<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The announcement below of the next IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology) Conference held jointly with the 52nd annual conference of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA-ACACC) in Montréal, Québec, Canada from May 28-June 1, 2018 will be of interest to the international CODATA community.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">See the conference website <a href="http://www.library.mcgill.ca/iassistcarto2018/" class="">http://www.library.mcgill.ca/iassistcarto2018/</a> and information below for the call for papers (deadline 20 November).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With very best wishes,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Simon.</div><div class=""><div class="">
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text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">___________________________<br class=""></div><div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Announcing <a href="http://www.codata.org/events/conferences/international-data-week-2018" class="">International Data Week 2018</a> 22-26 October, Gaborone, Botswana</b></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Papers from SciDataCon 2016, part of International Data Week, Denver, Colorado now available in the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/collections/special/scidatacon/" class=""><b class="">CODATA Data Science Journal</b></a><br class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Film about <a href="https://vimeo.com/232209813" class="">CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science 2017, ICTP, Trieste: #DataTrieste</a> from Studio Cosico</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div>What has CODATA delivered recently? See the CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2017 (Second Edition) <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1034217" class="">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1034217</a><br class="">___________________________</div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org" class="">http://www.codata.org</a><br class=""><br class="">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:simon@codata.org" class="">simon@codata.org</a> | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99<br class="">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59<br class=""><br class="">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Horton,L" <<a href="mailto:L.Horton@lse.ac.uk" class="">L.Horton@LSE.AC.UK</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">IASSIST & CARTO 2018 CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Once Upon a Data Point: Sustaining our Data Storytellers</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">24 October 2017 at 00:00:39 GMT+8<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:RESEARCH-DATAMAN@jiscmail.ac.uk" class="">RESEARCH-DATAMAN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Research Data Management discussion list <<a href="mailto:RESEARCH-DATAMAN@jiscmail.ac.uk" class="">RESEARCH-DATAMAN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: GillSans; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">IASSIST & CARTO 2018 CALL FOR PROPOSALS</span></b><span style="font-size: 20.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Conference website: <a href="http://www.library.mcgill.ca/iassistcarto2018/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.library.mcgill.ca/iassistcarto2018/</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Conference hashtag: #iassistcarto</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">The 44th annual conference of the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (<a href="http://iassistdata.org/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">IASSIST</a>) will be jointly held with the 52nd annual conference of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (<a href="https://acmla-acacc.ca/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ACMLA-ACACC</a>) in Montréal, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Québec, Canada </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">from May 28-June 1, 2018.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Once Upon a Data Point: Sustaining our Data Storytellers</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">In many ways, researchers are data storytellers: they create compelling data-supported narratives for examining both historical and current social phenomena and for facilitating social change and reconciliation. We professionals who support these data storytellers play vital roles in giving their data stories life. We assist our data storytellers in:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Discovering existing and collecting new data from which to craft the stories.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Analyzing and managing data to uncover the stories hiding within.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Visualizing data to offer vivid and meaningful illustrations to enhance the stories.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Teaching data literacy skills to their audiences so they can understand and critique the stories.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Curating, archiving, and sharing data so that the stories are not lost for future generations, and so new data storytellers may weave even more stories from the data.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">And we conduct our own research to tell our own stories and to also improve our support of other data storytellers.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">We welcome submissions that tell diverse stories about our IASSIST and ACMLA-ACACC communities’ experiences, that offer conference attendees suggestions of how they can implement or adapt lessons for their own work, and that have wide-reaching appeal to our international attendees. Although the positive outcomes are always something people want to hear, there’s also an appetite for learning about the things that didn’t go well, particularly any problems you faced and how others might avoid or handle them.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">So bring us your data comedies, tragedies, epics, horror stories, mysteries, histories, thrillers, adventures, fables, fantasies, science fiction, and even romances if you’ve got them! We look forward to sharing, learning from, and adapting each other's stories.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Submitting Proposals</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">We welcome submissions for papers, presentations, panels, posters, and Pecha Kuchas in English and French.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">The Call for Presentations, along with the link to the submission form, is at: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.library.mcgill.ca/iassistcarto2018/call-for-proposals/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.library.mcgill.ca/iassistcarto2018/call-for-proposals/</a> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Questions about presentation submissions may be sent to the Program Co-Chairs (Jay Brodeur, Laurence Horton, and Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh) at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><a href="mailto:iassist2018@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">iassist2018@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">We are also accepting submissions for Pre-conference Workshops. The Call for Workshops, along with the link to the submission form, is at: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.library.mcgill.ca/iassistcarto2018/workshops/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.library.mcgill.ca/iassistcarto2018/workshops/</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Questions about workshop submissions may be sent to Workshop Coordinators, Jenny Muilenburg (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><a href="mailto:jmuil@uw.edu" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">jmuil@uw.edu</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">) and Andy Rutkowski (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><a href="mailto:arutkows@usc.edu" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arutkows@usc.edu</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">).</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="">Deadline for <u class="">ALL</u> submissions: 20 November 2017</span></b><span style="font-size: 20.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="">Notification of acceptance: February 2018<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Support for Attending the Conference</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">IASSIST Fellows Program supports data professionals from underrepresented regions and countries with emerging economies. IASSIST Early Professional Fellows Program helps early career data professionals recognizing the value of innovative ideas. Applications can be made at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/dr6fie6XJyOKR4Ee2" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">https://goo.gl/forms/dr6fie6XJyOKR4Ee2</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> and will close<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">19 January 2018.</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Address questions about the Fellows Programs to Florio Arguillas (<a href="mailto:foa2@cornell.edu" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">foa2@cornell.edu</a>) and Stuart Macdonald (<a href="mailto:stuart.macdonald@ed.ac.uk" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">stuart.macdonald@ed.ac.uk</a>).</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>