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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>IMPORTANT REMINDER: ONE MORE WEEK FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Abstracts for the Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference are due on 24 April. A link to the abstract submission form is distributed with your registration confirmation from EventBrite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The conference will be structured to allow live presentations to be scattered among different time zones and recordings of all presentations will be posted on the wiki to ensure their availability to any time
zone. Please see the current draft agenda on the developing <a href="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/4th_Annual_Digital_Data_Conference,_Indiana_University">
<span style="color:#1155CC">wiki page</span></a> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Since this year’s conference is completely virtual with attendees in time zones across the globe, we are asking all presenters to prepare a pre-recorded version of their presentation to allow for our globally-connected
community to continue to engage with conference content.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">We will continue to support <b>
oral presentations</b>, <b>poster presentations</b>, and discussion sessions as noted on the abstract submission form.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Posters: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:white;mso-highlight:white">All posters will be electronic and linked to the wiki page. There will not be a live session for posters. We are requesting
that poster presenters provide a recorded description with their poster presentation. An example will be posted on the wiki page in the near future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Oral presentations</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:white;mso-highlight:white">: Oral presentations should be 10 minutes long. Each oral presentation
will be presented live and pre-recorded presentations will be posted on the wiki page. In the live sessions an additional 5 minutes will be given for questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Discussion sessions:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:white;mso-highlight:white"> Discussion sessions may be up to one hour long. These may begin with
a presentation or introduction followed by discussion or may be completely devoted to open discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:white;mso-highlight:white">The conference wiki page can be found here:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/4th_Annual_Digital_Data_Conference,_Indiana_University#Discussion_sessions"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white;mso-highlight:white">https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/4th_Annual_Digital_Data_Conference,_Indiana_University</span></a><span style="background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">To register:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black">For those who would like to support the sustainability of in-person Digital Data Conferences, registration fees are $100.00 for professionals, $50.00 for students.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black">Those who wish not to make a financial contribution to the conference may select the free option.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black">Registration is open -
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-annual-digital-data-in-biodiversity-research-conference-tickets-86931098255">
<span style="color:#3366BB;text-decoration:none">Click here to register through Eventbrite</span></a>. Final registration deadline: May 22.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Gil Nelson PhD, Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Florida Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Courtesy Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Department of Biological Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Florida State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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