bird rates for conference registration to Thursday, May 31<sup>st</sup>, 2018.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We have had an extraordinary number of submissions for talks and posters with over 300 now in the mix for the conference program. We have also confirmed keynote speakers and a number of workshops are planned for the weekend
before the conference. As yet we have had few requests for Special Interest Group meetings however, so do please get in touch with the
</span><a href="mailto:spnhc.tdwg2018@otagomuseum.nz"><span lang="EN-US">Local Organizing Committee</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> if you want to arrange a meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Information on keynote speakers, workshops, field trips and events will be posted to the
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__spnhc-2Dtdwg2018.nz_conference_&d=DwMFAg&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=KG83F0tcuWsykmnqVoD5B66cG_U5kC85QNOoOvFr8ak&s=6VlPuTyukL5JYSRtk_t8YSIhWfXZNgrV2zY-JFbW2qc&e="><span lang="EN-US">conference website</span></a><span style="color:#0563C1">
</span><span lang="EN-US">next Wednesday, May 16th. We will also be posting a provisional program however please bear in mind that this may be subject to minor changes and will not be finalized until June.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Robert Morris
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<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=KG83F0tcuWsykmnqVoD5B66cG_U5kC85QNOoOvFr8ak&s=jBzUaykjlxQneMYE86wJx-LkBv6SylSVdUNtwdUZEUw&e="><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="26" height="26" style="width:.2708in;height:.2708in" id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3E946.A551A450" alt="cid:image015.jpg@01D37298.0661E230"></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">
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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">
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<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:
<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=KG83F0tcuWsykmnqVoD5B66cG_U5kC85QNOoOvFr8ak&s=WblM67U0MZYYOmOwxKF3-i10BgM5BXwGYN0qABgKRJU&e="><span style="color:#0563C1">http://spnhc-tdwg2018.nz/</span></a><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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