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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:26pt;color:rgb(47,84,150)">“Managing Digital Research Objects in an Expanding Science Ecosystem”<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b>Wednesday, November 15th, 2017<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b>9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">U.S. National Library of Medicine/NIH<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="margin-top:65px;width:888px;height:253px"><img width="710" height="202" alt="Rounded Rectangle: “We are at a tipping point in the development of a common conceptual framework and set of tools and components which will revolutionize the management of scientific data.”1
Keynote Speaker Presenting the Global Challenge
Peter Wittenberg, (bio)
1Co-Editor of Recommendations for Implementing a Virtual Layer for Management of the Complete Life Cycle of Scientific Data"></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 4pt 0.25in"><b><u><span style="line-height:17.12px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)">Sessions on</span></u></b><br></p><p class="m_-3064598161859904184gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:"Courier New";font-size:16px">o</span><span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span> </span><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Developing Frameworks that Address the Challenge</span><br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:12pt 0in 6pt;line-height:normal">Co-sponsored by <b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">CENDI</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, <i>National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS)</i></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">,</span></p><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div><b><i>Research Data Alliance/US (RDA/US)</i></b><span class="m_-3064598161859904184gmail-MsoHyperlink">,</span> <b>and the <i>National Academies Board on Research Data and Information</i></b>. Hosted by <b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The National Library of Medicine/NIH</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)"><span></span></span></b><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;border:none"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Heather M. Parrish <span></span></span></p>
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</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Phone: 865-298-1245</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Nancy Blair-DeLeon NFAIS <br>E-mail:</span><a href="mailto:nblairdeleon@nfais.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">nblairdeleon@nfais.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <br>Phone: 443-221-2980, ext. 102<span></span></span></p>
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