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<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"><img src="http://www.codata.org/uploads/images/IDW2017Slide1.JPG" alt="" width="300" height="225" style="margin: 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; text-decoration: none; float: right;">The deadline to submit abstracts for papers and poster for SciDataCon 2018, part of International Data Week, 4-8 November, Gaborone, Botswana is 31 May.</strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"> </strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Following some necessary improvements to the conference management system the Programme Committee has decided to extend the deadline for abstracts to 31 May.</strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"> </strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Submit Abstracts for Papers and Posters: <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/</a></strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"> </strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Call for Papers and Posters: <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/call_for_papers/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">https://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/call_for_papers/</a></strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"> </strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Provisionally Accepted Sessions: <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/</a></strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"> </strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Themes and Scope of SciDataCon: <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/conference_themes_and_scope/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">https://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/conference_themes_and_scope/</a></strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Subtitle: Call for Papers</strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">For SciDataCon we request that proposals should be submitted for research papers, practice papers, lightning talks and panel contributions: <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/</a></strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">In some cases, session organisers will be inviting proposals, but please note that you may submit a proposal to any accepted session if you think your proposal is a good fit with that session topic. </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Abstracts must be submitted to an accepted session or to the General Submission session.</strong> You may consult the descriptions of accepted sessions at <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/</a></strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">When submitting your abstract at <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/</a></strong> you will need to select the appropriate session. </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Abstracts submitted to specific sessions will be reviewed for their individual quality and according to their appropriateness for that session. Abstracts submitted to the General Submission option will be reviewed for individual quality and, if accepted, will be assigned to an accepted session or grouped into thematic sessions.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Accepted abstracts will be available from the conference website and will form a persistent collection, so please consider the following recommendations carefully:</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;list-style:none"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;background-image:url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:0% 7px;line-height:26px">Please submit your proposal of a length appropriate to the intervention. For example, we recommend that the proposal for a research paper should be 800-1600 words and for a practice paper 600-1000 words. For lightning talks or panel interventions 300-600 words is sufficient. These are guides and please use your judgement. We strongly discourage proposals of more than 1600 words.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;background-image:url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:0% 7px;line-height:26px">Submission must include a summary. The summary should be brief - 100-250 words, and certainly no more than 250 words.</li></ul></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Call for Posters</strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Posters will be an important feature of SciDataCon 2018. The organisers will endeavour to ensure that all poster presenters have an opportunity to give a lightning talk as well as participating in the poster reception. Posters can often be a more effective way of communicating key technical features of a paper and providing a visual summary that really engages the viewer.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold">Abstracts must be submitted to an accepted session or to the General Submission session.</strong> You may consult the descriptions of accepted sessions at <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/</a></strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">When submitting your abstract at <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/</a></strong> you will need to select the appropriate session.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">For a Poster Abstract we suggest 800-1600 words and no more than 1600 words in length. </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Submission must include a summary. The summary should be brief - 100-250 words, and certainly no more than 250 words.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please describe the subject of the proposed poster in as much detail as possible. Describe the structure of the poster. Above all, let us know:</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;list-style:none"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;background-image:url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:0% 7px;line-height:26px">why will this be an interesting feature of the conference?</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;background-image:url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:0% 7px;line-height:26px">why is it particularly suited to a poster and/or demo session?</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration:none;background-image:url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:0% 7px;line-height:26px">why the poster or demo will catch delegates' attention and why will they stop and listen to you? </li></ul></div>
<div><br></div>Best,<div>Asha<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word">___________________________<br></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">International Data Week 2018: deadline for papers and poster abstracts for SciDataCon, 31 May:</b><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> consult the </span><a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/call_for_papers/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">Call for Papers</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> and the </span><a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">Accepted Sessions</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">.</span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Apply to participate in the CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School and Advanced Workshops, Trieste, Italy, August 2018 - </b><a href="http://www.codata.org/news/242/62/Applications-Invited-to-Participate-in-the-CODATA-RDA-Research-Data-Science-Summer-School-and-Advanced-Workshops-Trieste-Italy-2018-Deadline-21-May-2018" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Deadline <span><span>21 May 2018</span></span></a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Find out what’s happening! </b><a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Sign up to the CODATA International News List</a></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);word-wrap:break-word">___________________________</div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.codata.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">asha@codata.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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