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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://digitaldata2024.sched.com/?iframe=no" title="https://digitaldata2024.sched.com/?iframe=no">REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#C57B11;background:white"><a href="https://idigbio.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c564b4cf1e8157b450723e1c&id=26caa072dd&e=a76503bec1" title="Original URL: https://idigbio.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c564b4cf1e8157b450723e1c&id=26caa072dd&e=a76503bec1. Click or tap if you trust this link."><span style="color:#C57B11">iDigBio</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4E4C4C;background:white">,</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#C57B11;background:white"><a href="https://idigbio.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c564b4cf1e8157b450723e1c&id=369ae7c37e&e=a76503bec1" title="Original URL: https://idigbio.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c564b4cf1e8157b450723e1c&id=369ae7c37e&e=a76503bec1. Click or tap if you trust this link."><span style="color:#C57B11"> the
Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA)</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4E4C4C;background:white">, and
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#C57B11;background:white"><a href="https://idigbio.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c564b4cf1e8157b450723e1c&id=70491ceb7a&e=a76503bec1" title="Original URL: https://idigbio.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c564b4cf1e8157b450723e1c&id=70491ceb7a&e=a76503bec1. Click or tap if you trust this link."><span style="color:#C57B11">The
University of Kansas's Biodiversity Research Institute</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4E4C4C;background:white"> are delighted to announce the
<b><a href="http://idig.bio/dd2024" title="http://idig.bio/dd2024">2024 Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, 29-31 May</a></b><a href="http://idig.bio/dd2024" title="http://idig.bio/dd2024">,</a> with this edition of the conference again offering
both in-person and virtual participation. The overall theme for the 2024 conference will be Synthesizing & Harmonizing Data for Integrated Biodiversity Research. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4E4C4C;background:white">2024 Deadlines</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4E4C4C">Registration & <a href="https://forms.gle/hczPZHAdadoajabHA" title="https://forms.gle/hczPZHAdadoajabHA">
Abstract submission</a> opens: February 1</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4E4C4C;background:white">Abstract submission deadline: April 1</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4E4C4C;background:white">Event Page</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4E4C4C;background:white">Logistic information, Agenda, Speakers, and Registration can all be accessed via the<a href="https://digitaldata2024.sched.com/?iframe=no" title="https://digitaldata2024.sched.com/?iframe=no"> Sched
Conference Page.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#2F5496;mso-ligatures:none">Greg Watkins-Colwell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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