<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Colleagues--</div><div><br></div><div>The ILTER Open Science Meeting Organizing Committee has extended the deadline for abstract submissions until <b>April 10, 2016 </b>(see below). </div><div><br></div><div>The Network Communications Office deadline to apply for travel funds remains today -- <b>March 23</b>. Our goal is to let applicants know which travel funding applications will be approved in time to make a decision about submitting an abstract.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you, </div><div>Marty</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Haubold Herbert</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Herbert.Haubold@umweltbundesamt.at">Herbert.Haubold@umweltbundesamt.at</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 3:56 AM<br>Subject: [ilter-osm-info] ILTER OSM deadline for abstract submissions extended<br>To: "<a href="mailto:ilter-osm-info@list.ilternet.edu">ilter-osm-info@list.ilternet.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:ilter-osm-info@list.ilternet.edu">ilter-osm-info@list.ilternet.edu</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial">Long-Term Ecosystem Research
for sustainability under global changes: <u></u><u></u></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial">Findings and challenges
of ILTER from local to global scales</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">ILTER gratefully acknowledges the 157 abstracts that were already submitted for the 1<sup>st</sup> ILTER Open Science Meeting being organised in the Kruger National Park, in South Africa, 9-13 October
2016. We are pleased to announce the extended deadline for abstract submissions to:
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">24:00 Pacific Daylight Time on 10 April 2016<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We understand that this being the first of such a global gathering focused on Long-Term Ecological Research, dissemination of the information to all corners of the world took longer than expected. The extension
is therefore important in order to be inclusive and to compile a superior programme of presentations maximizing the value of the proceedings for all.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Important matters:<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">1)<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">There can be no further extensions beyond
<b>24 PDT on 10 April 2016</b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">2)<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Abstracts can only be submitted to the online system available at <a href="http://www.saeon.ac.za/ilterosm2016" target="_blank">http://www.saeon.ac.za/ilterosm2016</a></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">3)<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Abstracts may be replaced with updated versions during the extension period<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">4)<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US">The submission system will be inaccessible for a 24hr period around
<b>26 March 2016,</b> due to maintenance.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">5)<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">The call for bottom-up proposals was closed 21 March 2016<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Sent on behalf of</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Michael Mirtl (Chair of ILTER)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Johan Pauw (Organizing Committee)</span></div>
<div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt">Hideaki Shibata (Science Committee)</div>
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