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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Noted, and thanks for the invite and clarification. We will circulate wider in the region.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mustapha Mokrane<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 25 January 2016 09:56 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CODATA-international] Call for SciDataCon 2016 Programme Committee candidates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Following up on my earlier email, please note that "We encourage applications and nominations <b>from the wider community</b>" for the SciDataCon 2016 Programme Committee (and not only from WDS Members!) This was an unfortunate copy and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt">>>> SciDataCon 2016: Advancing the Frontiers of Data in Research <<<</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">11–13 September 2016 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt">>>> International Data Week: From Big Data to Open Data: Mobilising the Data Revolution <<< </span></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mustapha Mokrane</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, PhD. | Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 25 January 2016 at 16:02, Mustapha Mokrane <<a href="mailto:mustapha.mokrane@icsu-wds.org" target="_blank">mustapha.mokrane@icsu-wds.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We encourage applications and nominations from WDS Members to be received <b>no later than 7 February 2016</b>. Please complete this online form: <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/VoIxPFLWS5" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/forms/VoIxPFLWS5</a> or
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