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Digitization Conference (</span><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue;"><span data-markjs="true" class="x_x_x_x_x_markjslcdm4gn" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(94, 50, 124);">BioDigiCon</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(94, 50, 124);">)</span></a> to
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emphasis on presentations, hands-on workshops, and lively discussions that provide training, resource sharing, and workforce enhancement. </span></p>
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NHM will be highlighting their wide-ranging accomplishments to date through a diverse series digitization methods and workforce related talks.</span></span></p>
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any questions about the event, please contact Jill Goodwin, iDigBio Conference Manager at </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"><a href="mailto:jgoodwin@floridamuseum.ufl.edu" data-linkindex="12" class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin:0px" id="OWA7ba8309d-6eb8-e7e7-bbae-da11f81bf07e"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0in; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">jgoodwin@floridamuseum.ufl.edu</span></a></span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0in; color: black;">. </span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"> </span></p>
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